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Bottle Rats and Where They Stem From
A FEW years ago, I attended a party at a nightclub in the meatpacking district of Manhattan with about 10 young women, most of them models, and two club promoters, men whose job was to bring beautiful women to exclusive parties. Beyoncé’s hit single “Run the World (Girls)” boomed, and the girls danced to the […]
Demand for Truffles in Canada Has Never been Higher, and The Go to Man to get Them is Richard De Sousa
One weekend in 2022, as restaurants in Toronto started to re-open for indoor service, a chef got a call from one of his regular customers, a very wealthy man flying back to Toronto from Dubai. The diner was looking forward to a favorite dish with truffles that evening at his restaurant where he is the […]
Thousands of Ravers to Test Relaxing of Covid Rules
6,000 clubbers to hit dance floor over two nights
Why isn’t The Government Doing More to Save Nightlife?
There are few parts of the economy that have been as badly affected by Covid-19 than nightlife – or to be more accurate, the response to the coronavirus, rather than the disease itself. Nightclubs have been forced to close since March and face even more months of closure. The ratcheting up of restrictions, and the accompanying fines, for anyone […]
Pandemic Interview with Nick Di Donato, President of Liberty Group
The ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is changing our world in ways none of us saw coming. In this series of conversations with movers and shakers from our industry, we’re taking a look at how the pandemic has already transformed nightlife and what changes are still on the horizon. Hoping to find out what’s […]
Nightlife Staff Aren’t Part of Ontario’s Phase 2 Vaccine Rollout
UPDATE: Mar. 22nd. – Officials now say they are included in the Phase 2 rollout to be completed by end of June. Nightclub and Bar workers will not be included in Phase 2 of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, leading one group to wonder why the government is prioritizing industries that weren’t forced to shutter […]
7 Nightclubs We Lost During The Pandemic
It was difficult to keep up with the hospitality closures in the past 12 months with most of them taking place in the restaurant industry. Despite stopgap measures like government relief and new takeout and delivery offerings, several nightclubs closed their doors for good during the pandemic. The trend was Canada-wide. On December 16, Restaurants […]
Ontario Bar Owner and Staff Charged After Impaired Driving Death
CAMBRIDGE — A Cambridge bar, its two owners and two of its staff members are facing 21 charges under the Liquor Licence Act in connection to a crash that killed a Puslinch man. The St. Louis Bar and Grill and four individuals associated with it are facing Liquor Licence Act charges that include selling liquor […]
Which Nightclubs Will Be Allowed to Open?
“Restarting the economy has to be done in stages, and it does have to start with more physical distancing.” This is a given. For at least 12-24 months some sort of social distancing will have to continue or we’re going to have a second wave of this leading to complete lockdowns again. What is plausible […]
Top 5 Clubs Torontonians Miss The Most
FLUID – 217 Richmond W 1995-2009 One of the first major hotspots in the city, it had its run as Stilife and sold in 1995 by Charles Khabouth. Now called Fluid, many industry legends got their start at Fluid. 5 distinct nights every week were packed constantly for the 14 years it was open. MEOW […]