The UK CONNEXION

Spring Events 2023

You and your single friends are invited to the UKC events below.

The maximum number of attendees is at the discretion of the volunteer host.

When reserving for these events, give your first & last names plus home phone number.
Your home phone number is important - even if you reserve by email.
The host may need to call you about a last-minute change.

There is a $5 levy per person per event to be paid on arrival.
YOUR GUESTS and FIRST TIMERS INCLUDED.

If you have ANY virus symptoms, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND.

Let’s celebrate! Summer almost here! Come out and enjoy a delicious entree from this popular downtown restaurant. We'll sit on the patio if weather permits. Hot House offers an international menu, including steaks, salmon, burgers, pastas, pizzas, soups, salads, fish' n chips and curries. Thursday is all-day $8 martinis. Walk to 35 Church Street (Front and Church) from King or Union stations. Call to reserve by Jun 6 with Elaine at 647-323-2713. Limited to 12 diners. Ask for the UK group at the restaurant. Join Peter for an afternoon of Dixieland Jazz, 3:30 to 7 pm, by the Happy Pals along with beer or wine refreshments and a chance to get up and dance along to the music if you wish. UKC limit of 10 people. Coming early is advised as it gets pretty busy once the music starts. Our group will probably leave around 6:30 to go to the Red Room restaurant, across the road at 444 Spadina, for an inexpensive Chinese dinner (optional). Accessible from the TTC Spadina Street Car, Nassau St. stop. Contact Peter Warth by the Fri prior at pwarth.es@gmail.com or 416-787-0645. Join Susan and enjoy a fabulous meal from the menu: chicken or pork, fish ’n’ chips, salmon, beef. Prices begin at $18. Also available - a selection of beers (and wines). Meet at 6 pm for meet and greet and supper at 7 pm. Closest subway King & Yonge or Union Station. Contact Susan by Thu prior at brunnsu@rogers.com or 416-925-4959. Join Tony at the Katsu Sushi Japanese Restaurant, 572 Danforth Ave. at Carlaw (near Pape subway station). It has a wide menu of Japanese specialties including sushi, sashimi, teriyaki and tempura dishes, also vegetarian options. They suspended their all-you-can-eat buffet-by-order during the pandemic. Set course and combo dinners from $12.99. Register by 5 pm the day of the event. Please contact Tony at 416-693-8639 or tonyasrilen@yahoo.com. Join Jo-ann at the Scarlett Woods golf course for 18 holes of golf. COST: green fees $35.07 for seniors and $48.13 for adults, plus the UKC $5 levy. Rentals are available: Clubs $20 with pull cart included, pull cart only $7, power carts for seniors $32 and $34 for adults. IMPORTANT: To reserve, contact Jo-ann at 416-707-7758 or jdathome@sympatico.ca by Sun prior. Note: The fees quoted are for 2022; at time of printing the 2023 fees are not available. Everyone is welcome. UKC levy of $5 will apply. This will be the ‘19th hole’ for the afternoon golfers, with no levy payable. The London Gate Pub (formerly the Wild Goose) is located at 5395 Eglinton Ave. W, just west of Renforth Drive. It is located close to highways 401 and 427. Hopefully, it will be a lovely sunny day, so we can enjoy dinner on the large patio. Reservations required by 8 pm the evening before. Please contact Jo-ann at 416-707-7758 or jdathome@sympatico.ca. Join Marilyn at Smokeshow, 744 Mt. Pleasant Rd in the first block south of Eglinton, west side. Street parking is usually available. Come and hear The Liverpool Sessions, a terrific Beatles Tribute Band. Paul McCartney will be 81 on June 18th and this afternoon is to celebrate the occasion. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door, (plus the $5 UKC Levy paid to me on arrival). If you would like to join us plus take advantage of the discount, please buy your tickets in advance @ Link Then please confirm with me so we have room for you at our table. Otherwise be prepared to pay $20 at the door and hope they have not sold out. Reserve with me no later than Wed. June 14th. Please contact Marilyn at marilyn marilyn.goodman45@yahoo.com (preferred) or 647-210-5110.

Come and join Maureen at The Granite Brewery, on Mt. Pleasant Road, for mingling, drinks and dinner. Good selection of craft beers and pub type food in this long-established neighbourhood restaurant, situated in mid-town Toronto. There is free underground parking at The Granite, with a token from the server (see video). From Eglinton subway station take any bus going east and get off at Mt. Pleasant, then cross the road. The Granite is on the east side of Mt. Pleasant. Alternatively, take the 74 bus from St. Clair subway station and get off at Soudan Avenue and then walk less than a block north. The event is open to 12 members. To reserve, please contact Maureen at mstuchbury@gmail.com or 416-932-5536 by the Fri prior. A traditional Hungarian restaurant serving stews, cabbage rolls, schnitzel, dumplings, and more. Take subway to Woodbine Station then, on south side of Danforth walk east 2 ½ blocks to restaurant. Pay parking is available on Danforth or public pay parking off of Amroth Ave (behind Value Village, 1 block east of Woodbine) for $3 after 6 pm. Event is open to 12 members. Contact Rosemary at rosemary2k14@gmail.com or 416-423-1753. Weather permitting, join Liz to ferry over to Centre Island, followed by a hike to Ward's Island and a lunch at the Island Cafe. You can buy a ferry ticket online, or purchase it at the dock: Link. Best to appear early at the ferry dock, wearing a mask if desired, for an 11:20 a.m. departure to Centre Island: Link. We will walk and explore the south shore along the road and boardwalk, then proceed to have lunch at the Island Cafe: (Link). Wear a hat and sunscreen and bring water. If the weather is inclement, the alternate date will be negotiated, probably Jun 30. Sign up with Liz at 416-580-8446 (cell) or lizmcgroarty41@gmail.com, giving full name and contact phone number and/or email. Join Beverly for an afternoon at the opera as Toronto City Opera presents Johann Strauss II’s popular favourite Die Fledermaus (The Revenge of the Bat). Watch as the champagne flows during a night of elegance and decadence; deception and frivolity in this comic opera. The fully staged production will be sung in the original German with English supertitles; dialogue will be in English. Watch for Beverly on stage in the chorus at The Fleck Dance Theatre located on the 3rd floor of the Queen’s Quay Terminal building, The Harbourfront Centre, 207 Queens Quay West. A 10% ticket discount is available to UK Connexion members at the code: TCODFteam Tickets with discount are $50 and are available at the website: www.torontocityopera.com. Before the show gather at 1:30 pm in the Fleck Theatre lobby to greet UKC member Marilyn Gilbert who will collect the levy. At 5:00 pm, after the opera Beverly will greet you at The Goodman Pub and Kitchen for drinks and conversation at the ground level of Harbourfront Centre in the same building as the theatre. Reservations will be listed under UK Connexion. The event is open to 9 members. Contact Beverly by Fri prior at bev.gibson@hotmail.com or 416-465-2613. Come have fun dining together with Jackie, share laughs and then battle wits over a few games of Scrabble. Chicken dinner ++ $10 plus $5 UKC levy. BYOB. Plenty of underground parking. RSVP jackie@burgerfs.ca (preferred) or 416-483-5153. Join Ada for mingling with free snacks followed by dinner at the Squire, 3335 Bloor St W, just two short blocks east of Islington subway station on the south side. Street parking available, as well as free street parking one block south on Lothian Ave, the street beside the pub. The event is open to 18 members. Reserve with Ada by Thu prior at granshawada@gmail.com or 416-358-9514. Let's give Friday night out another whirl at a different locale - join Christine at The Bull & Firkin which is located just across the road from Davisville subway and two short blocks south on Yonge on the east side (just before Merton St.) Great pub grub and a good choice of beer and wine with specials on both food and drink each day. Prices are reasonable. Christine is limiting the event to 9 members. Please contact by Wed prior at christineukc23@gmail.com or 416-487-9869.