Heading east? Eater shares their picks for the 38 best restaurants in Toronto.

This week in stranger than fiction: a Florida restaurant was forced end its “Monkey Mondays” after a hyper capuchin bit an 8-year-old kid.

“The weekly tradition actually surrounded just one pair of monkey owners — Mary and Richard Van Houten — who brought at least one of their five pet monkeys in each week to the delight of diners and restaurant staff alike.”

Alright chocolate lovers! Here’s some hard truths about your favourites food as the folks at Mel Magazine rank every type of chocolate according to their health factor.

Atlas Obscura looks back at what it was like to go out for moonshine in Prohibition-era Bombay, India.

Oregon’s 10 Barrel Brewing Co. pays homage to the last Blockbuster left standing in America with a beer made in its honour.

Scout dives into the history of The Castle Hotel, a Granville Street beer parlour that, in addition to being a popular hangout for the gay and transgender community in the 50’s, was also the site of a legendary “kiss in” protest led by the Gay Liberation Front.

There’s another war being waged between French and British fishermen, and it sounds pretty nasty.

If you’re heading to Seattle soon, check out Deep Dive, a new bar from award-winning Chef Renee Erickson (see also Walrus and the Carpenter and Barnacle).

GQ sits down with six chefs and restaurateurs to discuss ways they might help fix toxic restaurant culture.

You may have ordered the halibut but what turned up on your plate is anybody’s guess! Researchers find widespread mislabeling of fish in restaurants and stores across Canada. Still? Good grief.

Bon Appetit shares the story of restaurants across America attempting to support refugees, former criminals and folks facing homelessness through culinary training programs.

“Restaurant owners can benefit from more open hiring practices as well. A nationwide dining-out boom (according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 15,145 new American restaurants opened between 2016 and 2017), coupled with widespread labor shortages, is making it very difficult for restaurants to properly staff their kitchens, particularly when it comes to low-skill but essential back-of-house jobs like dishwashing…..Being intentional about leveling the playing field is a win for restaurants, diners, and workers alike.”

Picking Grapes: award-winning Sommelier Jason Yamasaki on under-the-radar local wineries and his favourite BC red, white and rose.

Eating via Instagram honours this week go to @acoupleservings because we need to cherish all of the stone fruit before it disappears for the season:

I CHERRY-ISH YOU ? // Full on #fbf as we're already saying ? goodbye to August! Summer time mean cherry season and the Rainier Cherries from @payntersfruitmarket are the sweetest ones we've had so far this summer. • The family run business and farm has been running for over 60 years and in their orchards you can find cherries, apricots peaches, plums, apples and pears, as well as, fresh vegetables and herbs. Definitely check it out the next time you're out in Kelowna and grab yourself a few bags (or buckets) for the ride home! ? • #acoupleservings #payntersfruitmarket #kelownabc #cherries #? #fresh #local #kelownalife #kelowna #longweekend #longweekendvibes __ ?Pictured: Rainier Cherries from Paynter's Fruit Market ?: @jessicapangers

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The strange story of a coffee shop owner moving an entire building in the night.

Looking for some new food-centric shows to binge watch? Eater rounds up the foodie fall line-up coming to Netflix and Amazon this fall.

Similarly, here are Eater’s picks for the most anticipated cookbooks of the fall.

This new documentary details the challenges faced by female chefs working in the restaurant industry:

“That film, A Fine Line, began as a love letter to her mom, chronicling the difficulties Val James overcame — from finding bank loans to babysitters — as she established her own restaurant in the early 1990s in central Massachusetts. Eventually the documentary grew into a much bigger story filled with dozens of additional voices from across the industry.”

Joiefarm Winery recently hosted its first longtable dinner in 12 years in collaboration with chefs Brian Skinner and Lina Caschetto. Check out the tasty-looking photos!

I still can’t get behind the whole Ramen Beer trend, but I must admit I’m slightly intrigued by Electric Bicycle Brewing’s Kaedama, which is made with 40 pounds of fresh ramen noodles.

Good news burger-lovers! September 1-7th is Le Burger Week and nine local restaurants will be serving up their unique takes on the crowd pleaser.

Looking for work in the industry? Check out who’s hiring