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12 Return of the Manitoba Moose December 2015 SMART BIZ The door to opportunity in Manitoba Nick’s on Broadway serves up simple yet classic fare downtown.


Nick Graumann and Ana Damaskin are the chefs (and brains) behind the operation at Nick's on Broadway. By Derek Gagnon


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he next time you’re out and about in downtown Winnipeg, and you’re thinking about a snack, con- sider Nick’s on Broadway. You aren’t going to find


the type of meals you’ll run into at some of the swanky restaurants around town, but rather you’ll run into the easy eating, feel good food that you can grab in a hurry and enjoy. Te menu is constantly evolving based on what’s avail- able locally, but you can depend on finding breakfast


smartbizwpg.com “Who doesn’t like a sandwich?”


selections, your favourite sandwiches and the soup of yesterday, because it’s “always better the next day”. Nick Graumann, 26, and Ana Damaskin, 27, opened the


restaurant in January of 2015, with the intent of serving the lunch crowd of the thousands of Winnipeggers who go in and out of downtown every day for work. Instead of them going to food courts, or buying a sandwich from Subway that always tastes exactly the same, they decided to make some light fare that’s popular and easy to make. “It’s an amazing location,” said Nick about the restau-


rant on the northwest corner of Smith and Broadway.” “Smith Street is bringing people in from the suburbs,


and Broadway is Broadway. You’re surrounded by super old locations like the Fort Garry Hotel, and there’s some great history in the area.” “Broadway’s starting to grow a lot more,” said Ana.


“Tere were restaurants nearby, but they weren’t on the actual Broadway strip. Now there’s more and more pop- ping up and they’re bringing people out of their condos and on to the actual avenue again.” So why sandwiches? “Who doesn’t like a sandwich?” said Ana, with Nick


quick to add “everyone loves a good sandwich.” Sandwiches page 10


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