How restaurants are collaborating to reimagine the CX of patio dining

Shane Schick tells stories that help people innovate, and to…
My in-laws, who are among the only people within the “social circle” my family has maintained since the outbreak of COVID-19, offered to let our three children stay over for a few days, and my wife and I wasted no time in going out to eat.
Like everyone else, we’ve been hunkered down indoors for months, with only the occasional take-out order to change things up from home cooking. We live in Toronto, and had not yet reached the point where people were allowed indoors at restaurants, but with summer there were plenty of patio options available — including one I’d never experienced before.
Our city’s popular Distillery District —which converted old factories into a series of boutiques and galleries — boasts half a dozen high-end restaurants we’ve enjoyed in the past. When we stopped by there in late July, however, we found
Shane Schick tells stories that help people innovate, and to manage the change innovation brings. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Marketing magazine and has also been Vice-President, Content & Community (Editor-in-Chief), at IT World Canada, a technology columnist with the Globe and Mail and Yahoo Canada and is the founding editor of ITBusiness.ca. Shane has been recognized for journalistic excellence by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance and the Canadian Online Publishing Awards.