You won’t find anyone seated in the vinyl booths, there’s no chatter and clatter coming from the restaurant, and there’s no one manning the old cash register, wishing you a good day.
For the first time in more than 61 years, the Wexford Restaurant is closed. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Tony Kiriakou while seated in the empty restaurant, a pillar in Toronto’s east end. “I’ve seen it bad in Europe, from what I came from, but not in Canada, so I hope we’ll get a lot better.” This is just one example of how COVID-19 is impacting businesses across the county.
Small mom and pop establishments are concerned about what the coming months have in store. Kiriakou will have to wait it out. “Maybe it will take one or two months but we