Blogaround Toronto

Castlemore Golf Course

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:23:10 GMT

I golfed at Castlemore in Brampton this morning. This use to be one of the best golf courses in Brampton. They've resigned down from 27 holes to 18 and likely lost most of their best holes. The land was redeveloped as housing.

The course is still nice, but it's evidently falling into disrepair. Some sandpits are growing weeds between the harpan dirt. The sprinklers were running even while we golfed thru. The ground crew renched a green just before we played it. The back nine has a lot of 300 yard par-4 holes.

On the positive, it was 40 dollars with cart and he greens are very challenging/fast.

Canadian Tire Sucks

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:31:14 GMT

Canadian Tire customer service is awful and getting worse. Today, I wanted to buy their zero-G folding chair. I went to the location at Airport an Queen in Brampton an they only had the floor model. The clerk was uninterested in helping me. I had to beg her to look up her inventory on the old AS400 style terminal. The terminal was frozen. Common CT, upgrade your software.

I then went to the Trinity Commons CT and they didn't have any on display. I aske a clerk and they didn't know what I was talking about. I told them it was on the website, so it had to be at the store. She looked it up and with a lot of help from me, she found it. There was 20+ of them in storage and none on display or on shelves. Ten minutes later, she brought two out for me to pick from.

Ask yourself how many customers would have driven to two Canadian Tires and pushed their clerks to get this. One. Just me. It's for my wife. Our 15th anniversary is this week.

Hoops, Sports Bar and Grill

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:19:33 GMT

Today, I visited one of the most ridiculous sports bar EVAR! The bar is located near the intersection of Derry and Hwy 10. I entered the bar just after 1PM today and it was completely empty. The bar itself is gorgeous with big flatscreen TVs located on every wall. I asked the bartender for a Rickards Red and she needed help pouring the beer from the manager. When I paid, the bartender asked if I needed exact change, because they didn't have pennies. I asked the manager and bartender if they had WiFi. I could see a signal, but it was password protected. They thought they did, but they didn't know anything about it.

Then a group entered. The bartender and manager didn't know how to make a Caesar or pretty much any other mixed drink, nor did they know where to find the ingredients. One of the customers took the initiative and started making the drinks himself. He had to search thru the 10+ fridges for Clamato juice as the bartender and manager watched him do their job.

Three month ago, this use to be a St Louis Bar and Grill. It was a fantastic looking bar back then as well, but I remember the service was just as ridiculous. I also remember that nobody was their when I visited either. I'm amazed they are still in business. I have to assume they have a great staff at the dinner hour.

Boston Pizza WiFi Sucks

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:13:12 GMT

Boston Pizza (I'm there right now) has likely the most unpredictable WiFi of any restaurant we go to. It works about 50% of the time. And I'm not just talking one franchise. I've been to several that don't work. I usually ask the waitress or bartender and they often confirm that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

Overall, we love the restaurant, but I just wish they had more reliable WiFi.

Walkers Brew

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:02:15 GMT

Found out today that my favorite pub has WiFi. It's just around the corner from my house at the intersection of Queen and Dixie, south west corner. WOOT! Great food prices.

http://www.walkersbrew.com/

Montreal Deli and Fox and Fiddle, Richmond Hill

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:32:47 GMT

Today, I had lunch at the Montreal Deli near Hwy 7 and the 404 with some old friends. Awesome sandwich for an awesome price. I could get the free WiFi from the Fox and Fiddle next door. I stoppedat the Fox and Fiddle afterwards for a beer. Beer was a little pricy but affordable.