Restaurants Canada

Carleton prof joins CFIB, Restaurants Canada to call for freeze of EI premiums for small biz

Businesses may have to ‘pull the plug’ after CEBA deadline comes and goes, small biz advocate says

Ottawa

Time is ticking for small businesses to pay back CEBA pandemic loans — and advocates say the outcome for some could be devastating.

Business groups point to missing items in feds’ fall economic statement, including CEBA deadline

Canada & World

CFIB said it is “deeply disappointed” the feds fall economic statement didn’t include measures to help small businesses, like extending the CEBA loan deadline.

Chilly spring one more challenge for local restaurants that rely on patio season

Ottawa

Just like the weather, it’s been an up and down start to the season for many of Ottawa’s restaurants and outdoor patios.

Ottawa tourism sector on the rise, but foreign visits still lagging, veteran hotelier says

Insider Only Ottawa, Tourism

Ottawa craft breweries brace for Canada’s biggest alcohol tax jump in 40 years

Canada & World

Canada’s restaurant industry is bracing for the biggest jump in the country’s alcohol excise duty in more than 40 years, spurring warnings the tax hike

Ottawa’s first automated restaurant provides answers to industry’s woes

Ottawa, Techopia

One local restaurateur is stepping out of the pandemic and into the future with a new restaurant concept that he believes will solve some of

Forget toilet paper, lettuce is suddenly the latest hot commodity

Ottawa

With the cost of a simple head of lettuce spiking, restaurants are scrambling to remove or replace the leafy greens in their menus.

Restaurants hope for holiday boom, but looming recession causes concern

Ottawa

Some restaurants and bars are starting to book holiday parties, but it remains to be seen whether bookings will return to pre-pandemic levels, expert says.

‘Playing the long game’: Ottawa restaurants adjust business models to grapple with labour shortage, inflation

Ottawa

Restaurants in Canada are raising prices, shrinking menus and reducing hours in a bid to survive inflation and labour shortages, a new report says, and