Openings
- RJ Tasty Bites, a Filipino restaurant, continues to grow, with their third location now open at West Edmonton Mall.
- Another Filipino restaurant, La Mesa is now open, at 4620 99 Street NW (formerly Agora Greek Market).
- Poppy’s, offering coffee and pressed juice, will open in the former Filistix space downtown, 10621 100 Avenue NW.
- Big Wing’s is now open at 10721 124 Street NW (formerly Nuovo Bistro).
- Walker Lake Meats & Pizza’s second location is now open at 16769 71 Street NW.
- The Bread Haus has opened in Fort Saskatchewan, 107-41 West Park Boulevard.
Closures
- Tasty Noodle, a long-standing Chinese restaurant in Edmonton, permanently closed earlier this month.
- Sunterra Market will be closing their location in Commerce Place on May 29. The south Edmonton location will remain open.
- After 8 years in business, Pome Bakery will be closing permanently. Its last day is May 30.
Upcoming Events
- Happy to hear Chinatown After Dark is returning this summer, once a month starting June 27. I am a little sad the event is moving away from the alley, though.
Local News
- HOM will be bringing their south east Asian flavours as a pop-up in Bibo in Old Strathcona starting in June.
- Also in Old Strathcona, New Amsterdam Cafe is hoping the province will allow cannabis to be served in cafes or lounges.
- Open Table released their Top 100 Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in Canada, and two Edmonton restaurants made the list – Campio downtown and Happy and Olive.
- Duchess, in collaboration with Anohka Distillery, has created a single malt cream liqueur, available while bottles last.
- Two vendors at last year’s Edmonton International Beer Festival spoke to CTV News about not being paid for food they sold through the event’s ticketing system.
- Happy fifth birthday to Longroof Brewing!
- Calgary-based Dan Clapson filmed a segment about Edmonton that aired on The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, highlighting Rosewood Foods, The Butchery, and The Confederation Lounge at the Hotel Macdonald.
- Edify wrote a piece about Grey Owl Meadery, located in Alder Flats, Alberta.
What I Ate
- We will soon have tried all of the combo deals from Seven Kitchens – this time we shared the dinner for two, which, with the leftovers, is actually a meal for two for days.
Dinner for two from Seven Kitchens
- It isn’t the first time we’ve picked up a Too Good to Go box from Fawkes Cafe (it is a great value at $6.49), but this one was perhaps the best so far (the brownie was amazing)!
Too Good to Go via Fawkes Cafe
- It has been ages since we’ve been to Route 99 (once upon a time a frequent date spot for us). With a hankering for diner food, Mack and I brought the kids for some pizza and poutine.
Our Route 99 spread
- It is super convenient that a location of Made by Marcus is across the street, with a beautifully spacious patio. It was the perfect place to share a flight of ice cream.
Lemon curd is the family favourite
Only Here for the Food 