A Toronto bar has temporarily converted to an online grocery store, a gear-shifting move one industry group says is increasingly common countrywide as a means to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over about three weeks, Mother Cocktail Bar on Queen Street West has gone from serving drinks to delivering groceries.
“The change is total. It’s a 100 per cent transformation,” said Massimo Zitti, a bartender and partner at the bar.
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Zitti can now be found preparing groceries in the back kitchen. His colleague, Austin Guan, is likely to be packing orders or making deliveries.
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“Mainly it’s me and Massi working non-stop, so sometimes I’ve been working for like 12 to 13 hours a day,” Guan said.
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