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Northern Nosh
This woman is bringing Filipino food to the Sault — and helping students pay their bills
Lilia Hill opened Lil's Asian Cuisine in downtown Sault Ste Marie, Ont., after moving to the city from small-town southwestern Ontario. Hill told her story to Up North host Jonathan Pinto for this week's edition of Northern Nosh.
Northern Nosh
How eating 'an almond croissant and going for a surf' in Australia inspired this Thunder Bay bakery
Thunder Bay's Swell Bakery will be celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2025, and the city's appetite for their impossibly flaky pastries doesn't seem to be waning. It's not unusual to see a lineup in front of the business on St Paul Street. Up North host Jonathan Pinto spoke with owner Emily Kohne.
Northern Nosh
This Northern Ontario organization is supporting Indigenous self-determination through food
Gaagige Zaagibigaa (GZ) — Anishinaabemowin for "forever budding/cultivating" — is an organization that serves Indigenous people across northern Ontario. For this week's edition of Northern Nosh, Up North host Jonathan Pinto spoke with GZ's northwest community relations lead, Lak Williams.
Northern Nosh
This new café in Sudbury eschews single-use coffee cups
Perk and Pine is an new eco-conscious café on Regent Street where single-use takeout containers are not available. Up North host Jonathan Pinto spoke with owners Lisa Seguin and Melissa Martell.
Northern Nosh
Learn why this film producer and retired professor teamed up to open a Sudbury, Ont., public house
Up North host Jonathan Pinto met with Bill Crumplin and Kaitlin Lutyk, co-owners of Knowhere Public House in downtown Sudbury.
Northern Nosh
Learn why this woman opened a kombucha brewery in Ignace
For this week's edition of Northern Nosh, Up North host Jonathan Pinto met Shannon Mackey, owner of Home Grown Kombucha in Ignace.
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.