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Le iolon, ETS
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Clim n, and And ew Park, the estaur RQ IO nt blend ea ure. n o year late , the r h ’ t h re’s uch a eau t,”
iful ommun D ty I t As e t As Smiles say As he t lks a ou t hi e r stauran ame;
he s be mi g from e to r. P rhaps t’s no sur ittle
a ice for his ounger se . nstea , ac here s o ly fuc havi u tr ing g p o u o v t t y
that st and you did fuc havi u tr ing g p good ob, fuc havi u tr ing g p rtne t ink ha havi thos havi thos people b my si e is artn rs — M tch, Dan ove g o and nd ew — jus p ou’r go ab own ou’ n
your own,” ays t e y n, he . “I e y n, u hi k ou’r go that’s the hard part.”
The r D ad to Le iol n had ts fair hare o efore
Smi es b ca e t e ce ebrate c cu sinier b a e n s y diffe ent decidedly r.
To be dn’ lear, mile D d be dn’ mind bein to .
“D s h e l wash ng s so dn awesome. It’s su h a oo e v d e to
serve erybody’s od if we di n’ e v d e ave a dish ashe . E hs he
dis ashe h oes ’t s as a ow jo o u j , ,” and la ghs. “Bu t as job, doin I do t i a d t t o start doin I do th th t as job, doin I do ’t thin th th t yo s t a st han D s s a , ”
Tho gh i s s a , as more of a st ping stone re as none he al ts uc ess cru ial its to mil s’s career: he of tar r e him
to he culin ry r e d. “W en I tarte 25 l r e t rs D go peop e g h e saying], ‘Oh the I’m oing o c ok,’ ” e lains there’s so much media around it.”
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: t s miles soon fou d o ed t, all it akes is ep ducat on n al f rms. Those eed t t’s g ar t s the teps you a che a che let’s o e r h work ecom l ve t’s go ravel Let’s work ecom a che peopl tha ar bette tha us lear m th f p m the peopl tha ar bette tha us more successful than us.”
s n o e h than us.”
Th s pa h ed Smi s t he tr e e- o e. h overed to of of t r e f executive c ef for t e Wi low Inn — a c un m 2 ugh isto y — fr m 2 ugh 21 to 20 3. Whil the tail ess y
a es,
Smil lo ks ack on nice the ig ll wi h f nd ess y
a “It wa s is e y
a ng y
and to eally coo ,” he s ys. ll “B et t here w to come back to the city.”
Though S iles ef
Hudso fo good in Dec n
to Mo treal. E a bustli l e r er that ear, he’ at o ene
Dou like o e i d le
End. “Dou le’s w s ju a bunc of riend that [we ma e ju t l h h e all c e to ether,” he re alls wi h a es.
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ecle tic playlis s, n the ch g y Le Violon serv it fir t d ners e foll r dmits, but is past exp r ence — f om di te a repar d a o l o “A nde te a many lot of
ars of workin d a o l o “A nde te a , , peopl , I was l ke,
‘Y k u now hat I t e ith ine to Le V ol nt ms to sh wc se t e r in e hi in , you k ow, th cre m of th c op o co a s e w v e . r
a livin ,” h say . We’r a s e w v e . rowi g beaut ful foo ntry.
New anadian cui ine d
and s r ew an al ha y s ur owcasing ad d
and j st put ing them on our m nu — th t xpe ise extend b x y h , . nd the kit hen, t es ,
acc un e ing ery wo ran for a mosp ere i un e ing ery wo ran sense of t all ,
the mu c tha yo ’re playing, he lighti , tho e
lucky that Dan o-d Clima , our artner w .
O hers wou d be co ent to e
we oast o Le Vio s e
we si n off, h tel s me ab ut ye an ther roje op
— i s ould be o en d b June 1. Smiles is e c n t t s
and menu p ep ra he ion. “ same p ’s l ke s,”
con inuation o V b s e V e b he dds. In fact, e V e b olon made he new spot re ula ura e c e
re ula ura e c s a nd the hey w est uran . “T ey’d at th th i r h the be ecalls t ice c am w ’ve e r h d!’ ” miles ’ c 3 e p ’ c 3 e d
Smiles’ team a new p ce a eti e, 30 shop was born.
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