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Last bout this year is on Saturday,Oct 15th in New Hamburg.

Your local Tri-City Thunder will take on the Killamazoo Derby Darlings out of Kalamzoo, Michigan.

http://t.co/pi7cHnEW

Yay for bureaucracy and their destruction of small bits of goodness.

Stupid move City of Kitchener.

The owner of the Chainsaw announced on Facebook today that he has signed a 5 year lease on the space that will carry him through 'til 2017.

I guess this space will not be redeveloped for a while...

Dan for Mayor has now been officially cancelled.

I tried to watch it at the beginning just for the Waterloo Region shots but it was really bad and had to stop.

Sad for the region though.

Saturday, Sept 24th, Double Header in New Hamburg. Doors open at 5, bout starts at 6. Teams from Toronto and Montreal playing Tri-City teams the Vicious Dishes and the TKOs.
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It will be Uptown. The BIA can ask them to be part and as long as they agree they are part.

It was my understanding that Bauer provides 100+ parking spaces which is why they got permission to...

Another Derby Bout in Uptown this weekend, Saturday, August 27th at 6 pm. Two Toronto teams coming in to duke it out with two of our home teams at the Waterloo Rec Centre. Beer will be served.
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Uptown 21 just started Brown Bag Friday this week.

For $5.00 you can drop in at lunch time and pick up their signature sandwich for the week. Bring in a refillable drink container and they'll top...

Okay. There is a new king in town.

Just went to Frat Burger at the corner of King and University.

It is a new burger joint opened by Big Dan & Glen from Ethel's with some backing from the...

If you can't make it out to the game but still want to check out your local derby teams it appears that the Tri-City Roller Girls will be attempting their first ever live online boutcast.

Check...

Best Indian food in town is Masala Bay but that is just my opinion.

Looks like the next local Roller Derby game is on July 16th at the Waterloo Rec Centre. It is a double header against London and beer will be served. Sounds good to me.
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I went to Zoup the other day.

The good news is that they allow you to sample the soups before you pick which one you want to buy.

The bad news is that we sampled 4 of them and none of them were...

http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/foodinspection.nsf/aaShowDetails?openagent&pid=D47F7CD8-F0ED-403C-AFC1-BCE244C85599

Any restaurant that needs 3 health inspection in one month is a restaurant...

I think that Jackson sticking his nose in is an absolutely terrible idea. Everything he has interfered in so far has blown back with massive amounts of negativity in Waterloo. He was the head of the...

I would avoid buying it like the plague.

The rent and traffic in the WTS do not mesh and First Gulf has a terrible rep as a landlord.

Small Town Feel is:

A place with buildings with character (Bauer space) rather than generic buildings that could be anywhere (First Gulf Development).

A walkable space populated with businesses...

It is more of an issue on the developer side of things. His builds always take a very long time. Last date I heard was February for the opening.

I think LRT is probably what the Region needs.

I'm 99% sure that we aren't going to get it now though.

The winds have shifted on this one and people don't want to pay for it any more.

BTW,...

It is amazing how having the right last name can get you elected even though you obviously have no clue what you are talking about. I've attended several council meetings during his last tenure and...

The problem is that you guys keep thinking that we live in a Region of 500k people. The reality is that we have clusters of populations, mostly on the outskirts that mostly stay on the outskirts and...

Symposium has been bad from the start. I'm amazed that people still go there.

Waterloo is pretty small town about things like this. Hell, they cancelled the music festivals in the park because the seniors said it was too noisy for them at 2 pm in the afternoon.

I've discussed this with many business owners in Uptown before. Their reasoning is that they have tried to stay open later and there is just not the customer traffic to warrant the extra hours. Most...

Beta was running their show until 5 am in the morning. Not sure too many other bars do that. Noise violations can get expensive.

The Chainsaw tent was cancelled by building inspectors, smoking by-law officers and the liquor licence board.

Now the kids are supposed to run across the street to Titanium if they want to drink....

Current WagJag deal for Symposium. I wouldn't go there but I know some of you do.

https://www.wagjag.com/?_page=home&city=53&wid=ec0f40c389aeef789ce03eb814facc6c

It is not about someone turning into an evil dictator. It is a matter of the majority of the votes coming from Kitchener and so more Kitchener-centric projects would be approved. It is just the...

I think a lot of people were scared that we'd be taken over by Kitchener. Waterloo wants to be Waterloo.

And that is why even asking the question about amalgamation was a stupid idea. There are savings to be had working together without amalgamating.

Is it really a surprise that the people of...

I was always amazed that no matter what combo of meat or vegetables I chose, it always tasted the same: burnt. It has been a long, long time since I've been to a MG. No discount out there could ever...

Where is all this magical space that Waterloo would make available so that the Pharmacy School, Social Work school and Tannery would appear?

That is a ridiculous assessment of the situation....

I guess I'll be making a date to go to Kickoff then. That kind of decision needs to be supported.

I was somewhat sceptical of this development at first but it the first real thing that makes me think Kitchener Downtown might actually have a chance at coming back.

I'd love to see Toronto's Beer Bistro expand to Kitchener or Waterloo. Tired of the Firkin chain. I want something interesting not the same old, same old.

The Uptown business owners and the City of Waterloo would love Erb and Bridgeport to become 2 way roads but I believe they are considered regional roads so only the Region would be able to change...

Right you are. I should have said I smelled the smell that I relate to methane. Anyway, it was an unpleasant smell and it looks like the Region is going to try and spray the dump with chemicals to...

The owners of the Princess Cinemas sold the Cafe to the manager as they did not want to be in the restaurant business any more. Nothing will really change since Mark has been at the cafe since day...

This is correct.

I drove through some of this development the other day. I was overpowered by the methane reek in the air. If this is going to be a continuous issue then I think this entire project is going to have...

I suspect it will be the Gig Theatre (the old Hyland) that they were looking at doing the Alamo redux in. Could be wrong though.

No, I was right. Here is the article link:

New cinema coming to...

Looks like it is a bit early this year. Weird but fun to see.

Waterloo Zombie Walk 2010 Facebook Page

For those not wanting to click through, here is what they have as info:

The Waterloo...

More to the point:

Profits at a Starbucks are heading to head office. Profits at an indie cafe are heading to the owner's bank account. Assuming the indie cafe owner lives in Waterloo region,...

There are local roasters, local importers which brings things one degree closer.

The issue is that most franchises/chains dictate where product is bought and that is generally through a head...

Yes. In passing. It won't be ready for early October if I know anything about restaurant build outs.

Did I say that all of the money leaves the local economy? Compared to a locally run businesses these chains draw money out of the local economy. If you have any understanding of how franchised chains...

From what I've heard it was a midnight run. Charges likely to be laid if they can find the owner over missing leased equipment.

Tyrone T(errible)s was an abysmal restaurant. Overpriced food,...

I think anyone planning to eat here better wait until November. There is no way that space will be ready in time.

Heritage designation is for the facade only as far as I have heard. Owners talk, deals get made. It just takes time is all.

There are plans for that entire block.