Several Toronto restaurants are seeking an explanation from Uber Eats after the food delivery app mislabelled them as “Israeli” on the weekend.
Levant Pizza, a Palestinian Lebanese pizzeria, posted on Instagram Saturday that it had come up in search results for “Israeli” but not “Palestinian,” despite having made a deliberate choice to be listed as Palestinian. As it turned out, its searches found more than 300 Middle Eastern restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area, including Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Afghani eateries, had been moved under the Israeli categorization.
Costa Warwar, who is Palestinian and is head chef and part owner of Flaming Stove, was
