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Northern Nosh
Meet the couple running a tea room inside an historic Northern Ontario mine headframe
For this week's Northern Nosh, Up North host Jonathan Pinto learned about The Lavender Fox, a tea room in Cobalt, Ont. He spoke with owner — and tea sommelier — Lola Angus and her partner, singer Alex Bird.
Northern Nosh
These North Bay restaurateurs blend inspiration from 2 historic businesses into something unique
Despite the name, Crossroads Convenience isn't a convenience store — it's a restaurant serving beautifully presented sandwiches and salads. Up North host Jonathan Pinto spoke with owners Emily Chadbourn and Brady Bertrand about the Algonquin Avenue shop, which is located in the former DeMarco's building in downtown North Bay.
Northern Nosh
Meet the Dallas aviation lawyer behind a barbecue joint in Desbarats, Ont.
How did small community of Desbarats — 50 kilometres from the Sault — get a Texas barbecue joint? Up North host Jonathan Pinto asked the owner, Dallas-based aviation lawyer Jon Kettles.
Northern Nosh
Meet the team growing a healthy food empire in Thunder Bay
After days of eating road trip food, sometimes you just need a big salad. On this week's Northern Nosh, Up North host Jonathan Pinto met the team who made the big salad he turned to on a recent trip to Thunder Bay.
Northern Nosh
The Kouzzina? P&M's? Pat & Mario's? Whatever you call it, this Sudbury restaurant is celebrating 40 years
The New Sudbury restaurant currently known as The Kouzzina has had a few names over the last 40 years, but the Moutsatsos family has always been at the centre. Jonathan sat down with co-owner Matt Moutsatsos to learn about the business.
Northern Nosh
How Kenora's Lake of the Woods Brewing Company brews across provincial — and international! — borders
With all the rules and regulation, operating a brewery in Ontario is complicated. Now, imagine doing that not just here, but in Manitoba and Minnesota as well. For this week's Northern Nosh, Jonathan Pinto spoke with Taras Manzie of Kenora's Lake of the Woods Brewing Company to learn how they do it all.
Northern Nosh
Discover this Wawa man's journey from park superintendent to fish and chips purveyor
Kyle Wood is the owner of Superior Coast Outfitters, a tackle shop in Wawa that recently opened Superior Coast Fish and Chips next door. He told Up North host Jonathan Pinto about his major career change for this week's edition of Northern Nosh.
Northern Nosh
How do you 'farm' wild blueberries? This Wawa couple has the answer
Northern Nosh is back from summer vacation! This week, a business Up North host Jonathan Pinto discovered when he was on summer vacation himself. He spoke with Trevor Laing, president of Algoma Highlands Wild Blueberry Farm and Winery in Wawa.
Learn why this new Lakehead U grad student moved from Ghana to study economics in Thunder Bay
To celebrate the first week of classes, CBC Radio's Up North has been speaking with first-year students at institutions across northern Ontario. One of them was Edem Agbota, a new economics graduate student from Ghana. He told his story to host Jonathan Pinto.
Northern Nosh
Meet the athlete churning out Neapolitan-style pizza in 'the middle of nowhere'
Matthew Bedard runs Matt's Stand, an outdoor wood-fired oven pizza place near the Manitoulin Island community of Sheguiandah.