# Lunch At Allen's

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Canadian folk music group

Lunch At Allen's Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada Years active 2004–present Members Cindy Church Marc Jordan Murray McLauchlan Ian Thomas

**Lunch At Allen's** is a band consisting of four [Canadian](/source/Canadians) artists of folk, country, and popular music, [Cindy Church](/source/Cindy_Church), [Marc Jordan](/source/Marc_Jordan), [Murray McLauchlan](/source/Murray_McLauchlan) and [Ian Thomas](/source/Ian_Thomas_(Canadian_musician)). Their name comes from the fact that three of the four members, Jordan, McLauchlan, and Thomas, would often meet for lunch at Allen's restaurant on [Danforth Avenue](/source/Danforth_Avenue) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario.[1][2]

## History

The band was formed in 2004 initially for a one-off, eight-city tour, but they have continued to write and perform since. McLauchlan, who had not played professionally in a while at the time of the band's formation, formed the band after being diagnosed with a heart issue requiring quadruple-bypass heart surgery.[3] That year the group released a self-titled album.[4] *Catch the Moon* followed in 2007, and *More Lunch at Allen's* in 2010.[4] In 2012 they released a CD of holiday songs, *Zuzu's Petals*.[5]

Lunch at Allen's went on tour in western Canada in 2016 and 2017.[6][7] The group's album *If It Feels Right* was released in June, 2017.[8][9]

## Members

- [Cindy Church](/source/Cindy_Church) (Guitar & Vocals)

- [Marc Jordan](/source/Marc_Jordan) (Guitar, Piano & Vocals)

- [Murray McLauchlan](/source/Murray_McLauchlan) (Guitar, Piano, Harmonica & Vocals)

- [Ian Thomas](/source/Ian_Thomas_(Canadian_musician)) (Guitar, Mandolin & Vocals)

## Discography

### Albums (CD and downloads)

- 2004 - *Lunch At Allen's* (EMI Canada)

- 2007 - *Catch The Moon* (EMI Canada)

- 2010 - *More Lunch at Allen's* (Linus Entertainment, Canada)

- 2012 - *Zuzu's Petals: A Lunch At Allen's Christmas* (Linus Entertainment, Canada)

- 2017 - *If It Feels Right* (Linus Entertainment, Canada)

### Singles

- 2004 - *Perfect World* (EMI Canada)

- 2007 - *What Kind of Love* (EMI Canada)

### DVD

- 2003 - *Lunch At Allen's* (EMI Canada)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Baker, Lois Anne (2016-06-15). ["Legends serve up Lunch at Allen's"](http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2016/06/15/legends-serve-up-lunch-at-allens-in-cornwall). *Cornwall Standard Freeholder*. Retrieved 2016-07-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["A full musical meal found in Lunch at Allen's"](https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/a-full-musical-meal-found-in-lunch-at-allens). *Ottawa Citizen*, Peter Robb, December 17, 2014

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Toms, Colleen (2016-06-07). ["Kick back and relax with Lunch at Allen's"](http://www.brantnews.com/news-story/6711417-kick-back-and-relax-with-lunch-at-allen-s/). *Brant News*. Retrieved 2016-07-03.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ce_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ce_4-1) ["Murray McLauchlan"](http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/murray-mclauchlan-emc/). *The Canadian Encyclopedia*, Steve McLean, revised byAndrew Mcintosh, published 08/14/2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["](https://www.straight.com/music/holiday-discs-2012-lunch-allens-christmass-zuzus-petals). *Georgia Straight*, Adrian Mack on December 5th, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Marc Jordan always happy to make time for Lunch At Allen's"](https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/marc-jordan-always-happy-to-make-time-for-lunch-at-allens). Mike Bell, *Calgary Herald*, October 17, 2016

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Lunch At Allen’s (Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas) Review"](http://fraservalleynewsnetwork.com/2017/06/21/lunch-at-allens-murray-mclauchlan-cindy-church-marc-jordan-and-ian-thomas-review/). *Fraser Valley News*, Don Lehn June 21, 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Review – Lunch At Allen’s"](http://canadianbeats.ca/2017/06/26/review-lunch-at-allens/). *Canada Beats*, By Linda Heldman on June 26, 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: LUNCH AT ALLEN’S – IF IT FEELS RIGHT"](http://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-lunch-allens-feels-right/). *The Spill Magazine*. by [Aaron Badgley](/source/Aaron_Badgley)

## External links

- [Lunch At Allen's official site](http://www.lunchatallens.com/)

- [True North Records](http://www.truenorthrecords.com/artist/364)

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