Gerard Curran, owner of the James Joyce Irish Pub in Calgary, took the
chair reins at the CRFA’s annual general meeting, held in March during
the annual CRFA Show in Toronto.
Ferran Adrià, regarded as the owner of the world’s best restaurant, elBulli, has decided to close the restaurant permanently, after just one
more season.
So what’s a guy who worked in the restaurant equipment industry for 40
years doing in Neustadt, population less than 500? Bryan Schenk, who
has worked for Cassidy’s, Vollrath and Oneida, is now the proud owner
of Noah’s Inn.
Seven chefs serving seven courses raised more than $7,000 for Médicins
Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders at The Chefs for Haiti cooking
event held Feb. 10 at Great Cooks on Eight in downtown Toronto.
Scorpio celebrated a quarter-century in business in 2009, and has
pushed through the economic slump thanks to a loyal customer base of
people dining there for decades.
There are no McDonalds, Taco Bell or Tim Hortons locations in this town
on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and one local councillor wants to
keep it that way.
Spending from Feb. 12-21 increased 128 per cent compared to the same
time period a year earlier. Downtown Vancouver restaurants saw an
increase of 89 per cent during the Winter Games.
Minimum wage rates in Alberta have been frozen for the rest of 2010.
The province’s $8.80 wage, sixth highest in the country after Manitoba,
will be the subject of a minimum wage policy review.
Beer drinkers in Atlantic Canada will soon get a taste of Brick beer. The Ontario-based microbrewery has signed up AMCA Sales and Marketing
to bring brewers products to the East Coast in a deal to last through
2012.
Mike Smith, one of the owners of the Toothy Moose, and best known for
his role as one of the Trailer Park Boys, faces a March 12 hearing at the
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board.
