Susan Duong serves students from Riverdale Collegiate that are grabbing lunch at Yummy House on Tuesday. The small Chinese restaurant across the street from the school is a popular spot for cheap lunch and bubble tea.

Susan Duong was standing behind the counter, stacking containers of chicken fried rice, hot off the wok and ready to eat.

She looked out the window at Riverdale Collegiate – the large high school directly across the street from her little takeout restaurant – and checked her watch. 11:36 a.m. The lunch bell was about to ring. It was time to open the doors. Yummy House was once again open for business.

“This,” said Ms. Duong, “is when things get lively again.”

Every year, the beginning of September – the day after Labour Day – signals back to school. The end of summer. Acr

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