Always a gentleman with an informed opinion, Mr. Shamez Amlani at his Queen Street West restaurant and bottle shop, La Palette.

Always a gentleman with an interesting and informed opinion, Mr. Shamez Amlani at his Queen Street West restaurant and bottle shop, La Palette.

 

Lately I have been thinking a lot about my old ‘hood of Queen West, and how it is coping under the shadow of COVID-19.

Who better to talk to about such matters than Shamez Amlani of La Palette and Drom Taberna? as he really tells it like it is and pulls nary a punch… 

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Edinburgh-born/Toronto-based Sommelier, consultant, writer, judge, and educator Jamie Drummond is the Director of Programs/Editor of Good Food Revolution… And he does have so many fond memories of La Palette, and was just getting into Drom Taberna before the shutdown.