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Closing of the dining rooms at St-Hubert rotisseries

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St-Hubert is closing its dining rooms, but the delivery service and the pick up counter will remain operational for all restaurants, albeit with a reduced menus.  Details below. Preventive measure to limit the spread of COVID-19 Laval, March 16, 2020 Les Rôtisseries St-Hubert Ltée has decided to close the dining rooms of all their restaurants until further notice. This preventive measure is intended to favour the safety or our customers and employees and limit the spread of COVID-19. While closing the dining rooms, the banner will introduce reduced menus, effective tomorrow, which will simplify operations. Note that the delivery service and the car order services will remain operational for all restaurants. Also, the only payments accepted will be by debit or credit cards, thus preferring “contactless” payment. Cash will no longer be accepted for an undetermined period. Imperatively, the safety of customers, employees, franchisees, and therefore the community, is being…

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Pacini to close all its restaurants for 14 days

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Pacini to close all its restaurants for 14 days

COMMUNITY WELL-BEING COMES FIRST La Prairie, March 15, 2020 After following all the recommended precautions and measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, Pacini is taking an additional step by temporarily closing all of its establishments across Canada starting Monday, March 16. This decision supports the recommendation put forward by political and health authorities to avoid large gatherings in order to effectively fight the coronavirus. The chain aims to protect its customers, employees, franchisees, suppliers, partners and every community where it is established. “Very large companies, such as Apple and Nike, have already closed all their stores, no matter what it costs,” says Pierre Marc Tremblay, owner of the chain. “We applaud their sense of responsibility and their courage, and we put our shoulder to the wheel,” adds Nathalie Lehoux, Happy President of Pacini. Given this decision, all employees will benefit from employment insurance and they will be ready to…

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‘Twas the day before the day before the day before Christmas

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‘Twas the day before the day before the day before Christmas

‘Tis the season for road trips and lunches on the go. And the young Waffles had been bugging us for a stop at Tim Hortons for weeks now. Despite my strong will, Ms. Waffle joined the fray as we headed out for Frontenac County for the Noël festivities. I had other helpful suggestions along the way. But it seemed there was no way around it. We would have to stop around 12:30 in Carleton Place, since it would coincide with my car’s need to be fed too. I was dreading the arrival. It is the Holidays. It would be packed. It would be loud. It would smell like bad coffee and candy canes. Neither the McDonald’s next door nor the A&W across the street could sway them. In they went into the Timmies. The thought occured to me that I could just fill up and keep driving. All the presents…

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Deli Chenoy’s is goner in Gatineau – a Waffle exclusive

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Deli Chenoy’s is goner in Gatineau – a Waffle exclusive

The Deli Chenoy’s brand is taking another step towards oblivion as the owners of the Gatineau franchise announced this evening that they had put the final touch on their rebranding, getting rid of Chenoy’s in favour of another famous smoked meat chain. The location, which opened in the Complexe Lumière (otherwise known as Cinéma 9) in 1997, is now officially a Nickels. This leaves the Dollard-des-Ormeaux Chenoy’s as the last one standing for the chain, which was established in 1936. The management team remains the same, so it’ll be interesting to see the transition. It is not the first time Nickels Delicatessen is opening stores in the National Capital Region. I recall one location on the Greber boulevard and another one on Dalhousie street in Ottawa. In the early 1990s, Lawrence and Peter Mammas partnered with Paul Sara, René Angélil and Céline Dion to create the restaurant chain Nickels. Originally…

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Fusion Poutine

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I’ve been meaning to try New York Fries‘ Butter Chicken Poutine for some time now and I got the opportunity at the Bayshore food court, where I was shopping for Christmas present. The Butter Chicken Poutine was introduced to NYF’s line up in 2011, along with the Braised Beef Poutine. As far as I know, NYF was the first to offer it. Whoever thought that mixing Quebec’s national dish with India’s most popular curry is a genius. I ordered a regular size poutine. You know the drill: fries on the bottom, followed by cheese curds. Then, the twist: butter chicken instead of the classic brown gravy. The fries were good, as usual. The cheese curds weren’t squeaking, which is always sad. The key, though, was the butter chicken itself. I was expecting bland, but it wasn’t. The tomato sauce was mildly spicy, with some heat, but not too much. There…

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