Career Center’s Bistro restaurant open for business through Thursday

CANFIELD

The Bistro Restaurant serves five-course meals to showcase the talents of students enrolled in the adult culinary school at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, 7300 N. Palmyra Road.

The restaurant is run by the students under the direction of chef instructors Sean Kushma and Quinn Meechan. It is the students’ final hurrah after 10 months of hard work and education in the food-service field.

From 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday until next Thursday, you can dine in at MCCTC eating baked cod, New York strip steak, burgers and more.

Meal prices range from $10 to $15, depending on the order – by cash or check only.

Because The Bistro is self-funded, any food bought or sold – or tips earned – are cycled back to the students who paid for the class.

Kushma said his favorite part working with culinary students is seeing their success.

“It’s an opportunity for us to see them grow,” he said.

Kushma said he’s had students from age 18 to 65.

“We have a really good success rate with graduating students,” he said. “If they want to be working, they are.”

Read more about the program and the Bistro in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.