A Toronto restaurant owner who takes part in the city's CaféTO program says the length of time it's taking to get approved to participate in the program results in huge financial losses.
CaféTO allows restaurants and bars to open expanded outdoor spaces on sidewalks and in curb lanes from spring to fall.
"The next steps are something to the fact that we have to first send our insurance to the city, and then the second step is to pay for the application, and then we will receive another email as to when the traffic people are going to be reviewing our patio again," Stinson told CBC Toronto . A study funded by the city estimated that CaféTO generated more than $203 million in economic benefits in 2022, with more than 1,300 businesses taking part. A November 2022 city survey of hundreds of restaurant owners and businesses adjacent to patios, as well as more than 7,000 members of the general public, found solid support for the program.
The CaféTO program provides some restaurants and bars with increased outdoor dining areas in the public right-of way . "We have to train them before this busy season and when there's no patio ready then we don't necessarily need them, but we have to keep them because it's going to be crazy. But it would be nice to have this all planned. It's not just planning to build a patio. It's staffing and all types of things."Meg Marshall, manager of the Queen Street West BIA, said people are "really excited by the weather" and "are chomping at the bit.
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