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| image=AuniteGravityTonysTownSquare.jpg| caption='''The entrance to Tony's Town SquareRestaurant. Photo by Luis Brizzante|alt= Town Square Restaurant sign'''| opened= October 1, 1971 (as Town Square Cafe) <br> 1989 (as Tony's Town SquareRestuarant)

The genesis of the restaurant that would eventually be known as Tony's Town Square Restaurant began during the planing of the [[Magic Kingdom]]. 1970 blueprints for the location indicate that it was originally earmarked for the "Coffee Mill Restaurant" <ref name= "widen"> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/hsphouse.htm </ref>. These plans were eventually changed however, and when the park opened on October 1, 1971 , the restaurant was known as the Town Square Cafe sponsored by Oscar-Mayer<ref name= "widen"/>. The Town Square Cafe featured turn of the century decor and an open-air dining area.

The first major change to the Town Square Cafe came in 1978 when the restaurant was rehabbed and the menu was expanded to include ribs<ref name= "widen"/> . Following the end of Oscar Mayer's sponsorship in 1981, the hot dog company chose not to renew<ref name= "widen"/> . Hormel then assumed sponsorship of the restaurant until 1989<ref name= "widen"/>.  In 1989 the Town Square Cafe underwent major renovations<ref name= "widen"/>. At this time, the open-air dining area was enclosed and the restaurant expanded into part of the next door "Hospitality House" <ref name= "widen"/>. At this time the restaurant was also renamed Tony's Town Square Restaurant after the owner of the Italian restaurant in Lady and the Tramp<ref name= "widen"/>. Along with the name change, Tony's Town Square also featured new theming and an Italian menu. In June 2016, Disney announced that a new Main Street Electrical Parade dining package would be offered inside Tony's Town Square Restaurant <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/tonys-town-square-restaurant/news/06jun2016-tonys-town-square-restaurant-introduces-new-main-street-electrical-parade-viewing-package.htm </ref> .

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*During Oscar-Mayer's sponsorship of the Town Square Cafe, Oscar-Meyer mascot chef "Little Oscar " would meet guests and hand out "wiener whistles"<ref name= "widen"/> . * Little Oscar was portrayed by George Molchan<ref name= "widen"/>. *On the sidewalk outside of Tony's Town Square Restaurant, guests can find Lady and the Tramp's paw-prints enclosed in a heart <ref> http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/09/main-street-usa/ </ref>. * Tony's Town Square Restaurant's facade is based on the Hotel Saratoga in New York <ref> The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World: an Imagineer's-Eye Tour Alex Wright - Disney Editions - 2005 </ref>