The owner of two Toronto restaurants says her plans to expand her business this summer through the city’s CafeTO program are getting tangled up in red tape.
The owner of two Toronto restaurants says her plans to expand her business this summer through the city’sErin Gamelin owns Louis Cifer Brew Works on the Danforth and Stout Irish Pub in Cabbagetown and said she has seen success with “These patios are the pulse of the community, as we saw over the last couple of years,” Gamelin told NEWSTALK 1010’s Moore in the Morning last week.
“The city says, in a few weeks, we’ll send you an approval. Then you can go ahead and design based on the traffic safety plan, then we have to send that back to them for approval,” she said. According to the city, traffic safety plans – which a spokesperson said have been around since the start of the program in 2020 – are “thoroughly reviewed by staff and are then shared with CafeTO applicants that have been approved for curb lane cafe space.” is and appears to be what is holding Gamelin’s business back.
The city said all temporary platform designs must be stamped/signed by a licensed design professional and submitted to the city by July 1. Once approved, the designs can be reused in future years.
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