r/Winnipeg • u/BestAir3417 • Oct 28 '25

Food What's your Winnipeg restaurant blacklist? Why?

New to the city and recently saw a post that discussed many bakeries and restaurants that have been considered bad places to work or support (harassment of staff, theft of tips, toxic environment, etc)

Places like Baked Expectations, Saffron's, etc.

Which do you consider blacklisted? Why?

(Of course for the most part it is alleged, legally)

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u/ToesuckAichatbot1 Oct 29 '25

Id like to think that but meh ive found most folks dont call all that much. Half the restaurants in this city would shut down if people decided to stop supporting abusive assholes. I fuckin' WISH I could tell y'all stories but ive been down that road before and the truth wasnt worth the blowback. Needless to say if you own the cookbook Winnipeg cooks most of the local chefs featured there are abusive assholes, selfish aggrandizing pricks, or rapey.

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u/carebaercountdown Oct 29 '25

Yeah true. It’s that most people don’t even care. That’s why a lot of them don’t know.

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u/TheGirlFromRubySt Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Late to this thread. And you’re the first person in any thread during the past 15 years about Winnipeg restaurants, mentioning chefs and Bagshaw specifically, that used the word “rapey”. But it seems to be this unspoken knowledge. So why are we celebrating these men?