by Twyla Campbell | May 7, 2018 | Restaurant Review
“Nice Legs, Shame About the Face” is a 1979 song by The Monks. It’s also how I feel about Holy Roller, a restaurant just off Whyte Avenue. I’ve eaten there three times, and not once did I pat my belly and say, “Hot damn, that was...
by Twyla Campbell | Apr 26, 2018 | Restaurant Review
Matzo ball soup, blintzes, bagels (really good bagels) and lox…these items have been a long time coming in Edmonton. Thankfully Charlie Rothman realized that, too. He’s opened Rooster Kitchen on Whyte Ave and while the menu isn’t 100% Jewish foods, a...
by Twyla Campbell | Apr 6, 2018 | Restaurant Review
All you have to do to make people believe you’re the best is to just say it out loud. But, you know that guy who is always bragging how awesome he is or how non-braggadocious he is? Sometimes things are not as they appear… or sound, or…taste. Also,...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 10, 2018 | Restaurant Review
I’ve officially crossed over to the “vegetarian-food-is-good” side of eating. I haven’t given up on meat, but my consumption of it has definitely decreased in the past 18 months. With more chefs focusing on vegetable-forward menus, it’s...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 4, 2018 | Restaurant Review
It took me a while to get to Pip, the youngest sibling to Meat and The Next Act Pub on 104 Street. Baconhound has been yipping about them since they opened. For CBC Edmonton AM’s Best Restaurants 2017 segment, he named them as his pick for Best Brunch, talking...
