John Shields and Karen Urie-Shields Focus on Tasting Menus, Eclairs and Burgers

When the pandemic shut down their restaurants, John Shields and Karen Urie-Shields used the time to get creative, evaluate new opportunities, change menus and refine their day-to-day business structure at their acclaimed restaurants. The husband-wife team honed the tasting menu at their fine dining Smyth into a streamlined degustation and gave the more casual The Loyalist menu a French makeover, while adding ...