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99 Toronto restaurants and bars we lost in 2020
From neighbourhood favourites to trendy upstarts and big franchises, a variety of eateries closed this year By Kelsey Adams and Natalia Manzocco
Dec 22, 2020
It was difficult to keep up with the closures in our weekly roundups, but there were also a healthy number of openings. Of course, the restaurants that did open weren’t greeted by the most favourable dining landscape.
Despite stopgap measures like government relief and new takeout and delivery offerings, many Toronto restaurants and bars closed their doors for good during the pandemic.
The trend was Canada-wide. On December 16, Restaurants Canada said that since March 2020, 10,000 restaurants have closed across Canada. In Ontario alone, the sector has lost 19 per cent of jobs and 25 per cent in revenue since February, the industry group said.
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We miss going to bars, we really (really,
really) do. But until we can all safely sidle up to one, many of the city’s best wine bars have switched up their offerings, transforming into streetside vino patios, bottle bodegas and de facto wine clubs. All of them offer a selection of bottles seldom found at your neighbourhood LCBO.
Remember that as per law, you still have to purchase food with your bottle. But that’s hardly a tough ask considering many places are offering souped-up snacks for takeout, like Happy Coffee and Wine’s crispy shrimp burgers and Midfield Wine Bar’s melée of house-made charcuterie. Here, 13 of the best new places to celebrate Wine Wednesday (or any day of the week).