Food Notes for September 2, 2024

Openings

• Hathaway’s Diner has opened a second location in St. Albert (140 Bellerose Drive).
• Indian lounge Junoon is now open at 16430 Ellerslie Road SW.
• Italian restaurant Acero opened in Sherwood Park in July, located at 270 Baseline Road.
• Caspian Kebabs, serving up Iranian cuisine, opened in July at 10380 78 Avenue.
• Calgary-based bubble tea shop Thé Moon will be opening up a location in Edmonton at 3559 Gateway Blvd.

Closures

• Nongbu has announced their closure after 10 years in business. Their last day of operation will be September 7.
• Malt & Mortar, also located in Old Strathcona, has closed after eight years.
• Tsujiri’s sole remaining Edmonton location downtown has closed.

Upcoming Events

• Cocktails & Jerk returns to Wilbert McIntyre Park on September 6-7. Online tickets are priced at $30.80 and include $10 voucher for food and drinks.
• NAIT has launched an Alumni Series, featuring a rotating guest alumni chef. The series kicks off with Peter Keith on September 20. Tickets are $104.77 and include 4-courses and paired wines.

Local News

• Edify interviewed the new owners of The Marc, Jillian Fonteyne and Scott Downey, also owners of The Butternut Tree.
• Edify featured the story behind Honi Honi Tiki Lounge.
• Edify’s latest Fav Eats highlights Cafe Amore, and they also paid a visit to Lawson’s British Fish and Chips.
• The Journal covered Epic Market and Vagabond Pop-ups.
• Happy first birthday to Dolly’s Cocktails!
• Edify also highlighted OnOurTable’s Geof Lilge.
• Sunworks Farm has moved their Edmonton meat shop out of Blush Lane. It is now located at 7520 Gateway Boulevard and opened on August 23.

What I Ate

• My friend Su invited me to my very first cooking class at The Kitchen (those tickets sell out like hotcakes!). We deboned a chicken together and made enough soup with the meat for days. We are very fortunate to have such a beautiful facility based at a public library – I hope to join another class in the future!

In The Kitchen!

• Linda and I met for lunch at PlayWright in the Citadel Theatre last week. We had a very enjoyable meal – the burger was solid, and I loved the mac and cheese. Both dishes were $13 and $12 respectively, incredibly value-oriented for Downtown. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Our lunch at PlayWright

• Our family took in the Disney in Concert/Symphony on the Square performance on Friday. There’s nothing like listening to great music with 12,000 other people outside! It was also a great excuse to visit one of my favourite food trucks, Filistix. Their chori burger always hits the spot.

Chori burger on the Square

• We also had to support Chinatown After Dark on Saturday. Since I attended the event last, they’ve transitioned to more of a “food crawl” model, with participating restaurants serving up their featured items from their establishments, as opposed to the main alleyway. It was a great way to visit some old favourites (Xu Hue) and some new-to-me places (Li Dong). It’s always great to see folks coming together for Chinatown.

My favourite rare beef salad from Xu Hue

• It was a hot weekend, and in many ways, felt like one last gasp of summer. We cooled down with some ice cream from Made by Marcus.

Ice cream!