Another Fonda Mexican opens

Starting their own Mexican wave with a second cantina are the owners of Richmond's Fonda, Tim McDonald and David Youl. The new venue, at 144 Chapel Street, Windsor, was formerly a Salvation Army op shop. The space is big enough to install a large kitchen, where another offshoot of the business, Fonda Catering, can start to spread its wings. ''We weren't looking for a second site but stumbled across this building and loved it,'' McDonald says. The catering came about after they began receiving ''two or three catering inquiries a week'', he says. Their first party was held on Saturday night. They offer only a canape and cocktail menu as it's ''not really food designed for a formal sit-down dinner party in someone's home'', McDonald says. The new Windsor venue has seating for 130 people downstairs and 60 in the bar upstairs. It is open daily from noon.

Hilary McNevin