Winnipeg Free Press By: Martin Cash | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, May. 6, 2021 Save to Read Later It looks like the notion of having a fancy restaurant in the middle of the Esplanade Riel linking St. Boniface with downtown Winnipeg may have run its course. It looks like the notion of having a fancy restaurant in the middle of the Esplanade Riel linking St. Boniface with downtown Winnipeg may have run its course. After three different restaurants could not make a go of operating on the iconic bridge, the city is now considering two visionary multi-use, event-style concepts to lease the city-owned space.