WINDSOR, ONT. To go along with a week of above-seasonal temperatures, Windsor city council has approved an early start to the patio season and is waiving associated fees for small businesses. During Monday’s budget session, council moved up an administrative recommendation to allow restaurants and bars to open their patios on April 1. “We all kind of did a little happy dance, a little jump for joy there because it really helped the downtown area,” says Jason Barsotta, a brewer at Craftheads Brewing Company in downtown Windsor. The patio at the Pelissier Street establishment doubled their capacity to serve up flights of beer, while also creating a patio culture that drew people out of COVID-19 hibernation, Barsotta says.
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Paczki Day is usually the busiest day for Blak s Bakery in Windsor, serving its highly anticipated signature doughnut, but the pandemic took a bite out of some of its sales this year.
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