Winnipeg Free Press
Jack Syverson (left), John Sampson, Leah Dingman, Mackenzie Jackson and Matt O’Neill have some drinks as they get together on the patio at Bar Italia on Saturday afternoon. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press)
You could say it was the luck of the Irish coming a few days before St. Patrick's Day for many restaurant patio owners across the city.
You could say it was the luck of the Irish coming a few days before St. Patrick's Day for many restaurant patio owners across the city.
After pandemic restrictions in place since last October prevented Manitobans from going to a restaurant or licensed premise and sitting down with someone other than their family, Saturday was the first day people could sit with up to five friends from different households at a table on an outdoor patio.