Alex Kinsella

Eating and drinking and working Yes, this is a day late - but it was a holiday and you were probably recovering from a cottage visit or a wedding and needed an extra day. There's a lot happening this week - but most importantly, the weather looks awesome.

Eating and drinking and working. Week three of Discover Your Downtown 2016 brings another array of deals for you to enjoy - and it looks like the weather might even cooperate. Check out offers at the Apollo Cinema, The Yeti, The Green Door and more. Meet, Mingle, and More KW

Eating and drinking and working. Two legacy properties in town are heading for some interesting changes. First, the towers at 30 Duke St will have some of its floors converted to one-bedroom apartments. Next, the north end of Waterloo will be getting its signature hotel back. London based ABB Hotel

Eating and drinking and working. In local news - Laurie Snell at The Kitchener Post has an article about Midtown's own KCI and their crowdfunding efforts to upgrade their aging theatre. If you're an alumni or a parent of a future student, it's a

Eating and drinking and working. If you're reading this, you're probably a fan of local businesses - or my mom - but either way, you'll be ecstatic to see that the signs for Public Market have gone up at 324 Frederick St in Kitchener.

Eating and drinking and working. The rise of new condo projects (pardon the pun) in the core has sparked conversations about a resurgence in retail businesses downtown. People have started moving into 1 Victoria and City Centre - and these new residents will need more than just multiple places to

Eating and drinking and working. Both Uptown Waterloo and Downtown Kitchener are anchored on King Street - the road that amazingly goes north, south, east, and west at the same time. Midtown, the Frankenstein's monster of neighbourhoods, has its heart on Belmont Avenue. If you haven't

Eating and drinking and working. We'd be fooling ourselves to think that LRT construction doesn't impact our local businesses. The closure of Duke Street and partial closure (more on that in a second) of Ontario Street have led to the bins of Candy Candy Candy being

Eating and drinking and working. Our friends at Gilt in downtown are hosting their next Pop Up Shop - a "famous film foods" night - this Thursday. All ideas are welcome - think $5 milkshakes from "Pulp Fiction" or apple pie from "American Pie"

Eating and drinking and working. I'm a creature of habit and one of those habits is going to Ethel's for nachos and beer. But spring is a time for new habits. It isn't? Are you sure. Let's pretend it is. What new