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Sliced the taste of Danforth from the menu of the city festival That is disappointing many locals and businesses. I am looking forward to returning next year.
"Ultimately we need to rebuild the entire festival," said Eringa Melin, owner of Louis Cipher Brewworks. Les for emergency vehicles.
The city conducted a survey of businesses and CafeTO participants to see if they were willing to temporarily lose the sidewalk and curb patio that helped them survive the pandemic.
"(Answer) None of the business owners doing CafeTO want to lose patio space for 5-10 days," Gamelin said.
Danforce Business Improvement Area Greek Town said he reached out because he didn't have time to change streets.
"The short timeline available to adapt events to street changes meant that the 2022 Taste of the Danforth was too risky to be as successful as it used to be," the statement said. ..
"We didn't have time to imagine the taste of Danforth in 2022 because the cityscape changed, so now we take the time to work with all the city's partners. Then, in 2023, we will have the best taste of Danforth ever. ”
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For weeks, city councilman Paula Fletcher has said that the city will work with the BIA to revive the festival for the first time since August 2019. Said that he tried.
"I'm sure it's well worth the wait when the taste returns to Danforth," she said in her statement. “This summer, we celebrate Greek Town's vibrant business community and street atmosphere with 32 CafeTO patios and live street music.”
Weekend street festivals are usually held in August each year. An estimated 1.6 million people will gather.
Despite all the changes and turmoil over the last two years, Gamelin says he is confident that it will come back.
"We all had to learn to pivot, rebuild, and reinvent ourselves through all this," she said. "Hundred percent. I'm sure we'll be back next year. We look a little different, but we understand that."
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