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A Message from Canada’s 100 Best

Canada’s 100 Best would like to make it clear that we support Black Lives Matter and all the protesters making the case for racial justice the world over. We have spent the past few weeks putting together a plan that…

Don’t Order in What You Can Cook Yourself

Don't order in what you can cook yourself - now's the time to try something different.  If you haven't experienced the exuberance of chef Ian Robinson's Skippa,  now's your chance. Robinson’s craft and dedication are top-notch, but the rest of the…

Comfort Food for Frontline Workers

Some of Canada’s best chefs are feeding doctors, nurses, and hospital staff across the country in a project started by MD Financial Management Inc. (MD) in partnership with Scotia Wealth Management and in association with Canada’s 100 Best. No one…

Dreamy Japanese Takeout

If you’d asked me back in February what sort of cuisine I considered to be the least well-suited to ordering in, I would without hesitation have replied, “Japanese.” Sure, some of their fast food like ramen will do in a pinch,…

Order In But Make it Count

People keep telling me–especially on this new Wednesday #takeoutday– that they just ordered dinner in “to support the restaurant industry in these difficult times.” “That’s great!” I say, dutifully. But what I’m thinking is: why cloak your hunger in moral rectitude? I…

The Golden Age Of Takeout

Stuck at home in Singapore with a hankering for grilled king crab legs with garlic butter from Michelin-starred Burnt Ends? No problem: put an order in online and they’ll soon come knocking. Stranded in LA, feverishly peckish–but only a little…

The Takeaway: Winos Against Lineups

This is no time to deprive yourself of good wine. So it seems most nights, anyway when just before dinner, with BBC World News broadcasting non-stop death and suffering in the background, I peer into the wine fridge and contemplate…

Making the Case for Covid-19 Restaurant Relief

Last week chef Jason Bangerter asked us to collaborate on a letter to the Prime Minister to make the case for industry-specific relief from the Covid-19 crisis. The idea was to highlight areas of particular concern to Langdon Hall and all the…

The Takeaway

The businesses we used to know and love simply as restaurants are undertaking all sorts of initiatives to keep food and money moving, and a few core employees on the payroll instead of EI. Many restaurants are offering simplified takeout…

A Love Letter to Canadian Restaurants

Six years ago my business partner Geoff Dawe and I launched Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants with a view to celebrating the very best this great industry has to offer. Today that same industry is not just on the ropes, but…

Slow Travel

Make a case for slowing your pace.  In a digital world, slow is the enemy—slow internet service, slow trains, slow traffic: all are unwanted. But in the travel world, slow is becoming a prized quality. The budding slow travel movement…

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