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9 Toronto restaurants and bars that have created online markets
Pick up quality groceries in addition to takeout from these Toronto businesses
Toronto has extended the prohibition on indoor dining at bars, cafes and restaurants indefinitely. Initially scheduled to reopen earlier in November, Toronto’s Medical Officer postponed the relaunch as the city is now in the red zone with an accelerated number of cases.
Considering that grocery stores are still open for business, some eateries have made the clever extension to their own businesses, turning their restaurant spaces into makeshift grocery stores, while still offering takeout of course. From partially-prepared meal kits to fridge and freezer items, these are the latest restaurants and cafes adapting to the current situation by creating their own mini markets full of interesting–and, in some cases, hard-to-find–products.
Banu
Banu has become the only Iranian grocery store in downtown Toronto. They are well-stocked with the essentials to make a proper Middle Eastern meal at home. Here you can find Barbari bread, sun dried sour limes, Persian…
