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Briefly noted. From Randy McDonald on Facebook yesterday, a nighttime-atmospheric photo of the Chew Chew Grill / Chew Chew’s Diner, 186 Carlton St., Toronto ON (open 8 am to 4 pm):

All-day breakfast, hot sandwiches, and burgers in a space with booth seating and train-inspired decor

You get the remarkable name, a kind of ludic trifecta — punning (choo punning on chew), imitative (choo-choo  ‘train’), and metonymical (chew in the name of an eating place) — plus the wonderful train mural, especially vivid at night.

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