The year 2020 has left many of us with the sense of living through ominously historical times—against the backdrop of a global pandemic, our societies’ deepest scars have become open wounds. The pain...
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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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We recently spoke to Linden Pride, owner of Dante in New York City, about how his team is dealing with and working through the COVID-19 pandemic. As the winner of ‘World’s Best Bar’,...
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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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All photos via Instagram In speaking with Nunu Rampen, owner and chef of Toronto’s Nunu Ethiopian Fusion restaurant, one thing she says in regards to the pandemic fallout jumps out: “I may be...
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Waking up to a notification on your phone that you’ve been potentially in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID is definitely not an ideal situation. Restaurateur Alison MacKenna experienced just that....
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