restaurants
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What’s on the menu? Local restaurant deals in Kitchener-Waterloo
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The Cord’s Best of 2020
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The Cord’s Best of 2020 Quarantine Celebs Jeff Tweedy Jeff Tweedy and his two sons have found new ways to entertain their audiences all while in the comfort of their own home. The Tweedy Show was initiated by Jeff’s wife, Susie, directing, commentating and live streaming her family’s often nonchalant set lists over Instagram—the inaugural…
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Marbles Restaurant in Uptown Waterloo is latest business to close due to COVID-19
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Marbles Restaurant in Uptown Waterloo is the latest local business to be negatively impacted by COVID-19. They’re set to permanently close their doors after 43 years of operation on Nov. 27. The restaurant is owned and managed through The Fat Sparrow Group, which “is a carefully curated cluster of restaurants and food producers.” Marbles posted…
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Stark and Perri rebranding to ‘The Prohibition Warehouse’ under new ownership
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Uptown Waterloo’s beloved restaurant and bar, Stark and Perri, is getting rebranded. Now under new ownership, the restaurant closed down on Oct. 7 and renovations have been underway since. “We took it over about a month ago and we’re refurbishing and we’re looking at going in a different direction with the food,” said Wayne Montgomery,…
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Abe Erb’s Kitchener extension looking to solidify its position in K-W’s craft beer community
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Serenaded by Swedish indie-folk music, a local farmer carts a heavy load of wheat past gleaming silver tanks. To his immediate right, a man in a knit sweater runs the counter for a tiny shop, hocking cans and growlers of beer, teas, t-shirts and glassware. Extending behind them both is a large space with lofty…
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The customer isn’t always right
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The customer is not always right. Even in our capitalistic world, I’m not sure which societies truly believe the customer is always right, let alone established businesses adhering by the phrase “the customer is always right.” Sure, in some cases the customer is right. However, in my personal experience within the food service industry, the…
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