"Cintro, recently named among the country's top 100 restaurants, has become so popular that it's nearly impossible to get a table. "We currently don't have a single reservation available for the next 60 days," said co-owner Shauna Versloot. "Each night has a waitlist of anywhere from 20 to 50, sometimes 100 people." Chef Joe Tran's ever-changing Asian-fusion creations have made the intimate 28-seat restaurant one of the city's hottest tickets, with demand far outpacing supply."
"A few blocks away, another former Beer Store has been transformed into a pet store. It's among the 86 outlets throughout Ontario that have been shuttered due to Premier Doug Ford's alcohol expansion plan but have quickly found new life. However, the recycling system that once helped define the Beer Store — handling some 1.6 billion empty alcohol containers returned each year — is proving much harder to replace. The responsibility has landed uneasily on grocery stores. Of the 70 already required to accept returns as of May, just 14 are doing so, and many operators are openly threatening to surrender their licences rather than take on the sticky, costly task."
A former Beer Store in London, Ont. has been stripped and will become Lotus and Lime cafe and the adjoining Lanoa Restaurant, expanding Cintro's capacity to about 120 diners. Cintro's original 28-seat location sells out with waitlists of 20 to 100 people and no reservations available for 60 days, driven by chef Joe Tran's Asian-fusion menu. Ontario closed 86 Beer Store outlets under an alcohol expansion plan, and several have found new tenants. The Beer Store's container-return system handled about 1.6 billion empties annually and lacks an easy replacement. Responsibility for returns is shifting to grocery stores, but only 14 of 70 required outlets currently accept returns.
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