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Local Restaurant Celebrates Second Anniversary With 24 Free Meals For the Community
/More bellies will be filled as restaurant Capra Toro will give away 24 meals to those in need to celebrate their second anniversary on Sunday.
The meals are going towards individuals or families who are in need or going through rough patches.
The restaurant is encouraging anyone to contact them through Facebook or Instagram to write a brief message of anyone deserving of a meal.
“Giving back is a huge part of our family beliefs here at Capra Toro,” said Ashley MacDuff, Capra Toro supervisor. “We love to give back when we can to the community. We’ve been able to do so with giving people in need and those deserving a meal here and there when we can.”
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Foodie Friday: Smitty's On Its Long History And Todd Kralik Going From Busboy to Owner
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This week on Foodie Friday, we talk with owner Todd Kralik of Smitty's Family Restaurant & Pancakes about the long history of the restaurant and how he went from busboy to owner.
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Foodie Friday: East City Coffee Shop On The Family Lineage On The Restaurant and Unique Breakfast Items
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We talk with Alban Sina and his staff of the East City Coffee Shop about Sina's family lineage and history with the restaurant and its unique food features.
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Foodie Friday: The Pizza Factory On Its 40th Anniversary, Importing Greek Ingredients and Their Line of Famous Products
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We talk with Kenny Bouzinelos of The Pizza Factory about his father Peter starting the restaurant over 40 years ago, importing their own olive oil from Greece and their own line of products including their famous Caesar dressing.
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Foodie Friday: Nòstimos Regarding Anagnostou's Family Restaurant Legacy In Town and Serving Greek Food
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We talk with George Anagnostou and Shannon LeClair of Nòstimo about Anagnostou's family legacy of restaurants in Peterborough and bringing fine Greek and Mediterranean dining to town.
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Foodie Friday: Taso's Restaurant About Bringing Real Greek Ingredients To Peterborough From His Mother and Grandmother's Recipes
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We talk with Taso Hatzianastasiou, owner of Taso’s Restaurant about how he brings authentic Greek cuisine to Peterborough by importing ingredients from Greece and how his mother and grandmother’s recipes inspired the restaurant’s menu.
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A New Indian Street Style Restaurant is Coming to Peterborough
/Chaska, a fast casual Indian Street food restaurant is bringing savoury spices, with flavourful herbs and marinades to Peterborough at it’s fourth location on George Street, on Oct. 18.
Photo courtesy of Chaska restaurant.
The restaurant first opened it’s doors in 2017 in Mississauga. After a successful launch, the chain opened three more locations in Toronto.
“We did a lot of research, and Peterborough seems to be lacking good quality Indian food,” said Naveen Seth, CEO and Founder of Chaska. “It has enough of a population both Indian and non-Indian to justify bringing this brand to Peterborough.”
Located at 441 George St. N, the former site of Pete's Subs and Burgers, Chaska will be both a dine-in and a take-out restaurant.
“We see this as an ‘Indian Chipotle’,” Seth said. “It’s made in front of you, it’s fast, but it’s good quality food, it’s not ‘fast food’.”
Customers will be able to chose menu items that are different from traditional curries and sauces that are commonly found at Indian restaurants, according to Seth.
“A lot of non-Indians only have knowledge of four or five dishes,” he said. “I wanted to make people aware of the modern, light and fresh Indian flavours that we can offer, which is true authentic Indian food.”
Seth says that Chaska, the Hindi word for obsession, was born from his childhood spent in India.
“Looking back on my childhood in India, some of my favourite memories are those of family road trips to different cities to visit friends and relatives. These trips were a feast for the senses; from the vivid colours and artistry of the trucks we would pass along the way and the distinctive sounds of their horns, to the delicious flavours and aromas of the street food,” said Seth on chaska.com
The new restaurant will open on Oct. 18.
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Foodie Friday: Brothers Pizza on Their Legacy After Their Immigration, Being Accustomed to Canada and How It Shapes Their Restaurant
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We talk with Fisal Mohammadzada about how his oldest brother’s restaurant experience helped the other siblings in opening a new business, getting accustomed to Canada and their freshly made pizza.
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Local Restaurant Continues Family Legacy in Peterborough With Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
/It has been seven months in the making but George Anagnostou is continuing his family’s legacy with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his restaurant grand opening, Nóstimo By The Original Greek on Tuesday.
Chef Shannon Leclair (left) and George Anagnostou (right) holding the ribbon as Mayor Diane Therrien (middle) does the honours. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
The restaurant opened in April but it held off on the ribbon-cutting ceremony due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Nóstimo’s specializes in Greek food where Anagnostou describes his food as fine dining for take out since there is no dining area available.
This is his fourth restaurant in Peterborough with previous places such as The Original FAT Greek StrEATery food truck in Ennismore, The Original Greek and his father’s restaurant, the Shish-Kebob Hut that opened in August 1976.
Peterborough became Anagnostou’s home since his family immigrated to Canada in 1975. He continued having his businesses in town because of the Canadian roots he had since moving here.
“I came here at 14 years old and Peterborough became my hometown,” explained Anagnostou. “I played hockey here, I've always had my heart in Peterborough, a lot of my friends are here and I went to high school here.”
Nóstimo means “delicious” in Greek. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Mayor Diane Therrien was invited to officially cut the ribbon. It is a tradition of Anagnostou’s to have the mayor perform the ceremony as with his previous ventures.
"What makes our community so unique and special is that part of it is our small business community in the way that our entrepreneurs support our community and support one another,” said Therrien.
The building’s landlord, friends and nearby entrepreneurs gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the restaurant. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Anagnostou’s focus is on Nóstimo’s after closing down his seasonal food truck over the weekend. He enlisted help from his business partner and chef Shannon Leclair that he had met during his ventures in Toronto.
The restaurant will have services that few eateries offer that can showcase the multi-talented chef Anagnostou recruited he says.
"Shannon has been doing a lot of cooking classes in the past,” he explained. “She's very talented in more than just Mediterranian and cuisine so we're going to create food global-wide and we're going to offer wine-pairing nights."
A portion of these sales will go to several different local charities. Catering services are also available today in addition to their wine pairing and cooking classes.
Leclair is a renowned chef in the Greater Toronto Area and studied Culinary Arts at George Brown College. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
