Day: 20 September 2024

No cell phone in the Italian ‘pinseria’: if you don’t use it, you win

TORONTO – It’s not a real “ban”, but rather a “warm invitation”, with a final prize: if you don’t touch your cell phone during dinner, you go home with a $5 discount voucher for your next evening in the restaurant. And the place in question could only be Italian, because for people originally from the “Bel Paese” the meal is sacred. “A real sensorial experience, I would say…” explains Gino Benevenga, owner of the pinseria-restaurant “Venga Cucina”, where the original “ban” has been in force for a few weeks, with a sign at the entrance. 

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