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October 29, 2004 - 08:47 am
Drug arrests
Temperance society restaurant
Toronto Drug Squad
416-808-6100
Starting September 20, 2004, undercover officers from the Toronto Drug Squad South infiltrated the premises known as the "Temperance Society" located at 4 Temperance St. in the Yonge and Queen St. W. area of Toronto.
The Toronto Drug Squad had received numerous complaints of drug dealing taking place inside the premises, and out front on the street. The "Temperance Society" operates under a restaurant licence issued by Municipal Licence and Standards.
This restaurant is frequented by mostly bicycle couriers, but also by employees from neighboring businesses.
Over a period of approximately a month, undercover officers posed as a patron inside the premises. The officer was able to purchase marihuana from several man employees on seven different occasions.
Rest here
If Spreads isn't serving food any more, it makes me wonder a little about the back story about their food inspection results: busted in June of last year for five health violations, and good as gold ever since - did they just stop serving food? I always had the impression that their business model mostly relied on selling huge Dagwood Bumstead-style sandwiches to bike couriers.