Chef Ray Bear and Chris Richards, the owners of MIX Fresh Kitchen (5171 Salter Street, 429-9571), are changing the style at their eatery. They describe it as “elevating the brand of [the] Salter Street establishment to a boutique dining concept.” “We’re taking it to the next level,” explains Richards, who’s reluctant to call it a […]
MIX: Fresh Kitchen
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Ray Bear goes East
“We want to be the finest restaurant on the east coast,” says Ray Bear about his new project, a fine dining resto called East, opening in June 2011 at the former location of Pineaud’s Cafe, just down from Barrington Street on Blowers. An intimate environment, this fine dining hotspot seats but 34, so reservations will […]
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MIX: Fresh Kitchen stirs the pot
[image-1] MIX: Fresh Kitchen (5171 Salter Street, 429-9571) is days away from unveiling a revamped menu, bar and experience. Manager Chris Richards and head chef Ray Bear are in cahoots in the best way possible: serving their guests. From this Monday until the end of the month, MIX will boast a no-corkage charge Monday to Thursday, followed by a “pay what you want” brunch menu on weekends. You’ll be able to order food and decide yourself what you want to pay depending on how you liked it. Richards isn’t worried. He figures anyone who doesn’t want to pay anything probably
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Mixed bag from Ray Bear
It was in fine dining that Ray Bear made his reputation—one he has spent a lot of time cultivating since his Gio days in 2006. After the closure of Bear in 2009 there was a lot of curiosity about his movements, which got interesting last summer when he announced the opening of MIX Fresh Kitchen […]
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Ray Bear returns
It was the Crown Diner and Atlantic Steak and Lobster, but now the space with the great harbour view at Salter and Granville is called Mix Fresh Kitchen (5171 Salter Street, 429-9571), the new lunch and dinner eatery from Ray Bear. And after having been open only a few weeks, it’s already buzzing at lunchtime. […]