by Twyla Campbell | Oct 3, 2014 | Restaurant Review
A few days ago I accepted an odd dinner invitation: I was asked to attend a dinner, but not told of my host’s name; I was to join a dozen strangers for a three hour meal consisting of items unknown. I was also told that my cell phone was to remain out of reach...
by Twyla Campbell | Sep 19, 2014 | Restaurant Review
For this followup to my CBC on-air review, I was just going to post pictures and leave it at that, because, as they say, a picture(s) is worth a thousand words. But then my righteous indignation kicked in and I just couldn’t let it go. A month ago, I ran into a...
by Twyla Campbell | Sep 11, 2014 | Restaurant Review
An exorbitant amount of talent, work and (obviously) money went into creating El Cortez Tequila Bar & Kitchen just north of Whyte Ave on Gateway Boulevard. If a category exists for best restaurant interiors, award-winning music video director Michael Maxxis, the...
by Twyla Campbell | Aug 31, 2014 | Restaurant Review
It’s been three years since Chris Sills, Dani Braun and Edgar Gutierrez opened the doors of Tres Carnales and introduced authentic Mexican fare to Edmontonians. To say the city has embraced their “tacos for the people” would be an understatement....
by Twyla Campbell | Aug 8, 2014 | Restaurant Review
I think coffee houses could save the world from all that is wrong and evil. People sitting down and conversing with others over aromatic cups of espresso and lattes: no one is ever in a rush to leave a coffee house, and I doubt world dominance is ever discussed over...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 30, 2014 | Restaurant Review
When we walked in to A Taverna, a group of men clustered around the bar were watching a World Cup soccer game on TV. In between great gulps of beer, the men would yell and cheer, or, depending on what was happening, complain. It was loud, it was exuberant, and it was...
