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TOSH Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/8/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



There was once a two storey family home at the posted coordinates. A prominent local family with the last name Staye had lived there. The house was converted into a restaurant and first opened in 2008 as the Old Staye House. A few years later they rebranded as their initials (TOSH) with steak as their specialty. Sadly, in April 2014, there was a fire and it was burned beyond repair. The owners will not be rebuilding TOSH and it has permanently closed.

I have developed a sort of multicache based on this restaurant, which you’ll need to tour around and collect information- at least, it would have been a multicache if the restaurant was still standing! You must travel back in time first, tour the restaurant, and answer the questions before the restaurant burns down.

NORTH:
A) How many black bars are there on the entrance doors (all doors, all sides)?
B) Find the cow. How many days has the cow aged?
C) According to TOSH, how many parts are there to a cow (labeled)?
D) How many TVs can be found throughout the building?
E) Look for THIS meal, somewhere in the restaurant. When can this meal be found? Take the number of the month (Jan = 1, etc) and add it to the number of the day.
F) It’s Friday night. What can you expect? Two words, count the total number of letters.

WEST:
G) Find the Banquet Room. How many wall lights are there?
H) Locate THIS. How many lights are attached?
I) How many wall mounted AC units are there in the building?
J) Look at a table for four in the Dining Room. How many glasses are on a table?
K) How many of THESE can be found at the restaurant?
L) How many cars are there in the front parking lot?

Dummy coordinates: N 45 25.366 W 076 22.179

Add A through F together, and add that sum to the decimal minutes of the North dummy coordinates.
Add G through L together, and add that sum to the decimal minutes of the West dummy coordinates.
The DR of A to F is 6.
The DR of G to L is 9.

To read more about the fire, here are some links:
CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tosh-steakhouse-and-bar-in-arnprior-destroyed-in-fire-1.2601362
CTV: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/fire-destroys-trendy-arnprior-restaurant-1.1764304
Ottawa Citizen: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/arnpriors-tosh-steakhouse-destroyed-by-fire
Ottawa Sun: http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/04/07/arnprior-steakhouse-destroyed-in-blaze

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle:] TBBTYR ZNCF, naq ab bgure vasbezngvba arprffnel.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)