Chez Piggy
Restaurant in downtown Kingston, Ontario
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Chez Piggy is a restaurant in downtown Kingston, Ontario.[1][2]
History
Chez Piggy was opened on February 7, 1979[3] by Zal Yanovsky of the 1960s pop group the Lovin' Spoonful and his partner Rose Richardson. The couple were avid travellers who enjoyed good food and wanted to create a restaurant reflecting those traits.[1][4] The restaurant is located in a formerly abandoned limestone horse stable that was built in 1806.[5][6][7] Now a popular culinary tourist attraction,[8] the restaurant is recognized as a local landmark.[9][1] Zoe Yanovsky took over as operating owner of both Chez Piggy and Pan Chancho when her father died in 2002.[6][10]
A former Member of Provincial Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, Ian Arthur, served as the executive chef at Chez Piggy until his election to the provincial legislature in 2018.[11]
Awards
In 2015, Chez Piggy was named Kingston's best-known restaurant by the National Post. In 2016, it received the Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI) Gold Award.[12]
