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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 [...]
Paros Real Greek
Keep Calm and Eat Souvlaki This family-run modern Greek restaurant got its start in downtown Calgary under the name Paro’s. About 16 years ago they moved the restaurant to Airdrie [...]
Shop Local May June 2020
As Calgarians have been home trying to flatten the curve, many of us have turned to home-delivery services for food essentials. Local businesses offer pre-made meals and ingredients delivered to your door allowing [...]
YokoZuna Sushi
Rolling with the Punches If you’re in the Okotoks area and have a hankering for sushi, don’t miss the chance to order a roll or two from YokoZuna Sushi. With [...]
A Calgary Eater’s Guide to Surviving the Pandemic
Be Prepared Illustrations by Alison Martin If there’s one thing we know about eaters it’s that no matter what, we’ll find a way to eat great food. We’re the people [...]
Calcutta Cricket Club
Greatest Hits While we’re certainly missing those dreamy pastel walls, that checkerboard black and white floor and that gorgeous vintage-tiled bar, we no longer have to miss the food. Yes, [...]
Donna Mac
High-quality, fair-priced, travel-friendly food What do you get when you combine the culinary talent of top-notch chefs, the business savvy of a team ready to take on a challenge and [...]
White Elephant Thai Cuisine
HIDDEN GEM: White Elephant Thai Cuisine Tucked behind a non-descript door on the south side of the (rather sketchy) Airport Traveller’s Inn just off 16th Ave. N.E., White Elephant Thai [...]
Connie & John’s Pizza
New York-Style Pizza Add one more item to their resume! Chefs Connie DeSousa and John Jackson, owners of an ever-growing list of Calgary hotspots including CHARCUT Roast House, charbar, the [...]
Respect the Technique
Respect the Technique Bento Pop-Up Photo Credit Patricia Lau Local chefs Kaede Hirooka and Jonathan Chung have partnered with Duncan Ly to offer a bimonthly bento box pop-up out of [...]
Modern Burger
Modern Burger Maybe it’s the fact there’s no traffic downtown these days, but you can smell Modern Steak’s Modern Burger before you even make it to the door. Charbroiled chuck [...]
Oishidesu Ramen Shack
DYI Ramen Oishidesu Ramen Shack in Avenida Food Hall and Fresh Market has taken do-it-yourself to a delicious new level with its DYI frozen ramen kits. Every eater will be [...]
Quick Bites – May 2020
Treat Yourself In times like these, sometimes you just need a little pick-me-up. Why not treat yourself to this gorgeous little fruit tart from the Italian Centre Shop Bakery? Call [...]
Meet the Producer – Trail’s End Beef
Story and photos by Catherine Van Brunschot What happens when a long-time vegetarian takes the reins of an historic cattle ranch? At a century-old farmhouse tucked in a fold of Alberta’s Porcupine Hills, [...]
Cultivating an Urban Grower
Story and photos by Catherine Van Brunschot Spend just 10 minutes with Carmen Lamoureux, founder of the Urban Farm School in Calgary, and you’ll want to dash home to plant some [...]
Dining Dash
Something Old: Treat yourself to afternoon tea at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise for a gorgeous view, European and North-American style finger sandwiches, Fairmont’s own Lot 35 tea and some amazing pastries. Served [...]
High Notes
by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth How to eat your way through the Music Mile It’s a familiar predicament for anyone who loves to haunt music clubs: you show up to a venue to catch a [...]
Rea’s Italian Cucina
HIDDEN GEM: Rea’s Italian Cucina We’ve been hearing about Rea’s for, well, decades. Finally, in February we were able to make it down to it’s tucked-away location just off Edmonton Tr. N.E. and [...]
Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant
CURIOUS AND CURIOUSER A whimsical and enchanting encounter awaits when you attend Wonderland, a magical fairytale-themed dinner under a unique garden dome hosted and organized by Great Events Catering, Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant [...]
Rising
Building community through bread By BJ OUDMAN Bread. An unpretentious concoction of four simple ingredients – flour, water, salt and yeast. Yet, bread is complex. Woven into culture throughout history and around the [...]
Deane House
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Following considerable damage from a September flooding and extensive restorations, the Deane House in Inglewood has re-opened. The historic house had to be gutted and restored as all [...]
National on 17th
LIGHTER AND BRIGHTER A brighter and lighter National on 17th Ave. has emerged. This is the first of the National venues in Calgary to transition to a refinement of its original concept serving [...]
Waalflower Kitchen and Cocktails
WAALFLOWERS NEW CHEF & MENU Executive Chef Lance Sharpe started his venture into the hospitality industry at age 13 as a dishwasher in a family-owned Greek restaurant in Lacombe, AB. It was here [...]
My Old China
By Linda Kupecek When I was a child, our kitchen wasn’t fancy schmancy. I remember the yellow linoleum, the red arborite table (fancy in its day) the worn wooden cupboards. But most of [...]