Son of George McConkey, he ran the family business, McConkey's Restaurant for several decades.
Among the notable events that took place there included the lighting of the first electric lights at their location at 145 Yonge St.
The restaurant closed it's doors in 1940, but the site is considered by the Toronto Historical Society to be one of the great 'lost sites' of the city.
OBIT from The Toronto Star:
Ernest G.E. McConkey, prominent as a Toronto restauranteur for four generations and proprietor and founder of McConkey's Restaurants, who died at his home, 277 Russell Hill Road today in his 64th year.
Among the notable events that took place there included the lighting of the first electric lights at their location at 145 Yonge St.
The restaurant closed it's doors in 1940, but the site is considered by the Toronto Historical Society to be one of the great 'lost sites' of the city.
OBIT from The Toronto Star:
Ernest G.E. McConkey, prominent as a Toronto restauranteur for four generations and proprietor and founder of McConkey's Restaurants, who died at his home, 277 Russell Hill Road today in his 64th year.
Son of George McConkey, he ran the family business, McConkey's Restaurant for several decades.
Among the notable events that took place there included the lighting of the first electric lights at their location at 145 Yonge St.
The restaurant closed it's doors in 1940, but the site is considered by the Toronto Historical Society to be one of the great 'lost sites' of the city.
OBIT from The Toronto Star:
Ernest G.E. McConkey, prominent as a Toronto restauranteur for four generations and proprietor and founder of McConkey's Restaurants, who died at his home, 277 Russell Hill Road today in his 64th year.
Among the notable events that took place there included the lighting of the first electric lights at their location at 145 Yonge St.
The restaurant closed it's doors in 1940, but the site is considered by the Toronto Historical Society to be one of the great 'lost sites' of the city.
OBIT from The Toronto Star:
Ernest G.E. McConkey, prominent as a Toronto restauranteur for four generations and proprietor and founder of McConkey's Restaurants, who died at his home, 277 Russell Hill Road today in his 64th year.
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