Sending love to all our Breaking Bread kin back on the East Coast, especially in Nova Scotia, where Hurricane Teddy is bearing down on the region and bringing rain, wind and storm surge warnings along with it.

A number of Halifax and Dartmouth cafes, breweries and restaurants are either closed for the day or closing and sending home staff early tonight ahead of the storm making landfall, so check out the accounts below for the latest on how they’re faring as everyone slips on the sou’westers and tries to stay dry.

We know Maritimers. They’re made of steel, rawhide and tough stuff and will make helping their neighbours their top priority. From all of us out here on the West Coast to those of you battening down the hatches on the Best Coast, we’re thinking of you.

Some good news from three local municipalities in BC last week, as the City of North Vancouver, Delta and Vancouver voted to extend their temporary patio programs for cafes, restaurants, pubs and breweries into the fall and winter.

However, that’s only three among the more than 20 municipalities that make up the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association President and CEO Ian Tostenson is urging other councils to act fast to help businesses get their ducks in a row for the coming wet winter months.

We are beyond thrilled and truly humbled to let you know that this little labour of love we call Breaking Bread won a 2020 Canadian Search Award in the ‘Best Use Of Search - Third Sector / Not For Profit’ category yesterday. The awards celebrate the very best in PPC, SEO and Content Marketing across Canada.

Some of the ‘OG 23’ restaurants that came together in March to help us launch Breaking Bread are pictured above, blissfully mask-free and shoulder to shoulder in those innocent salad days before we started hoarding toilet paper and mixing midday ‘Quarantinis’.

We pledge to you that we’ll keep sharing your stories, fighting the good fight and urging everyone to keep showing their support for the foodservice and hospitality industry and all those who rely on it for their livelihoods as we continue to rebound, restart and recover.