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The Watering Hole

By |June 15th, 2022|0 Comments

The Beer Hall The Beer Hall at Symons Valley Ranch is a rustic and popular out-of-the-way eatery featuring a big-city collection of local craft beer, spirits and simple eats. Owners Jay [...]

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The Shaft

By |June 14th, 2022|1 Comment

If you like coffee, you will love The Shaft, a tasty cocktail with a caffeine kick! Awaken your senses when you sip this cocktail made using Park Distillery Espresso Vodka, Kahlua, [...]

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Just keep swimming

By |June 12th, 2022|1 Comment

If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that we love to eat. For comfort, joy, sadness, boredom… and I’m okay with that. With hot, sunny days on [...]

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Build it and they will come

By |June 9th, 2022|0 Comments

Noble Pie Pizza Noble Pie pizza is back. For the last couple of years, pizza enthusiasts flocked to Eighty-Eight Brewing Company to try Mike Lange’s pop-up pizza, sometimes waiting for hours [...]

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Ouch! Wilderness!

By |June 6th, 2022|0 Comments

It's no picnic Every year, as the summer solstice looms, I begin my ritual dreaming. Yes! Warm summer evenings, soft breezes, the poetic leaves of the old oak tree offering comfort [...]

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Spice is life

By |June 4th, 2022|1 Comment

If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that we love to eat. For comfort, joy, sadness, boredom… and I’m okay with that. With hot, sunny days on [...]

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Kain Tayo Let’s Eat

By |June 2nd, 2022|0 Comments

A tour of Filipino food in Calgary As an archipelago nation made up of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines offers a cuisine just as plentiful that is by turns sweet, [...]

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New Burger on the Block

By |May 30th, 2022|0 Comments

Calgary has no shortage of burger spots, although there are only a handful who truly make the cut. Hi5 Burger is the brainchild of restauranteurs Ryan Turbide, Vince Wong and Mike [...]

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Popup Passion

By |May 28th, 2022|0 Comments

Owned and operated by Alexander Fraser, Garbanzo's is a pandemic-born pop-up restaurant offering an assortment of items on the menu. Garbanzo's started at the beginning of the pandemic and continues to [...]

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Fennel

By |May 25th, 2022|0 Comments

I’ve often wondered why fennel isn’t more popular than it is. Certainly, it’s more common now than in recent years, but I find many people are still somewhat intimidated by this [...]

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Reducing Food Waste

By |May 20th, 2022|4 Comments

If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that we love to eat. For comfort, joy, sadness, boredom… and I’m okay with that. With hot, sunny days on [...]