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JOSEPH COPPOLINO joseph.coppolino@eap.on.ca
The pandemic forced Mom’s Kitchen in Clarence Creek to close its doors. Now, after a long hiatus, the family diner is back to serving up its trademark home- style breakfast. Manon Amyot worked in the restaurant industry for a lifetime. She can be spotted working her chip truck with her business partner, or serving up fries at the Clarence Creek Arena cantine. For those with a longer memory, her old restaurant, Country Frizzle, in Wendover was once popular for its break- fast and fried chicken. In 2019, when Amyot opened her newest endeavour, Mom’s Kitchen in Clarence Creek, nothing could prepare her for the difficulties she would face just few months later. “We opened just a few months before COVID,” said Amyot. “I decided to close because I had three grandchildren going to school. I didn’t want to go through all the rules and regulations either.” Amyot’s grandchildren were integral to the restaurant’s operation, with the eight-year-old working the till and the 11-year-old serving and clearing tables on the weekends, and without the extra help and to keep her family safe, Amyot hung up the apron until the storm passed. Throughout the lockdowns, loosening of restrictions and return to lockdowns, Amyot never lost faith that Mom’s Kitchen would reopen. She started working night shifts
La cuisine de maman est de nouveau en activité, servant des petits-déjeuners chauds à la maison. Manon Amyot a ouvert le restaurant et le magasin situés sous sa maison juste avant la pandémie. Après une pause de deux ans, Manon Amyot a rouvert son restaurant de petit-déjeuner à Clarence Creek - photo Joseph Coppolino
her cozy and comfortable breakfasts. Construction teams working in the hou- sing developments, families visiting the Resi- dence Roger Seguin, people waiting for their cars at the autobody shop down the street and just family from around Clarence Creek make up her clientele, adding to the come- as-you-are, all-are-welcome atmosphere. “They are coming in from all over
Clarence-Rockland,” said Amyot. Still, the pandemic looms heavily. In order to future-proof Mom’s Kitchen, Amyot is working on building her catering service, but she wants to keep her home-style kitchen open to everyone in the community, so she is not putting an end to serving up Mom’s breakfast any time soon.
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