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February is a big month for poutine at Le Garage Restaurant and Bar.
The classic French-Canadian dish is a menu staple year-round at the St. Boniface eatery, but the annual convergence of Festival du Voyageur and La Poutine Week sees a surplus of potatoes, gravy and cheese curds going through the kitchen.
“Oh gosh, well just potato-wise, I could say two Festivals ago… I think we got in between 10 and 15 bags of potatoes; and those were those 50-pound bags,” says Le Garage kitchen manager Hilary Collins. “We go through those definitely within that week.”
With the francophone festival going virtual, the restaurant won’t be rolling its food truck into Whittier Park this year. Collins hopes La Poutine Week, which runs Feb. 1-7, can help fill the gap.
“Unfortunately, this year has just brought so many surprises to us,” she says. “It’s really hard to...