Joe Beef

Charles McKiernan (4 Disamba 1835 County Cavan, Ireland - 15 Janairu 1889, Montreal, Quebec, Kanada), wanda aka fi sani da Joe Beef, sanannen mai gidan cin abinci ne na Irish-Kanada, mai kula da masauki da kuma mai ba da agaji a Montreal. 

 Tarihin rayuwa 
Charles McKiernan earned the sobriquet "Joe Beef" from his time as a Quartermaster with the 10th brigade in the British Army during the Crimean War. 
Whenever his regiment was running low on food, McKiernan had a knack of somehow finding meat and provisions, hence the name "Joe Beef" .

Mutumin, wanda zai zama sananne a Montreal a matsayin mai ba da agaji, ya zo garin a kusa da 1864 a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunarsa ta bindigogi. Bayan ya ci gaba zuwa Sergeant, an sanya shi a matsayin mai kula da babban kantin abinci na soja a Tsibirin Saint Helen. An sallame shi a 1868, ya buɗe "Joe Beef's Tavern," wani masauki da kuma gidan cin abinci da aka sani ba da daɗewa ba a duk faɗin Arewacin Amurka, wanda ke cikin Nos 4, 5, 6 Common St, Montreal a cikin abin da ke yanzu Old Montreal. Beef ya ki yin hidima ga kowa, yana gaya wa mai ba da rahoto, "ko wanene shi, ko Ingilishi, Faransanci, Irish, Negro, Indiya, ko kuma wane addini yake". Kowace rana da tsakar rana, daruruwan masu tsaron gida, masu bara, maza masu aiki da ba a yarda da su ba daga al'ummar Montreal sun bayyana a ƙofar sa. Abokan ciniki na gidan cin abinci galibi ma'aikata ne. Ma'aikatan tashar jiragen ruwa, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa, da tsoffin sojoji, kamar McKiernan da kansa, sune manyan kasuwancin. Ga ma'aikata na Montreal, gidan cin abinci na McKiernan ya yi aiki a matsayin cibiyar rayuwar jama'a a Griffintown. A lokacin, unguwar ba ta da wuraren shakatawa na jama'a, kuma tarurruka da bukukuwan jama'a ana gudanar da su ne kawai a wasu lokuta ta ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙungiyoyin coci. Don haka, ayyukan nishaɗi na yau da kullun sun kasance a kusa da Joe Beef's Canteen.

An san naman sa da kula da dabbobi a cikin gidansa, gami da baƙar fata huɗu, birai goma, cats na daji uku, porcupine da alligator. Ana ajiye bears a cikin ɗakin ajiya kuma kwastomomi suna kallon su ta hanyar ƙofar tarko a cikin bene na mashaya. Wani lokaci yakan kawo bear daga ginshiki don dawo da tsari a cikin gidansa, don yin yaƙi da karnukansa ko yin wasan billiards tare da mai shi. Ɗaya daga cikin bearsinsa, Tom, yana da amfani na yau da kullun na pints ashirin na giya kuma zai zauna a bayan jikinsa kuma ya riƙe gilashi tsakanin yatsunsa ba tare da zubar da saukowa ba. A wani lokaci, wani buffalo ya buge McKiernan a kan nuni kuma an tura shi asibiti na kwanaki da yawa. Wani lokaci, Mataimakin magatakarda na zaman lafiya yana bincika gidan cin abinci don sabunta lasisin kuma ɗayan karnukan McKiernan ya ci shi.

Ya gudanar da gidan cin abinci daga 1870 har zuwa mutuwarsa daga ciwon zuciya a 1889, yana da shekaru 54. Brown, James D. & Hannis, David. (2008). Community Development in Canada. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.

 jana'izar 
A jana'izarsa, an rufe kowane ofishi a gundumar kasuwanci. Kungiyoyin ma'aikata hamsin sun fita daga aikin yayin da akwatin Joe Beef ya ratsa cikin birni ta hanyar karusar gawawwakin da ke da doki huɗu, a cikin jerin da yawa. Jaridar La Minerve ta ruwaito cewa:

An binne shi a Kabari na Mount-Royal kuma abin tunawa da jana'izarsa, a kan mãkirci B 991e, yana ɗauke da dogon rubutun da matarsa ta rubuta, wanda ke ba da shaida ga godiya ga iyalinsa da abokansa ga ruhunsa na jin kai.

 Abun kwarai 
Duk da rashin ilimi na yau da kullun, McKiernan ya ɗauki kansa mai basira kuma mai karatu ne mai ƙwazo. Ya shiga cikin muhawara mai zafi a kan batutuwan yau da kullun kuma ya kasance mai fafutuka ga haƙƙin mutum na yau da kullun. Ya faranta wa taron jama'a rai da shayari da labarun ban dariya waɗanda suka yi wa mutane ba'a a cikin rayuwar ma'aikaci, kamar ma'aikacin, mai gida, ko ministan coci na gida. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga ma'aikata na Griffintown kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a yajin aikin ma'aikatan Lachine Canal na 1877. Ya ba su gurasa 3,000 da lita 500 na stew, kuma ya biya kuɗin tafiye-tafiye na tawagar su zuwa Ottawa. Yayin da suka tashi, ya yi jawabi ga taron mutane 2,000 a gaban gidan cin abinci tare da jawabi mai ban sha'awa "wanda aka gabatar a ƙarshen da aka yi wa lakabi da shi da zuciya".  Ya kuma taimaka wa masu yajin aiki a masana'antar masana'antar Hudon ta gabas a ranar 26 ga Afrilu 1880.
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