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This Artist's Paintings Of Toronto's Struggling Businesses Will Give You Goosebumps

"These smaller businesses need our support. Desperately."
This Artist's Paintings Of Toronto's Struggling Businesses Will Give You Goosebumps
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Over the past year, small businesses across Ontario have struggled to withstand closures and significantly reduced income. One Toronto artist is working to highlight their hardships in the form of paintings.

The artist, who goes by the name Gorilla Brigade, has been painting beloved Toronto locales.

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"As a lifelong Torontonian, [I know] it's so important to support our local community. I do a lot of restaurant paintings and had gotten to know a lot of the staff at different locations and [their] stories are heartbreaking," he told Narcity.

"Layoff after layoff [...] These smaller businesses need our support. Desperately."

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From Eataly to Alo Restaurant, there's bound to be a local Toronto business you love on this list.

This one is of Hibashi Teppanyaki and Sushi Bar.

The artist must love sushi because here is one for Sushi Time on Queen St. West.

If you've ever been to Alo restaurant, you might recognize this.

A less recognizable scene — this piece is of the artist's local barbershop! 

Last but not least, the well-known restaurant Eataly.

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    Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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