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Patio season may be around the corner but picnics are still all the rage.
For many Toronto restaurants, popping up near parks or offering delivery directly to your park picnic has been a necessary business move as the weather warmed up but patios remained closed. And since patio tables can only seat a max of four people under Ontario’s reopening plan, park meets are still essential for larger groups of people who don’t live together to hang out.
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When Toronto patios reopen on Friday, it will mark the end of the cityâs latest months-long stretch without the option to celebrate with friends or go on an awkward Tinder date under an umbrella or the open sky.
The cityâs restaurants will have endured 381 days of indoor and outdoor dining bans, with patios closed for 286 days since the pandemic first shut down Ontario last year.
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âI really stopped counting after 100,â says Kyle Rindinella, the chef at Enoteca Sociale, of the length of the closures.