Did you know that drive-thru may be a thing of the past in the near future? We'll find out why a little further down in this quick new delivery and we'll also introduce you to the new team at Pastaga, previously led by popular chef Martin Juneau, in addition to introducing you to a surprise hidden in the Tim Hortons app. .

Let's start with this news from Saint-Léonard, when the city council wants to ban restaurants with drive-through service throughout its territory, located on the Island of Montreal. The same type of regulation has been in effect in another Montreal borough since 2016, in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. The main objective behind this draft by-law, which should be formalized by the end of 2022, is to keep junk food out of schools as much as possible and to promote healthy eating throughout the borough. Restaurants already established in Saint-Léonard and already offering drive-thru will be able to keep it.

It is also to prevent unfortunate accidents and further protect pedestrians. Lines of cars are often seen along the arteries, which causes slowing down and a danger for pedestrians.

Could this regulation be applied elsewhere in the province? The courts have also ruled in favor of the elected officials of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the face of the restaurateurs who sued them after the adoption of their controversial by-law.

Let's continue with the arrival of a new brigade at the Pastaga restaurant, as owner Martin Juneau, a chef also known for his television appearances, announced the end of his association with the restaurant at the end of 2022. But from the start of in 2023, the torch will be taken up by Francis Duval and Geneviève Beaudoin.

The two new owners, who are also a couple in life, are no strangers to Pastaga as they have already worked there on a few occasions in their careers as cooks and pastry chefs. This is where they first met!

11 years ago, when the restaurant opened, Francis Duval was already there. He has made two little "runaways" to learn more elsewhere but has been the chef at Pastaga for 18 months already. As for Geneviève Beaudoin, she also took a break from Pastaga to refine her art at Patrice Pâtissier and at Mousso.

Let's finish with this news about Tim Hortons restaurants and the settlement of their class action. First, remember that the Canadian channel was being prosecuted for collecting private data through its mobile application. The Tim Hortons app was found to have breached privacy laws by collecting "large amounts" of sensitive geolocation data.

The settlement agreement therefore provides that a credit be automatically deposited in the application of each eligible user which will entitle him to a hot drink of a value not exceeding $6.19, before taxes, and of pastry with a maximum value of $2.39, plus taxes, in one of the chain's participating restaurants.

Did you receive this credit on your application?