“The brazenness of putting on meals like that not far from where people were hungry and cold all winter was jarring,” one protester said.
By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow April 7 at 6:22 PM One of Toronto’s hottest new restaurants is Dinner With A View. Located under Gardiner Expressway, this pop-up experience has everything: giant heated “terrariums” surrounding diners in flora, a celebrity chef preparing a “3-course blind menu” and, now, organized protests.
As diners tucked themselves into terrarium-like domes and feasted on entrees infused with Mexican, Italian and French influences, a group of activists on the other side of a fence separating the pop-up from the rest of the world carried signs that read “Homes Not Domes” and “Evict the Rich,” while others played drums and other instruments.
OCAP wanted to use the protest to draw attention to the larger issue of homelessness in Toronto, organizer Yogi Acharya told The Washington Post. In a statement about the protests posted on Instagram, the organizers of Dinner With A View said, “We are sympathetic to those impacted by the City’s actions and were in no way involved with the decision-making process.” They said they had worked with the Bentway, and not with city authorities, to open the pop-up, which runs until May 2.
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