The second
Menchie's frozen yogurt bar in Canada is set to open in the old
Dooney's space at 511 Bloor Street West.
Though T Caf�, the business that occupied the space right after Dooney's, made some alterations, Michael Shneer, the Concord-based master franchiser for Menchie's in Canada, it's going to be unrecognizable by the time he's done with it.
"We basically had to tear out everything that was in there," says Shneer, who was also Ontario franchise-holder for LA Weight Loss. "The kitchen, the equipment, the floors, the walls, the entire basement, the bathrooms, everything." The exposed brick is being dry-walled to enable him to paint the place with the Menchie's colours.
He's even re-doing the exterior and retiling the walk-up to the front door, finally getting rid of the old Caplan's terrazzo that had been there since before the Dooney's days. The only thing Shneer's not changing for this location, a company-owned store he plans to use as a flagship to train new franchisees, is the patio.
He figures renovating the 1,300 square foot place, with its 1,300 square foot basement, cost him in the range of $200,000.
The first Menchie's opened in September in Richmond Hill, and the agreement Shneer signed with the Encino, California headquarters calls for 100 across the country in the next five years.
The Bloor Street shop is scheduled to open Oct. 30.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Michael Shneer
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