No shortage of good eats on Good Friday in Kingston, Ont. – Kingston | 24CA News
It’s Good Friday, and for a lot of, which means a scorching plate of fish and chips is on the menu.
At the Halibut House in Kingston’s west finish, it’s not your common Friday.
Good Friday is presumably one of many busiest days of the 12 months for this restaurant in addition to many others specializing in the goodness that’s fried fish.
“We take all of our staff and then we try and get more, because there’s just never enough on Good Friday, no matter what we do,” mentioned Halibut House worker Taylor Clayton.
She added that they’ve been taking orders for Good Friday upfront all week, and the calls simply maintain coming in.
Even at midday on the large day the restaurant had a good quantity of diners in addition to folks choosing up their takeout.
“I’ve probably done already 20, and i’ve been here since 11,” mentioned Clayton.
While there isn’t any scarcity of locations to seize Good Friday fish and chips, some folks choose to maintain it at dwelling.
Rhonda Evans, proprietor of Glocca Mora Studio, hails from Newfoundland and Labrador, the place fish and chips isn’t only a meal, however a lifestyle.
“Today is Good Friday and it’s the day for fish and chips, and as a good Newfoundlander, it’s a little more than that. we have to add chips, dressing and gravy,” she mentioned.
True to her roots, Evans and her daughter spent the afternoon making ready fish and chips for his or her household, one thing Evans mentioned is simply as a lot part of the vacation because the meals.
“We’ll have just a nice time with my parents, and my daughter who’s home from Ireland, and my husband and I here at the farm. It’s smaller than it used to be, but it’s the people that are important,” she added.
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