Like most people, I was raised on sandwiches. Sandwiches for lunch, sandwiches for a snack, sandwiches, sandwiches, sandwiches. Canned ham with cheese, pasty egg salad, PB & J, canned tuna, jerk chicken with grilled pineapple and slaw, roasted pork belly with pickled daikon and carrot, cilantro, and chili mayo….wait, you don’t recognize those last 2 […]
A Charcut above the rest?- Charcut Calgary
Recently we had a friend, Shana, come to visit us and Canada for the first time. Being ever self conscious hosers, we wondered how on earth we were going to plan activities and meals that would not disappoint a native New Yorker who has a world of top shelf options on her doorstep. I got […]
The Sugar Bowl- This little lamb
I must have staggered past the Sugar Bowl a thousand times in my youthful drinking days and never ventured inside. From the outside, it always seemed like some wicker-laden hangout full of granola munching hippies. Still does. But with age and (mostly) soberness comes a (hopefully) greater tolerance for people and things that are different […]
Nomiya
I dropped by Nomiya and picked up a little something to take out for lunch recently. Having never had authentic Ramen noodles, I was excited to try them. I was chapped to find out that Nomiya will not make up an order to go. Am I missing something here? Why couldn’t you do it to […]
La Poutine
After months of hearing about La Poutine, I finally decided to check it out for myself. Eating poutine other places in Edmonton has made me a little skeptical of how good this was going to be. Was I going to encounter the same problems I find every other time I eat poutine? Terrible fries and […]
A standing O for The Next Act Pub and Rapid Fire Theatre
I’m old. Not Betty White old, but definitely “that-guy-is -too-old-for-nightclubs” old. But lately my wife and I have been thumbing our noses at the rowdy young-uns and stepping out after dark around Whyte avenue, and we’re lovin’ it! Friday nights start with an endless scouring of the Whyte ave area for a free parking spot. […]
Tres Carnales
Owners Chris, Edgar, and Daniel flung open the doors to the hotly anticipated new Mexican Taqueria Tres Carnales on Thursday night. Announcing their opening on Twitter (@TresCarnales) earlier in the day, my wife, Fojoy and I decided to head down and check it out. The name, Tres Carnales, inspired some conversation on the drive. What […]
Battista- King of Calzone
Huge menus, littered with page after page of mediocre, bland, uninspired choices catering to the most vanilla of consumers’ appetites- this is dining in Edmonton. Or is it? A former government worker, Battista is owner, supply driver, cashier, cook, cleaner, and server all in one at Battistas Calzone Company*. He knows his key to success is not […]