As restaurants all around this country begin the reopening and recovery process, we’re giving a shout-out today to Kim Steele, who co-owns and co-chefs beloved Saint John, NB restaurant East Coast Bistro with her husband Tim Muehlbauer. Today, this dynamic duo puts an end to their COVID-19 dine-in hiatus and reopens the doors of their bistro after a months-long, takeout-only spell. Welcome back, East Coast Bistro!

However you like it, Canada — sauced, smashed, double-stacked, tricked-out or triple-pattied with bacon and cheese — we wish you a very happy and meatingful #NationalBurgerDay! Check out our homepage and customize your ‘find’ search using the words ‘burger’ and ‘American’ to get the best burgers in your ‘burg. Move those buns and chow down, Canada.

Another day, another new acronym to process and unpack from the federal government. This time, it’s CECRA (a.k.a. the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program for small businesses).

For those small and independent businesses that have questions about the program and the application portal that opened earlier this week, MENU magazine enlisted the help of Mark Parmegiani, Director of Commercial Sales and Leasing for CHI Real Estate Group to help provide some clarity on the program.