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Blowers and Grafton Halifax Street Food
The Best of Halifax Blowers & Grafton Halifax Street Food & Bar have expanded to the south. Already a favourite stop amongst locals who know them for their fresh seafood, Halifax style donairs, fried [...]
Lina’s Italian Supermercato
Lina's Supermercato Lina’s Italian Market is expanding to the southeast to meet the demand for specialty Italian products, and store-made delicacies. The new features over 16,000 square feet including: an authentic Italian café, one-of-a-kind [...]
Namo Cafe and Bistro
A Well-Traveled Menu Accomplished fine dining chef, Ashish Damle, has worked in kitchens around the world over the last 25 years of his career. He left India more than 20 years ago with a [...]
Calgary’s Women of Wine
By Brit Hart Discovering wine is such a journey and there is no shortage of great shops and restaurants in Calgary to explore. When you’re discovering your palate though, finding the right person to [...]
MILK Ice Cream
Fusion Ice Cream Anita Ly and Tiffany To started MILK Ice Cream as a side hustle. The goal; to share their culture and story through ice cream by creating unique flavours inspired by their [...]
Flower and Wolf Restaurant and Bar
Picnic in the Park Executive Chef Cole Glendinning and Executive Sous Chef Kate Symes at Flower & Wolf in the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire, started offering take-out picnic baskets this summer, offering a [...]
Veg-In YYC
Small Space Big Heart When Sehra Bindal, a vegetarian, started Veg-In YYC four years ago, she set her mind on opening a restaurant featuring vegan and vegetarian cuisine fused with Indian flavours. With previous [...]
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 [...]
YYC Pizza Week
YYC Pizza Week September 18-27, 2020 YYC Pizza Week returns for 10 days of eating pie! For seven years, local participating restaurants have crafted an original recipe in a competition to be named Calgary's [...]
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, [...]
Cococo Chocolatiers
Let There be Chocolate! Cococo is back as retail locations in Victoria Park, Signal Hill, Bankers Hall, and Southcentre re-open on Sept. 8. There are now three ways to get your chocolate fix: visit [...]
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 [...]
Free House Local Beer and Food Hall
Mix and Match Lunch – Freestyle Free House is now open for lunch and is offering fun mix and match lunch boards with lots of great choices in three courses. Add a brewery flight [...]
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 [...]