End of the Road for the original Patties Express
Patties Wave Goodbye To Yonge Street By Stephen Weir Hungry hipsters. Out-of-towners looking to sample Patties Express’s finest Patty and Coco Bread special. Hospital workers rushing for a cheap and cheerful lunch take-out. Street people looking for hardy midnight snacks are about to go into mourning now that the word is out. Patties Express is about to close its downtown landmark Yonge and Elm Street take-out. Patties Express isn’t going broke because of Covid. In fact their four outlets are going gangbusters and have plans for more outlets in town. Blame it on Toronto’s Condo craze. Located a block south of the Yonge and Gerrard intersection, the building that has housed the famous Jamaican style Patty is making way for 67-storey 819 condominium retail mega tower. “ This is so unfortunate - you are our go-to at the Toronto General when staff is too busy to grab lunch,” posted a hospital worker on social media. “You will surely be mis...