It is difficult to overstate the toll COVID-19 has taken on restaurants, and many of the ramifications for our industry have yet to truly come to light.  If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how precarious the restaurant industry really is.

At Two Faces, you feel amongst the cool crowd, but without the usual baggage – the hip atmosphere is laced with an air of genuine warmth and conviviality, with your inauguration into the world of natural wine being guided with a warm, friendly embrace.

Izna Donburi House is an important reminder that there is more to Japanese food than simply stuffing yourself at just another all-you-can-eat sushi joint.

Owning a restaurant isn’t easy, especially when it serves a specific ethnic cuisine. Expectations and pre-conceived notions of Thai food all too often force these types of restaurants to serve a diluted, Westernized version of their homelands cuisine…

What does a ramen shop look like outside of Japan? Can a dish that is inextricably linked with Japanese identity be replicated in other parts of the world?

The Westminster Tavern & Lounge, colloquially referred to as “The Pit”, is a bar comprised of two separate, but symbiotic parts: a tavern, known as the “Snake Pit”, and a lounge, referred to as the “Arm Pit.”

It seems all too often we are searching to find the glimmers and shards of meaning that keep us motivated to work in what can be an exhausting and thankless occupation.  Next time you sit down to a meal, have a second look at the menu. What does it say about the city, the region, the people behind the plates?