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  What a Jerk is warm and friendly and now indoors By Stephen Weir The message I received early last week brought a smile to my face while the email quickly getting to the point. Al "Allos" Foster, the pan-playing owner of the What A Jerk food truck, has parked his mobile kitchen for the winter and moved his act indoors to Etobicoke. His new sit-down spot, What a Jerk Restaurant, in Long Branch, near Lakeshore and 29th Street, has been open for over a month, giving Foster and his team the luxury of cooking indoors during this bitterly cold January. “So I did a thing…” he wrote. “I have been operating my own mobile food business called What A Jerk! since 2018 (how time flies!). I’m now happy to inform you that I have expanded the brand to include a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Etobicoke. What A Jerk Restaurant is now open for business at 3303 Lake Shore Blvd West.” The restaurant offers it all: takeout, dine-in, home delivery, and a full Caribbean menu. “Yes,” Foster told m...

--> What A Jerk Al Foster Is These Days By Stephen Weir Photographs and story for Caribbean Camera What a Jerk.   Yes, Al “Alos” Foster (Pan Fantasy) has been a big jerk this month. Really. And if his new food truck takes off, it will be Mr. Jerk, thank you. Last week the Jamaican Canadian chef rolled out a new food truck. The Caribbean Camera missed his very first gig at the intersection of Rexdale Blvd and Islington Avenue, but, the paper did catch up with him on his second night on the streets of Toronto last Wednesday evening. He was selling his jerk chicken at the Winona Drive Senior Public School concert on Winona in midtown Toronto. There was a large line-up of students and parents when the Caribbean Camera first arrived. The large black truck was parked at the side of the road and had a large sign showing a list of low cost comfort foods. “Menu is elastic based on whatever event I am at.” Said Al Foster. “Tonight we did chicken fingers, chips ...