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Chef in Toronto refuses to make new dessert after restaurant announces it to customers
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When a Toronto restaurant announced they d be serving an outrageous new dessert, they didn t expect people to take them seriously. However, the response to the announcement was so overwhelming that they had to continue the joke by pretending their chef refused to make it.
The situation evolved to such a degree that Victoria Bazan of Honest Weight calls it Bakedalaskagate. The restaurant is known for their versatility with seafood, but despite the talents of the kitchen staff they were never actually planning to serve the technically impressive Baked Alaska dessert they jokingly posted about online.
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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.