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Quick Bites: Samosa Factory
Samosa To Go The Samosa Factory’s assortment of fresh-cooked or frozen samosas for take home or eat right in your car help on the days you don’t want to cook. Choose from chicken, beef [...]
Avatara Pizza
Gluten-Free Pizza Never Tasted Better For 11 years, Avatara Pizza has been providing Calgarians with authentic- tasting pizza. They started back in the day toting a pizza cart, progressed to the Avatara Food Truck [...]
Euphoria Cafe
A Healthy Stop For 11 years Euphoria Café has offered an assortment of breakfast and lunch items including gluten-free, dairy free, paleo and vegan. They were the first to introduce Calgary to bulletproof coffee, [...]
Jolly Table Meals
Meals in 30 Minutes Calgary’s Jolly Table Meals is back and offering a variety of nutritious meals focused on fresh, seasonal produce, triple-A-grade proteins, and whole grains. Chef-created recipes are delivered to your door [...]
Meet the Producers
Spend some time with modern farmers and you'll find they're a thoughtful bunch. Especially these Calgary-area producers, who are getting noticed for doing things differently. Some even call themselves “nerdy.” They're focused on building [...]
Flores and Pine
New Chef at Flores and Pine Flores and Pine recently announced the appointment of new Executive Chef Mike Preston. Chef Mike started his career in the '90s with SAIT’s professional cooking program. Most recently, [...]
Square Rooted
Bridging The Gap New in Calgary, Square Rooted is dedicated to bringing locally grown vegetables to doorsteps across the city. Former co-founder of DIRTBELLY, Jenna Kopperson and her team source produce from Deof’s Greenhouse [...]
Bubble Tea Breakdown
Bubble Tea Over the last two years, Alberta’s bubble tea scene has undergone a major transformation. For the uninitiated, bubble tea is a Taiwanese drink with some variation of tea, fruits or other flavoring, [...]
So, you want to be a Brewmaster?
It’s possible that almost everyone who’s sipped a cold pint on a hot day has wondered if they could make their own beer; after all, it’s really just hops, barley, water [...]
Covid Pivot
How some Calgary food innovators made the most of the Pandemic By Gwendolyn Richards Reece Southern is busily working behind the marble bar that stretches nearly the length of the [...]
Quick Bites – July 2020
New Bites at Bea’s Bea's Cafe (inside Bite — Inglewood's local grocer) has reinvented its restaurant creating a safe and socially distanced space with a refreshed menu by Chef Troy (Cruz Tacos — 2018 [...]
Empanadas y Asado
An Argentinian adventure sparks a Calgary craving By Lisa Monforton After a recent bike packing trip to Argentina, my suitcase contained more than a few keepsakes. I also brought home something else: a love [...]
Gruman’s Catering and Delicatessen
MOM’S THE WORD Peter Fraiberg opened the first Gruman’s Deli (Gruman was his mother’s maiden name) in 2005 bringing to Calgary a revived Jewish-inspired Montreal-style deli. You’ll also find non-kosher [...]
Satisfying Calgary’s Sweet Tooth
If ever there was a time to celebrate the sweet psychological relief of a good ol’ fashioned sugar rush, it’s now. Over the past few months, you may have found [...]
Eats of Asia
CHOGO TO GO For the last eight years, Chef Jay del Corro from Eats of Asia has been delighting Calgarians with Asian street food. Fill up on ramen, dig into [...]
Windsor Pizza Co.
AN AWARD-WINNING PIZZA In 2016 Laura Grossi, Carly Labadie and their husbands opened Windsor Pizza Co. in the southeast bringing to Calgary a Windsor-style Canadian pizza. This style of pizza [...]
Mina’s Brazilian Steakhouse
HEATING IT UP Mina’s Brazilian Steakhouse found a way to pack a punch into its very affordable and delicious Quentinha Boxes. At just $15.50 each, you get your pick of [...]
Eat Crow
EATING CROW Kensington Brasserie owners Cam Dombranski and Jacqueline Warrell were planning on revamping the restaurant before COVID hit, but the closure provided the perfect opportunity to get it done. [...]
Roy’s Korean Kitchen
KOREAN BBQ - BY YOU One of our favourite finds during the spring “takeout and delivery phase” was Roy’s Korean Kitchen’s Korean Barbecue Meal Kit for Four. At $70, this [...]
Restaurant Guide
Savour Calgary Restaurant Guide During the Covid-19 pandemic, we put together a list of restaurants doing take-out and delivery. It was so popular, we decided to keep it going with [...]
How To Stock Your Bar Like a Pro
Story and photos by Tanya Schaap Maybe you’re hosting your first quarantine cocktail party with your roommates. Maybe you’re looking to impress your friends with one of those chic prohibition [...]
Yum Bakery
Baked From Scratch Yum Bakery is a family-owned business with two locations in Calgary. Owners Debbie and David Catling started the bakery at the Calgary Farmers' Market in 2009 back [...]
Tasse Bakery
Dreamy Decadence What started as a dream and a taste of an iconic Middle Eastern dessert, soon became Tasse Bakery, offering an assortment of Middle Eastern sweet and savoury treats. [...]
Lina’s Italian Market and Cafe
Viva Italia! Lina's Italian Market & Café has been a staple on Centre St. N. offering Italian and European delicacies for more than 20 years. Under the direction of Matthew [...]