Well, that didn’t last long.
Bloordale Village Italian eatery Sugo initially ceased regular operations at the onset of COVID-19 public restrictions to focus on making meals for some of Toronto’s health care workers and people in need. The restaurant shifted focus to delivery via Uber Eats a couple of weeks ago, but it appears Sugo will not be working with the delivery platform anymore.
On Tuesday, a message posted to Sugo’s Instagram stated “we can no longer in good conscience stay open on Uber.” Check out the complete statement below.
“Already it was a system I wasn’t in love with,” Sugo owner Conor Joerin told Blog TO.
“We’re a bunch of sensitive people over here,” Joerin said with regards to negative reviews the restaurant received via Uber. “I want to cook for the city I love, the people I love.”
Blog TO also cited commission rates and a hate speech incident between an Uber driver and a Sugo employee as reasons why the restaurant was shifting its business out of Uber Eats.
Image via Facebook/sugotoronto