by Twyla Campbell | Mar 3, 2015 | Restaurant Review
Brace yourself, we are on the brink of a hot dog revolution. Edmonton is, anyway. Other cities in Canada have led the charge for years: Vancouver with Japadog, Calgary with Tubby Dog. The lowly wiener has gone from hockey rink staple to haute cuisine. Just add foie...
by Twyla Campbell | Jan 17, 2015 | Restaurant Review
You could call Jan Trittenbach, Jamin Sharp, Jon Elson and Josh Meachem the Rat Pack of Edmonton. Not because they’re a bunch of guys who can sing and dance, but because they just happen to have met and worked together at Packrat Louie just off Whyte Avenue....
by Twyla Campbell | Dec 17, 2014 | Restaurant Review
I’ve been a fan of North 53 since the day it opened. Even before, in fact, when I heard they were one winery or two ahead of me throughout the entire Okanagan in 2013. If restaurant owners and staff were tasting their way through BC in search of wines for their...
by Twyla Campbell | Dec 11, 2014 | Restaurant Review
Oh, what a banner year for Edmonton restaurants! Woodwork, Rge Rd and North 53 gave us something to cheer about by all grabbing a toehold on the long list for enRoute’s Best New Restaurants 2014. Rge Rd carried though by securing position number 4. It appears...
by Twyla Campbell | Oct 31, 2014 | Restaurant Review
It doesn’t matter what the current food trend is (molecular gastronomy, cronuts, sriracha-in-everything), comfort food never wavers: meatloaf, fried chicken, mac ‘n cheese—you get the idea, comfort food is what we always come back to. Even those of us who...
by Twyla Campbell | Oct 18, 2014 | Restaurant Review
The owners of Greenland Garden Centre have branched out. (Sorry, it had to be said.) What I’m getting at is they’ve added a new space to the garden centre with a gorgeous little bistro called Branches. There are several interesting elements to this...
