A little over a year ago, after a long career in hospitality, Jenna Bazzana locked the door of her restaurant, Sauce Italian Kitchen, thinking her days as a restaurateur might be over forever. Bazzana had been running restaurants since taking a job as a manager at a Moxie’s when she was only 19 years old, later opening the San Remo restaurants and eventually Sauce, which was a neighbourhood favourite on the west side of 17th Avenue for nearly a decade. But after a business partnership went sour, a heartbroken Bazzana found herself forced to close Sauce suddenly. Article content
In light of Sauce’s untimely demise, Bazzana is the first to admit she never expected to see herself owning another Italian joint in partnership with a property developer. But this summer she opened Mille Restaura