We are sorry to disappoint you but we have closed down Pimblett's Restaurant, the Queen's Head Pub at 263 Gerrard Street East. However we do continue to operate Albert Pimblett's Downtown bed and Breakfast, 242 Gerrard Street corner of Ontario We wish to thank all those that made this establishment a great success for the Past twenty-seven years. A life style that I have enjoyed so much. Please do not hesitate in joining us at the Bed and Breakfast just across the Road. We have brought many of the decorative items with us. Thanks Geoffrey Pimblett.

The Duke of Windsor just look at those legs

PIMBLETT'S RESTAURANT R I P. Established Friday 13th. May 1977 Closed June 12th. 2004 The proprietor Geoffrey Pimblett formally trained as a Chef at ‘Courtfield’ the Blackpool Hotel and Catering College in the North of England. He completed a five years in management training with Grand Metropolitan Hotels and was Assistant Manager at their Flagship Hotel ‘The Mairfair’ before coming to Canada. He was Assistant and Food and Beverage Manager at The Four Seasons Hotel, Operations Manager for the Head Office and later opened his Restaurant on Gerrard Street In Old Cabbagetown. “A far cry from the Inn On The Park” says Geoffrey, Pimblett’s Restaurant was soon discovered by Joan Kate's of the Globe and Mail, White of the Toronto Sun and then featured in Toronto Life. Pimblett never looked back, from the meager start of 25 seats in a hole in the wall store to his now magnificent location just a few numbers down on the corner of Berkeley Street. The Restaurant is located on the ground floor of this restored Victorian House, Patio on the side, and ‘The Queen’s Head Pub’ lower ground floor and accomadtion above. The style is English of course, with dated wallpapers, resplendent chandeliers, mahogany fire places, guilt morrors, paintings of the Royal Family, still life and victorian ladies with little on. The furnishings are funky with old radios from the time of invention, an old telephone concil waiting for ...............Lilly Tomlin.....one ringy dingy.......a Bust of Queen Victoria, Persian carpets and the famous mix and match china (from thrift stores and antique market). You get a free dinner if you find a matching plate “ In the early days, I used to smash the plate on the floor, in front of the guest” says Geoffrey “cheaper than a free dinner”. On Saturday nights it was ‘Mad Hatters Tea Party’ serving wine in tea pots and supplying lovely frilly hats, the men loved having dinner with a ladies flowered creation on their head. Alas those days have gone. but we still have a whole box of hat's to try on, upon request. After 27 years the food has matured with age, the superb Roast Prime Rib of Beef, English style with Yorkshire Pudding t'dip in the gravy, the best Fish and Chips this side of the Atlantic, Sherry Trifle to die for, we change the sherry to Drambuie on Robbie Burns Day. Actually one can request the variation and even Haggis any day of the Year.