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...
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...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 11, 2014 | Restaurant Review
I have a soft spot for ethnic restaurants, especially when the owners are people who have come to Canada to make a better life for themselves and feed us the foods of their native country — I’m speaking specifically, in this post, about Million Thai, a new...
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 27, 2014 | Restaurant Review
A couple of decades ago (or more), there was a divine restaurant in downtown Edmonton called La Bodega. That was in the 80s: the days of big hair, big shoulder pads and big expense accounts. I had all three, and I ate at La Bodega a lot. There’s a new bodega in...
