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<title>Aaron Wang</title>
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I am going to open a new one soon]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Maya</title>
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I'm looking for any new cosplay/maid cafes that may be opening in Toronto, or Canada. And I'd like to contact Aaron Wang, owner of the now closed Imaid Cafe in Toronto, if anyone has an email address for him? I'm making a documentary about waitresses and am interested in this angle. I know about Royal T in LA, and of course, the ones in Tokyo.
thanks
Maya]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:53:12 PST</pubDate>
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<title>SilentNinja</title>
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if you want to rave about cosplay restaurant, this maybe a bit off topic but a few months ago I head down to NewYork and came across this Ninja restaurant, expensive but REALLY AWESOME good service, food was decent (served with style). Our waiter was really funny. I had a good time, so just wanna share some of this experience with everyone=)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeQNelpUmg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeQNelpUmg</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:44:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Po</title>
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the food was more than horrible, it was garbage.

So the owner might have wanted us to be comfortable, but he didn't think about satisfying our appetite properly..]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:57:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brent</title>
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So Aaron, what sort of clientèle was coming over to your cafe?  Did they fit the unfortunate anime fan stereotype (i.e. overweight college-aged men wearing anime t-shirts and a distinct body odor), or was it a more diverse group?  Did you have repeat customers, or did you never see the same face twice?  ]]>
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<category>Toronto, TnO</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:30:24 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Aaron Wang</title>
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Hi ! I am the owner of i maid cafe ~ (I sold the cafe before it closed.)]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:56:42 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Jason Scott</title>
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I wrote a weblog entry about visiting the cafe:

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000280.html

The iMaid cafe had two dooming aspects. First of all, it wasn't in the middle of a city like the Maid Cafes of Japan are (it was basically out in the suburbs as far as anyone would be concerned) and second of all, they went in a direction with the maids but didn't really train them. I ate there with my buddy and was rebuffed by our waitress for asking to take a photo with her! Even waitresses at the IHOP will pose with a group having a good time, it means bigger tips.

So A for effort, C for followthrough. Try again!]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:23:53 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Danielle</title>
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A few friends of mine have gone to 'cosplay' cafes in Japan and always came back raving about the service. The food was never EXCELLENT, but never bad, but the girls made it what you came back for.
Apparently, the iMaid in P-Mall was nowhere nearly the same. Considering Toronto has TONS of cosplay groups, anime conventions, DANCE PARTIES and get-togethers, I doubt this is a reflection on anything except a bad business. ]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:57:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Gloria</title>
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The food was ever good at Swiss Chalet? ]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:40:43 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Elle Driver</title>
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Anybody remember the old milk-maid costumes they used to make the waitresses wear in Swiss Chalet? Middle-aged women wearing bright red and white peasant blouses and corsets, with their chests spilling out? God, I remember feeling humiliated for them, even as a child. At least the food was good. ]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:58:38 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Rick</title>
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I used to live right near there.

Everything that has ever been in that location has shut down rather quickly.  The iMaid cafe actually lasted the longest, I believe.

It's something about that location...]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:31:23 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Chii</title>
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I went there last year when it opened, the food was better but the "maids" had terrible training.  They would give me the food but no utensils. o_0; 

I heard the food's quality got worse so that's why people stopped going. ]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:14:55 PST</pubDate>
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<title>quanta</title>
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What I heard: the cafe closed because the food wasn't very good - not because it had French maids!]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:30:52 PST</pubDate>
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