Openings
- The Glass Cafe is now open Downtown, located at 10345 107 Street. They brew beans from Catfish Coffee Roasters.
- A new butchery is open in Glenora, called Arpa Farm Fresh Butchery, from the folks behind Sofra and newcomer Zula Kitchen Wine Bar (located next door to the butchery). Find them at #110, 14055 West Block Drive.
Closures
- Milk & Cookies Bakeshop is closing its storefront on March 11, 2023: “The last year has been really hard on us. Sales are way down, ingredient costs are way up, staffing the bakery has been a rollercoaster, and I had a baby 4 1/2 months ago. I need less stress & more flexibility, so it’s time to say goodbye to this part of the business.” The business expanded during the pandemic in 2020. The post references that it may not be the last that we see of Milk & Cookies, though!
Upcoming Events
- Save the date: this year’s Seedy Sunday will take place on March 26, 2023 at the Alberta Avenue Hall.
Local News
- Congratulations to the winners of Silver Skate’s Battle of the Neighbourhoods: Town Square Brewing for best beer, Campio Brewing for best food, and Odd Company and Culina for best beer and food pairing.
- The Journal wrote about Roger Letourneau’s company Lessig Fermets Inc., which makes small batch fermented hot sauce.
- Edify checked out the food at OilBurgers and Da Kao.
- Boyle McCauley News reviewed Pei Pei Chei Ow.
- The Great Canadian Baking Show is hosting an open casting call in Edmonton on March 1, 2023.
- Students from 16 Edmonton area high schools will be competing in the 16th annual High School Culinary Challenge on February 25, 2023. Winners will be announced on March 6.
- Edmonton’s Food Bank has reduced the maximum number of hampers clients can access per month from four to three.
What I Ate
- We checked out a couple of restaurants participating in the Feed the Soul Dining Week before the event wrapped on Friday. First, we picked up lunch from Cafe Caribbean – I enjoyed the curry chickpeas with potatoes!
Curry chicken and curry chickpeas with potatoes from Cafe Caribbean
- We also grabbed take-out from Mesobena – it was a massive amount of food. and a great way to try several dishes at once. I loved the kik alicha (yellow peas) and tikel gomen (cabbage and carrot).
Beef and vegan combos from Mesobena
- I didn’t know Padmanadi has a separate brunch menu, served up on weekends! I tried the curried tofu scramble and would definitely order it again.
Curried tofu scramble from Padmanadi
- Love Pizza has a great deal on Mondays, with 2 pizzas for $25 – so we had to indulge in their mac & cheeza one more time before it retires for the year. It will be available until the end of February.
Mac & cheeza pizzas from Love Pizza
Only Here for the Food 