The lights are usually out on Mondays in Toronto’s restaurant districts. From the Ossington strip to the Danforth, thousands of square feet of professional-grade infrastructure sit idle while the city’s food insecurity hits a "state of emergency."
In a city where 1 in 10 residents now rely on food banks—a number that has doubled in recent years—we can no longer afford to let our most sophisticated kitchens sleep. It is time for a dedicated Toronto charity to bridge the gap by subletting these spaces on closed days, transforming them into "covert" community kitchens
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