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Old Feb 15, 2024 | 5:37 pm
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Adam Smith
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Originally Posted by billdokes
Honestly, I thought it was just to deal with overflow from the MLL Dom at YYZ and to test a different format...never for a second thought it was a 'more exclusive' or superior experience...I don't think of a place offering 'grab and go' to be associated with something Premium of Exclusive.
You're misinterpreting "exclusive". When the Cafe was introduced, access rules were considerably more restrictive than MLLs, i.e. exclusive. Whether one chooses to interpret that exclusivity in a certain way is up to them.
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