Coronavirus Restaurants

• ‘This is not helping’: Toronto brewery owner frustrated with BBQ restaurant protests

  "It's disrupted my business and it looks like it's cost the taxpayers a fortune just with the amount of service and support that's needed to keep everybody safe."

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2020
  
• Coronavirus: Some Ontario restaurants banning out-of-town customers from indoor dining

  "We want the people to come, we just are also wary and sensible about what potential infection of our team could mean, and what potential infection of our community could mean."

  Health

  Oct 18, 2020
  
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• Restaurant sales went up for 3rd month in July: StatCan

  Sales at "drinking places" saw a whopping 40 per cent increase in July.

  Consumer

  Sep 23, 2020
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• COVID Alert app wraps first month with 2.2M downloads, 90 infection reports

  The COVID Alert app is currently only available in Ontario and it's not clear when it will expand.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2020
• Dining out during the coronavirus pandemic? Experts weigh the risk

  The coronavirus spreads through droplets that are emitted when people talk, laugh, sing, cough or sneeze. Indoor spaces are riskier than outdoor spaces because it might be harder to keep people apart and there’s less ventilation.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2020
• Vancouver council votes to ease up on patio restrictions amid COVID-19

  The city will now look at a variety of "more flexible patio types," which could include "utilization of curb lane, street, sidewalk and laneway space for extensions."

  May 13, 2020
• Coronavirus: Ontario municipalities looking to expand restaurant patios onto public spaces

  Cities like Toronto, Hamilton and Markham are looking for ways to allow restaurants to expand their outdoor sitting capacity without getting bogged down in red tape.

  Canada

  May 13, 2020
• Toronto restaurant owner under fire for controversial COVID-19 comments, language

  "It has been a long, eye-opening week," the owner of Adamson Barbecue told Global News.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2020
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• 121K B.C. hospitality workers off the job, 28% of restaurants risk going under: survey

  A new survey found 10 per cent of the country's restaurants have already closed for good, with another 18 per cent at risk of going under by the end of April.

  Apr 2, 2020
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• 800,000 restaurant jobs lost in Canada in March amid COVID-19: survey

  The company said nearly one in 10 restaurants in Canada have already closed and nearly one in five expect to close if conditions don't get better in a month.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2020