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5th Annual Paint The Town Red Has 30 Restaurants Participating This Year
/The 5th annual Paint the Town Red all day event in support of United Way Peterborough takes place on July 19th.
Participating restaurants, cafes and pubs will be donating 25 percent of their daily sales to support United Way Peterborough & District, with proceeds directing impacting vital social services in your community.
La Hacienda is one of participating restaurants
This year, there are already 30 participating restaurants—up from 22 this year.
Also, a big red spoon (with a touch of plaid) has been introduced this year by the United Way Peterborough, built by United Way cabinet member Terry Guiel (pictured above and below)...
Sam's Place is one of participating restaurants
Fresh Dreams Peterborough is participating
For more info on Paint the Town Red, click here and check out the hashtag #PaintPtboRed.
If you're a restaurant that would like to participate, contact Erica Richmond at the United Way Peterborough here.
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Dessert Bar Sweet Spirits To Launch In Downtown Peterborough
/Sweet Spirits, a fine dessert caterer specializing in crepes and waffles, is set to open its first retail shop (261 George St. N., Unit 130) in downtown Peterborough.
To celebrate their dessert bar opening, on June 1st, Sweet Spirits will welcome the public to tour the new treat shop for their launch from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and try some decadent desserts!
Sweet Spirits delicious chocolate cheesecakes
Enter the newly renovated shop to try a slice of cake, or their specialty French Macarons. Desserts aren’t the only thing to look forward to now, with Sweet Spirits offering “boozy desserts”. Take your pick of your favourite spirit, beer and wine to find your favourite dessert, or just head straight there for the alcohol-infused ice cream.
“I always have a craving for cake and wine, but found there were not a lot of options in Peterborough to get the two together,” says Sweet Spirits owner Hannah Howey as why she is opening the dessert bar.
Hannah Howey pictured at Cub's Lair Entrepreneurial Competition
Specializing in fine desserts, Howey was able to start her career path through the FastStart Program in Peterborough, which helps entrepreneurs between the ages of 18-29 jumpstart their business ideas.
Howey started catering to events such as weddings and parties, pushing to pursue her passion as a business. She competed in FastStart’s entrepreneurial competition Cub’s Lair, where Sweet Spirits achieved a runner-up prize for her business success and originality.
Her waffles are delicious
Gaining recognition for decadent desserts and unique flavours at these events, Sweet Spirits is well-known in the local business community for providing a high-quality catering service to the region. Now, Sweet Spirits will open shop to feature an array of desserts that will be available in store as well as continuing to cater within the local area.
“We are taking desserts to another level and can’t wait to share it with everyone!” says Howey.
We can't wait to try it.
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Lakefield's Hard Winter Bread Company Launches Custom Built Mobile, Wood-Fired Bagel Oven
/The Lakefield-based sourdough bakery Hard Winter Bread Company has announced it will now be adding delicious Montreal-style bagels to their market tables this spring.
The company—which is run by couple Graham Thoem and Jessica Arsenault—prides itself on creating simple, healthy foods using quality ingredients. They will be baking the fresh bagels on-site at markets in the Kawarthas in their new custom built, mobile wood-fired oven.
“Our time living in Montreal is when we understood the makings of a perfect bagel," says co-owner Graham Thoem. “They need to be handmade, and they must be wood-fired. When it comes to the texture, flavour and authenticity, a live wood fire is the secret to a truly Montreal-style bagel.”
Co-owner Jessica Arsenault adds that the expansion will be part production, part performance. "Customers will find us rolling, boiling and baking bagels right on site at markets," she says.
For the expansion into mobile production, the couple enlisted the help of world-renowned mason and oven-builder, Alex Chernov, from Stovemaster in Orangeville.
Beginning Saturday, May 13th, customers can find Hard Winter Bagels at the Peterborough Farmers’ Market until October. They will also be available at the weekly Lakefield Farmers’ Market.
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Opening Day For 2017 Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market Is May 3rd
/The Louis Street lot at Charlotte and Louis streets will soon be transformed into a bustling market, as the 20th season of the Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market kicks-off May 3rd at 8:30 a.m.
The market—which features the very best locally grown seasonal produce, delicious prepared foods and local artisans—runs every Wednesday (8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.) between May and October, and is a hit in downtown Peterborough.
8 Great Things You Should Know About The Silver Bean Café This Season
/The locally owned and operated Silver Bean Café, your waterfront cottage in the city, is opening soon for the season. Below are 8 exciting things you should know about the Bean this season...
Photo via Silver Bean Café Facebook page
1. Opening Day is Sunday, April 30th this year at 8 am!
2. They have 10 more tables and 40 more chairs this season, bringing their patio seat total to about 125 to 130.
3. They have added a milkshake machine—yummy!—because people have often asked for them.
Photo via Silver Bean Café Facebook page
4. They have added a second cash register on the inside to have a lunch line and an express line, allowing people to make quicker purchases even during the peak lunch times.
5. They have expanded their ice cream section and bought a third freezer, bringing their flavour total to more than 30 ice cream flavours.
6. They also installed a second walk-up window so you're not all hanging out the same window.
7. They have changed the layout inside to make the flow work a bit better.
8. 90% of their awesome, friendly staff is returning.
OK, then, we're ready for the PTBO by the river, eh...
"Like" the Bean on their Facebook page for more info.
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Search & Rescue Team From CFB Trenton Lands In Farmer's Field To Pick Up Food From Muddy's Pit BBQ
/It was one of those amazing Canadian moments when a Search and Rescue Team out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton landed in a farmer's field on Thursday (April 13th) so they could grab food from Muddy's Pit BBQ near Peterborough.
Picture via @MuddysPitBBQ
The helicopter landed with permission next to Muddy's—which just re-opened for the season—in Keene so they could enjoy some authentic Southern style food (Muddy's specializes in ribs, brisket and pulled pork).
Here's the crew outside Muddy's...
Picture via @MuddysPitBBQ
Muddy's had a great sense of humour and adventure about the whole thing, posting this tweet...
Muddy's also posted the footage of the helicopter landing on their Facebook page and it's getting thousands and thousands of views...
If you haven't tried it, make sure to drop by this Spring and see why even helicopters land to pick up food from there...
Peterborough-Based Chimp Treats Will Have Product Line In Whole Foods Stores Across Ontario
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Brooke Hammer
