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Jeff Stinco working on “Mimi la nuit” restaurant project in Montreal

by Dominika | Aug 4th, 2014 | 1 comment

According to the latest article about Jeff Stinco‘s and Éric Le François’ restaurant ventures that was featured in Les Affairs [see the scan of a part of the article posted by Jeff below], the two business partners are currently working on a brand new project – a bar/restaurant called “Mimi la nuit” in Old Montreal.

And according to Montrealinfo.com this project could be related to this one – the reconstruction of the bar previously known as “Le Piano Rouge” that I’ve informed you about a few months ago, however no other details about it have been released yet.

Jeff involved in the re-opening of another restaurant in Montreal

by Dominika | May 31st, 2014 | no comments

It looks like Simple Plan’s lead guitarist is slowly taking over the city Montreal – at least in the restaurant business!

After being involved in a number of restaurants and bars in the Montreal area – such as Mangiafoco, Edgar Hyperlodge, Drinkerie Ste-Cunégonde, Shinji and Rufus Rockhead, it is being reported that Jeff Stinco, Éric Le François (Edgar Hyperlodge, Philemon, Taverne Normand, Chez Victoire) and Cindy Simard are currently involved in the upcoming re-opening of “Laurea”, the former Gordon Ramsay restaurant – previously known as “Le Laurier BBQ” – located in the center of Montreal.

According to Montrealinfo.com, the restaurant should offer meals with the flavors of the Mediterranean and there should also be a retractable roof that should cover a portion of the property.

Laurea should be opening in late June or early July 2014.

Jeff Stinco works on opening another bar in Montreal

by Dominika | Apr 16th, 2014 | 1 comment

Besides being Simple Plan’s lead guitarist, Jeff Stinco has also been very busy as an entrepreneur in the restaurant business for quite a few years now. His current set of co-owned bars/restaurants in Canada includes a variety of establishments from Italian restaurants to sushi bars [you can find out more about all 5 Jeff’s current restaurants/bars here].

Even though he just opened two new places this January, Jeff is already busy working on a brand new project, along with his friend Edward Zaki of the Chez Victoire restaurant. Today Jeff finally posted a picture on Twitter, revealing how the works on this new project are going:

According to the Eater.com website that spoke to Edward Zaki, the new project is a reconstruction of a bar previously known as “Le Piano Rouge”, which is located in a close proximity of another one of Jeff’s restaurants – Mangiafoco, also on Rue St-Paul.

“We took over the Piano Rouge in Old Montreal. It will be a wine and cocktail bar with an easy tavern, street food menu. We are aiming for a clientele of 25 and over, that are looking for the ambiance of a bar and the quality of food and wine, that you can expect from a restaurant, but all in simplicity and with no frills.

We have a few [chefs] in mind, that is not decided yet. The cuisine will be street and bar food with local products.

I’ve known Jeff for a few years. He is partners with some of my partners from Chez Victoire at Mangiafoco and Shinji/Rufus.” – Edward Zaki [source: Eater.com]

Jeff about his involvement in the restaurant business

by Dominika | Jan 11th, 2014 | no comments

Journal de Montreal published a new article today about Jeff’s recent opening of two new places – a Japanese restaurant “Shinji” (opened on January 9th) and a bar “Rufus Rockhead” (to be opened on January 17th). These two establishments are an addition to other ones already co-owned by Simple Plan’s lead guitarist (with a couple of friends) – such as Mangiafoco, Drinkerie or Edgar Hyperlodge (more info on each here). In the English translations below, you can check out some of Jeff’s quotes from the fore-mentioned article:

On why he decided to enter the restaurant business: “I love challenges. It is a beautiful job and then … I love food. For me, the restaurants, it’s a very social and beautiful extension of what I do with music. And this is a way to ground myself in Montreal. With Simple Plan, I have traveled a lot. But it is important for me to also maintain a sense of belonging in my city.”

On the success of his business: “It’s not just that because people know who I am when they come. If the product wasn’t be good, they would not return. When I started in music, I was told you have to fetch the fans one by one. In the restaurant business: it’s the same thing. You need to take care of all the details. And I spend a lot of time working on my business.”

Seb and Patrick at the opening of Jeff’s new japanese restaurant “Shinji”

by Dominika | Jan 10th, 2014 | no comments

Yesterday, Jeff hosted the opening night of his brand new Japanese restaurant in Montreal – “Shiji” – which is located in the close proximity of his other establishment – “Rufus Rockhead” (to be opened on January 17th) [see info on all Jeff’s bars/restaurants here]. His close friends Sebastien Lefebvre and Patrick Langlois visited his new restaurant last night with their better halves and you can check out a picture of them in the gallery: