"According to Nicole Turcotte, co-owner of Montreal’s true picnic pioneer Dinette Triple Crown, the risks remain high enough that the Southern restaurant is opting to forgo its wicker-basket-and-gingham-blanket offering until all staff are vaccinated. 'There are still too many variables to do the service safely, not to mention we don’t want to add encouragement to the huge groups gathering in the parks that so rarely look spaced 2 meters apart,' she says." - Valerie Silva