New Canadians Centre Launches Multicultural Food Crawl For June
/The New Canadians Centre (NCC) and the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (PTBO DBIA) have put on a fun and delicious way to celebrate diversity with the Canadian Multicultural Festival during all of June, announced at Poco Burro Burritos on Thursday morning.
(from left to right) Minal Burdrani, Poco Burro co-owner; Tu Nguyen, NCC community engagement assistant; Andy Cragg, NCC execcutive director and Sunny Dalia, Poco BUrro co-owner. Poco Burro had opened at the former Jimmy Guaco’s location on Nov. 7. Photo by David Tuan bui.
The festival is being kicked off with the launch of the Multicultural Food Crawl involving 10 Downtown Peterborough restaurants.
For every $10 spent during June, a stamp is given for your Multicultural Food Passport. Six stamps enter food lovers in a draw to win one of three $100 Boro Gift Cards. Passports can be collected at the ten participating restaurants or at NCC.
The following are the Downtown restaurants:
Bhojan
Brothers Pizza
Curry Mantra
Dirty Burger
La Hacienda
La Mesita
Levantine Grill
Milk and Tea Shop
Naka Japanese
Poco Burro Burritos
On June 24, free samples from the 10 restaurants are available from noon to 7 p.m.
Participants can vote for their favourite restaurant on the food crawl online where two posts are chosen at random to win a $25 Boro Gift Card. Tag us to share your experience @newcanadianscentre #multiculturalfoodcrawlptbo We will draw 2 posts at random to win a $25 Boro Gift Card!
“Journey through the culinary world in downtown Peterborough,” said Hillary Flood, PTBO DBIA communications and marketing manager. “We are very excited to support the New Canadians Centre for the second Canadian Multicultural Festival and to recognize the hard work of these newcomer entrepreneurs.”
In addition to the Food Crawl, there are several Canadian Multicultural Festival activities for the month of June:
June 24: Family Zumba party at Peterborough Square Courtyard
June 26: An introduction to Cricket with the Peterborough Cricket Club at New Canadians Centre
June 27: “Healing & Hope – Reflections on the Refugee Experience” Community Conversation at the Peterborough Public Library
June 28: Try Vietnamese Cooking at New Canadians Centre
June 29: K-Pop Dance Workshop at YMCA
June 30: Crafts from around the world at New Canadians Centre
June 30: Salsa Dance Night at Quaker City Square
