Lisa & Nick | August 14, 2011 | St. Lawrence Market
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It was only fitting for illustrator Lisa Harrison, 31, and cartoonist Nick Wolfe, 32, to plan an unconventional wedding; they met when a mutual friend invited them to play cosmic minigolf. As circumstances had it, they wouldn’t see each other again until two years later at the same friend’s wedding. On that evening, the pair exchanged a few items of clothing: she wore his jacket, and he wore her scarf. They were a couple by the end of the night. It would take six years of living together with three felines before they contemplated marriage as the logical next step. “After that many years and that many cats, it had to happen,” says Lisa. No need for a proposal. “There was no moment. It was just a natural thing.” The couple decided on a small ceremony at city hall with a few family members and close friends, followed by an afternoon picnic at High Park. Jamie Kennedy came on board as the caterer and proposed a menu of classic picnic fare (barbecued chicken and devilled eggs) presented to each guest in an individual basket with handmade linen napkins and biodegradable cutlery. The planning was going swimmingly until three days before the reception. Faced with a grim weather forecast, Lisa and Nick decided to move the reception to their backup location on the second floor of the St. Lawrence Market. Still, the picnic theme endured: guests arrived in summer dresses and seersucker, and chef Kennedy went the extra mile, arriving with unexpected baskets of fresh peaches and loaves of homemade bread, still warm from the oven.
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Olliffe, the popular Summerhill butcher shop, put out a press release this morning to announce that it was acquiring St. Lawrence Market stalwart The Sausage King effective September 2. The new shop, The Sausage King by Olliffe, will feature gluten- and filler-free handmade sausages, as well as traditionally raised pork, beef and poultry. There will also be sandwiches, salads and other prepared foods. Co-owner and head butcher Ben Gundy will oversee operations at the market, including renovations that the release promises “will bring it up to a similar style and layout aesthetic as its other shop” (if they’re successful, it’ll be something of a departure from the rest of the market). Ark Siniak, the third owner of The Sausage King, will no longer be playing an active role in the new operation, although he’s apparently been working with Gundy over the last two weeks on sausage-related matters.
