Food Notes for November 25, 2024

Openings

• Lucky Supermarket is opening their third location in Edmonton (eighth location in Western Canada) on November 28. It is located at 2950 Calgary Trail.
• Tiramisu Bistro has opened up its sister restaurant next door at the Lift Me Up Sandwich Bar, serving up focaccia sandwiches at 12408 108 Avenue.
• The folks behind Panini’s Italian Cucina and Rob’s Famous Fried Chicken have a new ghost kitchen called Michelangelo’s New York Pizza that opened last week. The pizza can be ordered through Uber Eats.
• South Island Pie opened their hot pie pop-up shop at Zwick’s Pretzels on November 20.
• St. Albert bakery BreadLove has opened up a café in the same space called Little Darling Coffee, at 46C St. Michael Street.
• Sawaii Indian Restaurant and OMG Bowls & Wings, serving up Indo-Mexican fusion, had its grand opening last week. It is located at 8656 118 Avenue.
• Tahini’s a Canadian chain serving Mediterranean fusion cuisine, opened its first Edmonton location in October, at #35671, 3535 Gateway Blvd.
• Edmonton’s second Chick-fil-A location is now open at 2060 99 Street.

Local News

• Filistix hosted a pop-up for SiuYeh over the weekend, which offered skewers and a few other dishes.
• Three restaurants made OpenTable’s list of the Top 100 Restaurants in Canada: Bernadette’s, Sabor, and Tzin.
• Edify checked out newly-opened cafe Nuestra.
• CTV wrote an article about food trends in Edmonton, which included an interview with my friend Linda. She also shared a follow-up blog post with additional links about what she discussed.
• Baijiu’s outdoor heated patio is back for a second season.
• I always love seeing local businesses collaborate, like this vanilla confetti cake lotion bar, from Sugared & Spiced and Wild Prairie Soap.
• En Route featured Lessig Ferments’ Strawberry Basil Bomb hot sauce in a piece highlighting products from across Canada.
• Analog Brewing Company is offering a “12 Beers of Christmas” half-advent calendar with $5 from each sold to benefit Edmonton’s Food Bank.
• Members of Edmonton’s Sikh community and My Radio 580 AM raised $50,000 for Edmonton’s Food Bank.

What I Ate

• I met some friends for lunch at Jinya Ramen Bar last week. The room was packed at lunch with others who had braved the snow for some hot soup. Service was excellent, and the space is bright and welcoming during the day. I tried their Tonkotsu Original 2010, and found it to be as hearty and creamy as I was hoping for.

Tonkotsu Original 2010