Rumour: Johnny Of Johnny Burgers Has Retired!

Johnny has talked about retiring for several years now, as I reported here.  Now I am informed that he has sold-out to some Chinese fellow, perhaps the little guy that worked for him forever who is visible center-left in the shot below. If so, that's good news; that guy has hot burger grease flowing through his veins.

In any case, I am thinking of launching a kickstarter campaign to raise enough money to check out the new burgers and see how they rate against Johnny's classics.  Anyone wants to send me money for this effort, I can arrange to have it spent.

This is a world-shaking event out here in Scarborough, by the way, where Johnny's has always been seen as the pinnacle of native cuisine.  Mike Myers' ate there as a youth!  Therefore it is significant to T.O. as a whole, and therefore to the entire nation.

Johnny's Burgers

I've been going to Johnny's Burgers on and off for 15 years, and been served by the same gang (esp. the Russian fellow at right and little Chinese fellow center-left, looking away from the camera) during that whole time.  Now I am hearing a rumor that Johnny's going to hang them up in a year or so and the site will be redeveloped.  Pity.  This place is the very summit of Scarborough cuisine.