Winnipeg Free Press Feeling the heat From health restrictions to staffing woes, restaurateurs keep a lot of plates spinning as the pandemic tests the limits of their passion By: Eva Wasney | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021 Save to Read Later There’s a gently sunbleached sign outside Preservation Hall that reads, “We can’t wait to meet you.” There’s a gently sunbleached sign outside Preservation Hall that reads, "We can’t wait to meet you." Inside the Empress Street restaurant, husband-and-wife owners Tristan and Melanie Foucault still haven’t met many of their regular customers in person since opening one year ago. Instead, Instagram followers have taken the place of a full dining room and timeline posts have become a stand-in for the daily special spiel.