WINNIPEG — Hundreds of people flocked to Kelekis Restaurant for one last time yesterday, as the owner of the 81-year-old Winnipeg mainstay prepared to close.

“Over the years so many wonderful people have passed through our restaurant,” reads an announcement on the restaurant’s website.

WINNIPEG — Milestones and the Pizzeria Gusto Group are among the restaurants that will open on the site of the Centrepoint redevelopment project under construction in Winnipeg.

“Centrepoint is excited to officially announce two restaurant tenants: Milestones Grill & Bar and a new Pizzeria Gusto Group restaurant,” reads the company’s Twitter post.

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg’s Red River College is set to become a major culinary player in Canada. After investing millions towards rejuvenating the historic Union Bank Tower in the city’s downtown exchange district, the Paterson Global Foods Institute, the School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts, will open its doors to students Feb. 21.

WINNIPEG — Public health inspectors in Manitoba are cracking down on foodservice establishments failing to meet sanitary requirements, resulting in a string of closures.

Last April, the province assumed responsibility for public-health inspections and Manitoba’s Auditor General promised more frequent restaurant inspections in the suburbs and the same level of inspections in urban areas.