Swiss Chalet And Harvey's Among Corydon's Spring Crop.

Spring is coming. Yes it is, unbelievers! And, here's good news "" so is a new crop of upstart businesses, dotting the most popular patio district of Winnipeg. Yours truly trekked and checked to bring you the inside scoop on some exciting new projects on Corydon Avenue.

Normandy 791 Corydon Ave., near Arbuthnot St.

Peepers Swimwear Beautifeye Lashes 651 Corydon Ave.

Swiss Chalet and Harvey's THE old Chicken Delight building at Corydon and Stafford will soon be clucking again. With a complete renovation happening as we speak, it is morphing into a combination of Swiss Chalet and Harvey's under one roof. You can dine-in comfortably and take your time -- or blast through the drive-thru on the way to your many activities, kids screaming in the back.

This week, the forlorn and abandoned building received green protective fencing and workmen pulled the tired white siding off. "It's getting a Swiss Chalet look," says franchise owner Sartaj Singh, who operates the Harvey's (a CARA franchise) out at the airport. CARA also owns chains such as Kelsey's and Montana's, East Side Mario's and others.

"We'll be open the second week of July, we hope," says Singh, who is originally from Ottawa, but has made Winnipeg his home. He says the building will stay the same size, and they're keeping the sun room on the Stafford side overlooking grand old St. Ignatius Church. "But everything on the inside will be new, and everything on the outside, too." Singh is quick to point out his new double franchise on Corydon is more than a full menu drive-thru. "We want people to dine in, and we have a parking lot. We want them to come in and sit and relax. There's lots of food on Corydon but there is nothing else like this." Maureen Scurfield is a female Norman "" she likes to sniff out new businesses.

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