Hey Rou! Welcome to CL. I'm Dash and I play... so many characters here that I will try not to overwhelm you with all of them at once o.o. You can, however, see my collection of idiots over here.
So! As a bartender and fan of Craft Beer, he'd probably know Cam latransive. She's the Bar Manager of Braxton Brewery. A Coyote Shifter whose other half (Lucas) is a Wolf so she runs with one of the local wolf packs every month. He (Lucas) also owns one of the other Bars in town (The Hideout). She grew up in one of those very traditional (bigoted) shifter communities and is still extricating herself from it so she might make for a useful friend to have in Canton.
My wolves include; Quinn hominilupus, Kenzie accompanied, Jules duteously (who has also always had a mistrust of Alphas) and Rebecca lycans. The last of which also came from a traditional pack who can definitely relate to Nicolo's past.
Half my kids are linked to the wolf community through partners or friends so there's a solid chance they could have encountered him through that in the last few years.
Anyway - My character list includes a pretty good overview of each of my characters so if anything jumps out at you, just say the word!