Location: Basement of Terroni, 57 Adelaide St. E.
Date photo taken: 31 July 2019
The building that currently houses Terroni on Adelaide once served up something very different than pizza. The three-storey structure, fronted by four commanding pillars, was built in 1852-3 to serve as the County of York's third courthouse, and it is one of the few pre-Confederation buildings still to be found in the city. The basement still boasts the cells that once held prisoners awaiting their time in court, although today they house washrooms and wine cellars. How many people who eat in the lovely back garden know that Toronto's last public hanging occurred in that very courtyard? The building also has ties to Canadian culture, having served as an early home of The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto during a key ten year period, which saw, among other things, the formation of the Group of Seven.
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