Nine restaurant chains that haven’t made it in Toronto Victim 6: Ben and Jerry’s (2004–2008) Description: Premium ice cream store ($3.50 a scoop, compared with $2.10 at Baskin Robbins) whose flavours are laced with pop culture references. Among the company’s more colourful creations: Neapolitan Dynamite, Half Baked and Phish Food. Three locations opened in the GTA (five in Ontario): The Beach, Vaughan Mills and downtown Toronto. Cause of death: Bad PR. The most high-profile store, located on Queen West, was only open during the summer months, though it has been “closed for the season” since 2008. Making matters worse (or funnier) was that when the Barenaked Ladies was promoting their own ice cream flavour in May, they had to do it at the CN Tower because there weren’t any outlets left in the city. Only the Vaughan Mills location remains open—and, of course, there is always a shelf of untouched Cherry Garcia at the supermarket. In memoriam: benjerry.ca

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Victim 6: Ben and Jerry’s (2004–2008)
Description: Premium ice cream store ($3.50 a scoop, compared with $2.10 at Baskin Robbins) whose flavours are laced with pop culture references. Among the company’s more colourful creations: Neapolitan Dynamite, Half Baked and Phish Food. Three locations opened in the GTA (five in Ontario): The Beach, Vaughan Mills and downtown Toronto.
Cause of death: Bad PR. The most high-profile store, located on Queen West, was only open during the summer months, though it has been “closed for the season” since 2008. Making matters worse (or funnier) was that when the Barenaked Ladies was promoting their own ice cream flavour in May, they had to do it at the CN Tower because there weren’t any outlets left in the city. Only the Vaughan Mills location remains open—and, of course, there is always a shelf of untouched Cherry Garcia at the supermarket.
In memoriam: benjerry.ca

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