Since the Red Shoe Crawl started two years ago, it’s been great to watch the event grow and establish itself in Edmonton. A fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Northern Alberta, the Red Shoe Crawl is a fun way to visit a neighbourhood by sampling your way through businesses within walking distance of one another.
I attended the very first Red Shoe Crawl that took place in Old Strathcona in August 2011, and was blown away by how well organized it was, and loved how it promoted exploring a particular area on foot. The ticket price provided incredible value (we were far from able make our way through the food provided), and it was even better that the entire ticket cost was directed to the charity.
Fish and chips from Elephant & Castle
In 2012, the Red Shoe Crawl took place twice that year, and expanded to include the burgeoning 124 Street neighbourhood as well. Though there perhaps wasn’t as much food when compared with the Whyte Avenue event, without question they made up for it with a more diverse range of participating shops, including several that I had never stepped foot in before.
Gelato from Cococo
If you still haven’t had a chance to attend a Red Shoe Crawl, now is your chance! The 2013 Taste of Whyte takes place on June 9, 2013, from noon-5pm. Tickets are just $40, and is inclusive of all food and beverage samples. Expect a great line-up of businesses, with more to be confirmed. So far, the list includes:
- Cha Island Tea
- Eye Care Group
- Famoso
- The Food Fighter (food truck)
- The Keg
- Marble Slab
- MKT
- McDonald’s
- Naanolicious
- The Plaid Giraffe
- Planet Organic
- Sabzy
- Second Cup
- Ten Thousand Villages
- The Tin Box
- Tutti Frutti
The organizers were nice enough to allow me to give two tickets to the event away! To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment with a valid e-mail address that answers the following question:
Which Old Strathcona business are you most looking forward to trying or revisiting at the Red Shoe Crawl?
A winner will be chosen randomly from all responses collected before the deadline. The contest closes on May 27, 2013 at 11:59pm. Good luck!
EDIT: Congrats to Susan Z. for winning the two tickets!
Only Here for the Food 
So many great choices on Whyte Avenue, I would love to give NAANOLICIOUS a try – I’ve never sampled their Indian food. Thanks for the opportunity!!
I would love to try out the new food truck, Food Fighters, love the name!
Looks like a great event! I’d love to try Food Fighter 🙂
Look forward to Naanolicious, their fish bites are amazing!
Tutti Frutti! There’s just something about getting to add your own toppings.Yum!
Trying out Food Fighter would be my first choice.
Famoso! Nothing like a local success story…and pizza! 🙂
I keep meaning to try Cha Island Tea so I’m looking forward to that!
Hmmm so many excellent choices – I think I would probably go with The Food Fighters since I haven’t checked them out before.
I am most looking forward to Sazby. Persian Food?? Yum.
I’m definitely most interested in Sabzy! I have to admit I had no idea a Persian grill even existed in Old Strathcona! Awesome 🙂
I am looking forward to the Food Fighter, as I have not seen it before 🙂 jodiebakker@hotmail.com
I want to try MKT or Food Fighters!
Naanolicious! I’ve wanted to try it there.
Naanolicious! It has a great name, makes me drool. slurp.
Famoso! Love their Neapolitan pizza!
I am looking forward to trying Naanolicious, as it is the only place I haven’t tried yet.
I’ve been wanting to check out MKT for a while now, so I’m most looking forward to checking that out.
Naanolicious!
I would love to try Naanolicious!
Food Fighter truck! I think I’ve tried most of the other establishments on Whyte so this would be a new one for me.
Planet Organic is always good!
The Food Fighter! Hadn’t heard of it before now but would love to try
the food fighter!
I would love to try Sazby, its been on my list forever but never got around to it!
So many places I would love to try at this event! I think Naanolicious would be my first choice!
I haven’t had a chance to try The Food Fighter food truck so I am definitely looking forward to checking them out!
I haven’t tried Naanolicious yet, so this would be a perfect opportunity! And I’ve only been to Cha Island once so I’m due for another visit.
Sabzy! They had me at ‘hookah’…
I’m really looking forward to trying Naanolicious, I’ve never had the opportunity to sample their menu but I can tell that it would be delicious!
I am interestd in trying the Plaid Giraffe. Just because of the name!
We would like to try the Thin Box! Check out allericcaneat.blogspot.com
Definitely have Naanolicious on my list. I love indian flavours!
Naanolicious! Heard good things about them.
I don’t like having to choose just one, but probably Food Fighters or Naanolicious even MKT. Oh screw it,ALL of them!!
Whelp… The Food Fighter is it!
I’ve been meaning to try Naanolicious for awhile now! I also always love Sabzy 🙂
Food fighters!!!! (Are we allowed to have a food fight?? That would be even better)
Food Fighter or…MKT. MKT looks snazzy!
Hi
I am most looking forward to visiting MKT
Thanks
The Marble Slab, because I haven’t had ice cream this summer yet!….
I would like to try food from the Tin Box.