One of the things I have really missed since the pandemic started is a good early morning breakfast at some of my favorite restaurant spots. Well, since I have become quite accustomed to the take-out route I jumped at the offer to drop by Petinos in the Sainte-Dorothée District of Laval for a pickup before reporting to work.
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With the family pretty much socially isolated from others since winter began, dinner take-out has become a fun and unifying family occasion. Additionally, our socially conscientious clan has become quite sensitive to the plight of local businesses and restaurants. We have made it a habit, during these quarantine times, to order-in from a variety of restaurants by proclaiming our Saturday nights as ‘Small Business Saturday’.
For 47 years the Brasserie Manoir (www.brasseriemanoir.com) location in Pointe Claire has been serving up ever so popular home cooked holiday meals in December. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, owner Peter Sergkakis and executive chef Chantal Sauvé are keeping that tradition in place, adding their NDG St. Jacques Street location (the former Serre Piccasso Restaurant) to the mix with a special take-out format.
The iconic Rib ‘N Reef Steakhouse on Decarie Blvd. is the latest Montreal restaurant to move to take-out and delivery.
First opened in 1960, Peter Katsoudas assumed ownership almost 30 years ago and took this landmark establishment to a new level of success.
Foodies like myself sure do miss certain restaurants that have remained closed since the start of the pandemic. A case in point is Reuben’s Deli & Steakhouse (http://reubensdeli.com) on St. Catherine Street and Anton & James, which had a storefront on Stanley.
Peter Morentzos is behind the development of more than 50 restaurants, with the Queue de Cheval always serving as the flagship. Others included Moe’s Deli and Bar, Weinstein and Gavino’s and 40 Westt Steakhouse, just to name a few.
Q-ZN is excited to announce the launch of Quebec’s first virtual kitchen concept. Located in St Laurent, Q-ZN has begun pre-sales of its delivery-only restaurant concept.
With the unfortunate situation for the restaurant industry in Montreal due to COVID-19, Q-ZN offers a solution to tackle the overhead concerns of high rent, staff, maintenance, and other costs that are burdening restaurants today.
Q-ZN allows its operators 24/7 access to their own kitchen space, tailored to meet their individual business needs
In November 2019, the father and son team of Gary and Jonathan Makris became the exclusive owners. Gary has been there since day one while Jonathan began busing tables as a teenager. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Elounda closed its doors. “We were not a take-out and delivery type of place,” reasoned Jonathan.
While P.F. Chang’s remains very much in operation at Carrefour Laval, its Decarie spot was replaced by a state-of-the-art Cage: Brasserie Sportive which opened last February. It is an excellent takeout selection during these difficult COVID-19 times. General Manager Emile Haykal was the operating partner for P.F. Chang’s and during the early days of the pandemic, he worked out of the Laval location and noticed how many people were driving from the West End for takeout orders. “Customers from Hampstead, Côte Saint-Luc and TMR really missed us,” he said.