Openings
- Happy Beer Street distillery Shiddy’s has opened up an eatery called the Rumpus Room. They serve Flatboy Burgers (who relocated here from the Granite Curling Club). It is located at 9908 78 Avenue.
- Slap Shot is now open at 10184 104 Street (replacing Northern Chicken).
- Backstairs Burger is readying the launch of Backstairs Pizza at their Holland Plaza location (11998 109A Avenue).
- La Morenita is a new Mexican restaurant to open later in June in Alberta Avenue, located at 8501 118 Avenue.
Local News
- Taproot wrote a follow-up to a story I wrote last year about Padmanadi and Seoul Fried Chicken’s expansions to Calgary.
- OpenTable has released their list of Top 100 Brunch Restaurants in Canada and 6 Edmonton area eateries made the cut: Brew + Bloom, Chartier, Darling, Happy and Olive, Hart’s Table, and La Ronde.
- Edify checked out Black Pearl’s Windermere location.
- Toast Culture and Bountiful Farmers’ Market are celebrating their fifth birthdays!
- Happy first birthdays to Nowhere Wine Bar and Marlo.
- McDonald’s has promised to rename an Edmonton location McDavid’s if the Oilers win.
- Free Play has partnered with Black Box Hospitality to raise funds for its programs. People can purchase an exclusive beer from Highlands Liquor, or donate $10 in exchange for a free coffee at District.
What I Ate
- I finally had dinner at Bernadette’s last week and it did not disappoint! Our small group shared several of the dishes, and the Saskatoon berry brisket (a carry over from their Pei Pei Chei Ow menu) and the spam pops were the standouts. Service was great, and the space is lovely and intimate. It was a great way to spend an evening.
Spam pops from Bernadette’s
- For my Dad’s birthday, he wanted to try LovePizza. So we ordered a round of different pies to share. I had forgotten how tasty the Ode to Ukraine is (like a perogy on a pizza).
Our spread from LovePizza
- After checking out the dragon parade and the Van bLoc party in Chinatown on Saturday, the drizzly weather drove us inside to warm up over hot soup at Pho Tau Bay. Ellie loved the noodles!
Ellie at Pho Tau Bay
Only Here for the Food 