In "New Toronto restaurants and bars stuck in liquor-licence limbo", the Star chronicles the clash between the city and province over bar licence red tape and the catch-22 scenario that has left many high and dry. To quote one applicant: "I anticipated this process to be difficult and expensive, and to have to comply with a number of regulations that the city puts in place in order to operate responsibly. What I did not expect is to encounter a problem that no hard work can amend." [Star]
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