tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post6795588546681640112..comments2024-03-28T04:34:53.117-05:00Comments on West End Dumplings: Inside the former Merchant's HotelChristian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-11551430621167574762019-06-09T05:40:44.269-05:002019-06-09T05:40:44.269-05:00Wow I remember coming down to Selkirk Ave with my ...Wow I remember coming down to Selkirk Ave with my mom to shop and we used to go into the Sands Restaurant for a coke n she would give me quarter and I would flip the pages on the juke box on the wall that were in each of the booth areas. The material on the booth seat was a metallic green and a metallic yellow. It was a really cool place. I later found out that the owner of the Sands hired my father to wait tables in the lounge shortly after I was born. I have the liquor badge he had to wear on his white shirt while he worked. The hotel was a meeting place when I was growing up. I didn't see bad thi gas take place to way way later on in life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126866767864262042noreply@blogger.com