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The Hoito Restaurant (often referred to as “The Hoito” by locals) is a Finnish-Canadian restaurant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada established in 1918 and housed in the bottom-floor of the historic Finnish Labour Temple. The Hoito has operated continuously on 314 Bay Street, in the Finnish quarter, for 87 years and is perhaps the oldest co-operatively owned and operated restaurant in Canada. The restaurant currently employs approximately 60 full and part-time workers. The official flag of Thunder Bay, Ontario. ...
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The Beginnings
The idea for the restaurant came about in a logging camp outside of Nipigon, Ontario. IWW union organizer A.T. Hill had come to organize the camp into the union and promote the new Finnish-Canadian socialist newspaper Vapaus (Freedom). After winning some improvements in the camp, the workers expressed a concern that while being able to find cheap accommodation in the city of Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), they were unable to find reasonably priced, home-cooked meals. The request to open a co-operative restaurant was taken to the board of directors of the Finnish Labour Temple and approved. 59 people pooled their money together in the form of 5 dollar “comrade loans”. Union organizer A.T. Hill was chosen as the restaurant’s first manager. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) - Land 917,741 km² - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...
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A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders. ...
For several decades, workers in the restaurant belonged to the Industrial Workers of the World union and later to the Canadan Teollisuusunionistinen Kannatusliitto (CTKL or Support League of Canadian Industrial Unionists), the Finnish section of the union. Not, as is often mistaken, to the Communist Party of Canada. The IWW was active in the bushcamps in Northwestern Ontario primarily among Finnish-Canadian bushworkers, and effectively operated as a radical alternative to their rivals in the communist led unions. The Finnish Labour Temple itself was the Canadian administration for the IWW for a number of years. The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. ...
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The Food The Hoito Restaurant is well known for its Finnish pancakes. These pancakes (or lätty in Finnish, pannukakku in Finglish) are thin and the size of a large dinner plate. Other traditional Finnish foods served at the Hoito include viili, karjalanpiirakka, karjalanpaisti, lohiperunalaatikko, pulla, suolakala, riisipuuro, kalakeitto, and Finnish sausage. Rye bread, baked at the adjacent Kivela Bakery, is also often served with meals. Two American-style pancakes A pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle with oil or butter. ...
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Some of the many varieties of Sausages A sausage consists of ground meat and other animal parts, herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing (traditionally the intestines of the animal), and preserved in some way. ...
The Hoito also serves a variety of other Finnish and Canadian foods. Unique among these is mojakka, which is a Finnish-Canadian beef stew, and a homemade veggie burger. Due to the history of Finland and its neighbours, and the relatively small number of Finns, the term Finnish can cause confusion: It can indicate nationality of the Finns, usually acquired by birth in Finland It can indicate ethnicity, see Finnic, Ethnic Finn and Sweden-Finns It can also indicate...
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A Co-operative Restaurant Since the restaurant began in 1918, it has operated as a consumer co-operative along Rochdale Principles. Customers can buy yearly membership cards that enable them to vote at the Finnish Labour Temple annual general membership meeting where the board of directors is chosen for the year. Workers still maintain a large degree of self-management and organize their own work schedules. The Rochdale Principles are a set of ideals for the operation of cooperatives. ...
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The Customers The Hoito Restaurant is a very popular place with locals in Thunder Bay. There is normally a breakfast line-up of customers out on to the street on weekends. Clientele from all walks of life can be found at the Hoito ranging from students and blue collar workers, all the way to celebrities and politicians who routinely stop in while passing through the city. Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ...
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Until the 1970’s the dining room featured long communal tables and customers were able to buy meal tickets. Today, the restaurant operates in a more conventional way with individual tables and a coffee counter.
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