In the pre-COVID world, I used to ask my restaurant judges for Canada’s 100 Best to vote on restaurant quality based on four considerations: the quality of the cooking, wine list, décor and...
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From crowded dance floors and mingling with friends to singing along with a favourite song played by a live band, most of the experiences we associate with nightlife are no longer considered safe...
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Colder weather is here, and restaurant owners are thinking about how they’re going to navigate the next six months and beyond. The pandemic continues to impact restaurant operations and the restaurant industry needs...
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Twelve years ago, during what was, at the time, the biggest recession of our generation, Chef Robert Belcham and his partners built a regionally specific Italian restaurant in Vancouver called Campagnolo. Set up...
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In 2005, a sixteen-year-old boy from Kuwait came to Canada. He came alone in the last week of August. No friends or family met him at the airport. Kuljeev Singh was just barely...
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For the hospitality industry, delivery and takeout have proved to be an important lifeline to surviving the economic impact of COVID-19. Though regulations are constantly fluctuating, at this time, Montreal, Quebec City, and...
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“Winter is coming…and we know what comes with it” is one of the most well-known phrases in modern popular culture. And for the current state of Canada’s restaurant industry, truer words have never...
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We’re all working through and dealing with the uncertainty of the second wave, and as winter approaches, it’s essential to arm ourselves with the tools, technology, and products to ensure the health and...
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In our recent conversations with large brands, independent operators, C-suite execs, and owners of up-and-coming startups, there’s one thing that seems to resonate with everyone – COVID-19 has changed operations forever, both negatively...
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Linden Pride Portrait by Jason Loucas Linden Pride, the owner of Dante in New York City, accurately calls March’s lockdown a ‘wartime situation’. New York City was hit particularly hard by COVID-19, and Linden...
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