I’m gonna come right out and say it, Jackson-Triggs should get out of the food business but keep right on truckin’ in the music business.  Sure it was their first gig of the season (of a 5 concert series), and a new caterer was aboard for the ride; but they had the same, if not more problems this time than last year.  The “caterers” were from Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, they showed up an hour late due to traffic issues coming out of Toronto – this prompted someone to remark, “couldn’t they find someone local?”  Good question, considering that local cuisine is really beginning to take off in Niagara.  After the almost an hour and fifteen minute wait (start time 6:00pm); dinner was derided as a disappointment by many at the Vineyard Grille … sure the french fries were very tasty, but the small hamburger, stale bun and over cooked tiny chicken breast was not worth the money to those who had paid fifty dollars for this meal.  The best part of the dinner was the cold beat, bean and “local greens” salads, but you couldn’t make a meal out of them... (Read more ... with pictures) 

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