Winnipeg Free Press
Feeling the heat
From health restrictions to staffing woes, restaurateurs keep a lot of plates spinning as the pandemic tests the limits of their passion By: Eva Wasney | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021 Save to Read Later
There’s a gently sunbleached sign outside Preservation Hall that reads, “We can’t wait to meet you.”
There’s a gently sunbleached sign outside Preservation Hall that reads, We can’t wait to meet you.
Inside the Empress Street restaurant, husband-and-wife owners Tristan and Melanie Foucault still haven’t met many of their regular customers in person since opening one year ago. Instead, Instagram followers have taken the place of a full dining room and timeline posts have become a stand-in for the daily special spiel.
I say this every year, but it doesn’t make it any less true: I’ve left a lot on the table this year. So many people stepped up and did incredible things in 2020. There were thousands of people who achieved amazing things, faced the pandemic battle on the front lines, gave back, received awards and impacted lives. I try to do 100 new names every year and not repeat any from previous lists. That said, I’ve still got dozens of names to carry forward to next year. Please stay safe and look after yourself. All the best, always.
A COVID-19 suspected patient is brought into a resuscitation bay in the adult emergency department at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. The amount of personal sacrifice for literally putting their own lives at risk to help others is immeasurable, says Burpee. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
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Local chefs share the family recipes that warm their hearts during the holidays By: Eva Wasney | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Dec. 11, 2020
Food has always been the centerpiece of the holidays for Wendy May.
The owner of the Oakwood on Osborne Street had a hard time picking just one dish when the
Free Press reached out asking for a close-to-the-heart holiday recipe.
In the end, the choice was obvious: her grandma’s Polish Chrust, also known as Chrustiky or Lovers Knots. The deep-fried, sugar-dusted pastries made an appearance at Christmas and Easter, piled high inside a large enamel roasting pan the only vessel big enough to hold an entire batch.
A Winnipeg restaurant owner shared her industry's experience and offered feedback on federal pandemic supports in a one-on-one conversation with Canada's finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland.