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The Local Omnivore – Chapter 2, Park the Truck
Two guys meet over pizza, form a strong bro-bond, realize their mutual love of bacon, and soon find themselves doodling names for a food truck they dream of owning one day. That's a synopsis of Chapter 1 in the story about Mark Bellows and Ryan Brodziak, the two...
Workshop Eatery – Restaurant Review
In the sea of greige banality that is South Edmonton, the Mosaic Centre stands out like a beacon in the deep suburban night. The building, designed by the award-winning firm of Manasc Isaac, is the first net-zero commercial building in the country. The second floor...
Unique Opportunity: Mangalitsa Workshop in Edmonton
The Mangalitsa pig is a Hungarian heritage breed with a furry coat and meat so marbled it is referred to as the 'Kobe beef of pork'. It is also a pig on the rise. Bred initially for its lard, it neared extinction after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire but...
Prairie Noodle Shop – Restaurant Review
A little over a year ago, pals Arden Tse and Terry Wong started testing their homemade ramen on friends. It was good, in fact, it was better than good, and the friends urged the pair to share their creation with the rest of the city. Tse and Wong enlisted...
Juniper Cafe & Bistro – Restaurant Review
Ask a Taoist wherein lies the key to happiness, and he would reply: 'what would you do without doing'? It was a statement Peggy Addams heard when she was trying to figure out the next chapter in her life after a 17-year career in corporate management ended. Her...
Christmas in November at Jasper Park Lodge
There is hardly a more postcard-perfect Christmas setting than that of the Fairmont's Jasper Park Lodge (JPL) framed by a winterscape of snowy mountains and a shimmering lake, and there's no better way to get in to the Christmas spirit than to attend the JPL's...
The Alberta Hotel Bar & Kitchen – Restaurant Review
Edmontonians are well aware of this city's penchant for demolishing, not restoring, historic properties, so when Tavern 1903 opened in the rebuilt Alberta Hotel on Jasper Avenue, citizens rejoiced. We finally had a swanky food and drink establishment in an...
Kazoku Ramen – Restaurant Review
Why it's taken this long for a good ramen shop to hit the Edmonton scene is puzzling to me. There are a couple of spots in town that offer this Japanese soup, but none that would really turn heads or get tongues wagging. Until now. Kazoku Ramen opened at 165 Street on...
Restaurant Review: Buco Pizzeria + Vino, St. Albert
Sorrentino's Restaurant Group has added to their portfolio with Buco, a pizzeria and wine bar in St. Albert's Shops at Boudreau. Buco's space is modern and on trend with industrial touches of stainless steel and metal with wood and white tile giving it a dash of...