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New city store for people who Love Love Food
he said. “This is a fantastic city to live in and run your business” he added. Love Love Food Gourmet Foods & Gifts is open Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Fri- days from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Satur- days from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Love Love Food is located at 10 Fourth Street East, Unit B. Find out more about Lacroix’s creation at www.LoveLoveFood.com. Entrepreneurs in Action is an initiative by the Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre to profile small to medium-sized businesses that have recently opened in Cornwall, S.D. & G. and Akwesasne. To see all of the current profiles, please visit the Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre website. The Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre helps small business owners and entre- preneurs succeed in Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry & Akwesasne by offer- ing information, tools and support during the start-up and growth stages of business operation. The centre also offers seminars, workshops and networking opportunities that are designed with the entrepreneur in mind.
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
In June of 2011, LoveLoveFood.com was launched as a food blogging site, which was a great outlet for owner Tony Lacroix to talk about something he’s very pas- sionate about: recipes, tips, tricks and yes FOOD! Now how did the Love Love Food pre- serves start you may ask? Well, in July of last year his garden was in full bounty mode, as in he had too many tomatoes to shake a stick at -- what was he to do? His partner suggested he make salsa. Good idea he said to himself, “but that’s go- ing to make too much salsa to eat in one sit- ting, no?” Then the idea came of canning it, so it could be kept for later enjoyment. He did just that and brought some to the down- town farmers’market where it was a big hit. A month later he had a new problem -- stock. He was already sold out of the salsa,
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Tony Lacroix is pictured at his new store, Love Love Food Gourmet Foods & Gifts. The Fourth Street east store is open fromThursday to Saturday.
and all of the tomatoes from the garden had been used-up. He put his foodie hat on and decided to try his hand at making jelly. Well that worked out quite well as he now has more than 20 varieties of jellies, jams and chut- ney’s. In October of last year, with his passion for food and his extensive background in retail merchandising and product development,
Lacroix opened his first store: Love Love Food Gourmet Foods & Gifts. “The store offers the full range of Love Love Food preserves and some unique food items like olive oils, pasta sauces, choco- lates, balsamic vinegars and gluten free and organic products,” said the burgeoning en- trepreneur. “Support from friends and many Cornwall business owners has been heartwarming,”
New restaurant adds Mexican flavour to Brookdale corridor The Journal jcornwall@eap.on.ca
ably positive.” Quesada and Quiznos are located on Brookdale Avenue, near Vincent Massey Drive, one of Cornwall’s busiest commercial areas. “I want to congratulate Mr. Charbonneau on opening this second business in Corn- wall, and I wish him the best of luck,” said Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger. “We continue to see a significant amount of commercial development on
Steff Charbonneau is proving that good things come in pairs. The Cornwall native recently opened Quesada Burritos - Tacos in the same Brook- dale Avenue building that is home to Quiz- nos, the popular sandwich shop he opened in 2011.
A first of its kind in Eastern Ontario, Que- sada is a franchise res- taurant that special- izes in burritos, tacos and other Mexican fare. The restaurant got its start in Toronto several years ago, and the company is cur-
“People are helping to spread the word on Facebook, and the feedback has been unbelievably positive.”
Brookdale Avenue, and this new res- taurant is the latest example of that.” For Mr. Charbon- neau, the restau- rants represent an opportunity to give
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back to his hometown. Combined, the two locations employ 20 people. “I like Cornwall and I don’t plan on go- ing anywhere,” said the 40-year-old who is also busy raising two children, Isabella and Isaac, with his wife Stephanie. Quesada is open seven days a week and you can find out more about the restaurant online at www.Quesada.ca. About Quesada Burritos - Tacos The first Quesada restaurant was opened in Toronto in 2004 by Steve Gill. Quesada is built around producing authentic Mexican Style burritos, quesadillas, and tacos using the freshest of ingredients and ensuring an unrivalled complexity of flavour.
rently in the midst of an ambitious expan- sion phase with plans to open 15 new out- lets across Canada this year. Charbonneau said he wanted to bring a Mexican food establishment to the city, and his research led him to Quesada. He was impressed with the restaurant’s concept of using fresh ingredients and food that are prepared daily. “If you like Mexican and spicy foods, then you’ll like this,” said Charbonneau. The new restaurant is already generating a lot of interest within the community. “The residents of Cornwall have respond- ed quite well,” said Charbonneau. “People are helping to spread the word on Face- book, and the feedback has been unbeliev-
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