When U.S. President Harry Truman popularized the phrase, ”If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” he probably wasn’t thinking of working over a griddle without air conditioning inside a tiny shipping container during a record-breakingly hot summer in Toronto.
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On Tuesday, the city hit a new record high temperature of 37.3 C, but for some restaurant workers, it felt even hotter inside a cramped kitchen full of ovens and grills. During the scorching lunch hour, some cooks and restaurant owners toughed out the heat while others decided to close early.
