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Opening a new restaurant is a bit like birthing a baby; no matter how carefully an entrepreneur plans, restaurants sometimes come into the world on their own timeline. This is something that Yash Sharma just learned the hard way after cooking in high-end hotels, on cruise lines, and at local restaurants, Sharma had a long-term dream of opening his own place. He knew that COVID-19 was going to be an issue as he planned to open his YYC Pasta Bar early this past fall, but delays pushed it to late November, right before the second pandemic-related restaurant shutdown in Alberta. His baby had chosen the most inopportune moment to make its debut.