As restaurants across Canada begin looking at how to reopen and rebuild, in BC, Premier John Horgan yesterday announced plans for restaurants to open with relaxed restrictions beginning next week, with an ask for industry specific guidelines to be developed with the help of WorkSafeBC.

The provincial organization offers a variety of helpful resources for hospitality workers, including risk-assessment tools, illness-prevention plans and physical distancing protocols. WorkSafe BC provided resources for the food and beverage industry as well as helpful FAQs as we look towards a ’new normal’ and getting back to business as best we can!

In the centre of the city here in Vancouver, the West End Business Improvement Association (@westendbia) is spearheading the latest edition of its ongoing #WEAreTakeout promotion tonight, with TWO takeout options this time around: Order $20+ worth of take-out and receive a $10 gift certificate, or; order $30+ and receive a $15 gift certificate towards your next meal at the same restaurant.

The full details and list of participating restaurants can be found here!

Gather ‘round, children, and let me spin you a tale of two cities — and four ‘Larrys’.

Thousands of kilometres separate Montréal and Vancouver, but there’s a connective culinary tissue and solidarity between four small, independent businesses in these two cities that goes beyond a shared name and underscores what binds us together even while we’re apart.

These restaurants haven’t so much pivoted in light of the pandemic as they have performed a pirouette — with grace, elegance and the health and wellbeing of their staff, guests and local neighbourhoods always front of mind. Read more: