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This popular Italian spot has stepped up to become Toronto s restaurant incubator
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Il Covo, a popular Toronto Italian restaurant, has become an unlikely incubator for new food projects, and is now stepping up to welcome outside businesses to collaborate with them in their space.
Il Covo is still operating as a takeout operation, but is now also home to Radio Cocktails and morts, and has welcomed Pastaio David into their space as well to collaborate on a pop-up series.
Il Covo on its own is normally known for upscale Venetian-inspired food, cocktails and an impressive wine list usually served in their dark, moody interior.
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When it comes to comfort food in these troubling times, is there anything better than fresh homemade pasta?
Not surprisingly, the pasta-making business out of people’s homes has really caught on in Toronto during the pandemic.
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Rockwell Pasta, Back to the Pasta and Pasta Forever, to name a few, are among the businesses offering homemade pasta to order from their respective Instagram pages.
“People have these skills and they’re just kind of sitting around knowing it’s something that people would want a speciality item,” said Katie Swift of Rockwell Pasta, which is named after the St. Clair and Keele-area street where she and her husband, pasta maker Holger Schoorl, live.