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Dishcrawl offers taste of Markham Dining tour July 25

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

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Merchants brace for roadwork Main Street Markham businesses set for long construction period, but see light at end of tunnel BY AMANDA PERSICO

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Fences and pylons are sprawled along Main Street Markham. And that means construction is starting.

But it is business as usual. Except for the bump in the road, the detour signs and the closed northbound lanes. Roadwork aside, Main Street merchants are still open for busi-

ness and there are plenty of parking spaces tucked in behind the stores, said Main Street Markham business improvement area chairperson Diane Kobelansky. “Everyone is a little apprehen-

sive,” she said. “Construction is always nerve wracking for businesses. But we won’t know how it will affect us until it does.” See PLENTY, page 8.

BY SIMONE JOSEPH

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TEMPORARY RELIEF

First stop: It’s the Cat’s Meow Cafe on Main Street, Markham. Next stop: Liberty Burgers. This is a mini preview of Markham Dishcrawl, a dining event happening July 25. Participating restaurants will be kept secret from patrons in order to help build community around local business and give food lovers a chance to meet the chefs and owners of these restaurants. The concept has been successful in San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Ottawa, San Jose, Toronto, Philadelphia and more. The idea started in California and hit Toronto last October. Toronto has had about 12 dish crawls since then, said Gretchen Wilson, Dishcrawl brand ambassador.

‘SOCIAL DINING’ “The idea is you can walk in a group place to place, like social dining. You are meeting foodies — other people in your community, building a relationship based on food. It is like a guided walking tour,” she said. “We are trying to educate people about the restaurants in their community. You meet the people behind the food, meeting owners and chefs. So next time you go, you will have more of a rapport with the people at the restaurant.” It’s the Cat’s Meow Cafe is one stop on the actual Dishcrawl, See ‘YOU’, page 17.

STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN

Brothers Tyler (left), 7, and Cameron Hosseini-Ara, 10, load up their water pistols in the splash pad on Castlemore Avenue on a very hot Tuesday morning. While cooler temperatures arrived Wednesday, Environment Canada said we should expect more very hot weather this summer.

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