taste tix pre-sale on now
Taste of Edmonton is happening soon—July 20-30 in Churchill Square. Save some dough and buy pre-sale tickets now. Get them while they’re hot, until July 19.
new concept at epic
Epic Food & Drink (10344 105 Street, formerly Just Cook Kitchens) has a new vibe—a chef-in-residence concept with stellar cocktails. Five excellent local chefs, Emil Henson, Lindsay Porter, Alex Edmonson Winnie Chen, Oliver Butterworth and Meuwly’s Peter Keith have designed menus available to share and for special events. The grand opening is this Friday. Enjoy a DJ, photobooth and special pricing, from 7pm ’til late. Check it out!
we all scream for ice cream on national ice cream day
July 15 is National Ice Cream Day and YEG ice cream shops are mixing up some cool collabs. Westmount’s Twice Cream is making an ice cream version of Hathaway’s Diner’s Lime Berry Pie and Kind Ice Cream with Yelo’d Ice Cream have a (sort of secret) project. Check it out!
Ice cream cone at Yelo’d in the Dominion Hotel on Whyte Avenue.
street spirit festival is this weekend!
Expect entertainment and dancing, drag queens and drams at the inaugural Dram Fine Street Spirit Festival, 3-8pm, Sunday, July 16 at the Grindstone Theatre. Musician, whisky lover and DJ Fiona McNeill is the MC. Pamela Dobbin and Chelsea Belec of the Dram Fine podcast promise an amazing afternoon and outstanding spirits (and not just whisky). Visit dramfine.com for all the deets. Tix: $33++.
foodiverse final is on monday!
This fun event, the brainchild of chefs Jessie Woodman and Levi Biddlecomb, with a lot of help from Robert Spencer Hospitality, is an action-packed and delicious night. The Foodiverse final is Monday, July 17 at Workshop Eatery. Expect a surprise ingredient from Nonay Beef. Tix: $95++.
glass of the sask at home and at your fave resto
Edmonton tap water: born in the Rockies, filtered and treated at Epcor plants and flowing from your tap. Edmonton’s tap water is also delicious. Bright and fresh with a hint of minerality. Find a glass of the Sask at The Butternut Tree, Dalla Tavola Zenari and other fine spots. Visit here for the full list and all the info. Purchase your own carafe from July15-22 (or until supplies last) at the Edmonton Art Council Shop and Services in Churchill Square (the former Tix on the Square), $25, with $10 of each purchase donated to Edmonton’s Food Bank. Having an event? Visit here to apply for the mobile Glass of the Sask water tank to come to your neighbourhood event.
love veg? don’t miss the vino al vino X smokey bear dinner
Enjoy exceptional wines from the Vino al Vino portfolio specially chosen for their affinity with plants, paired with five creative vegetable dishes. Tix: $55++.
tomato top 100: nineteen’s tuna twists
The quintessential summer appetizer with legions of fans. Have on Nineteen’s spacious patio in south west Edmonton.
recipe of the week: chef davina moraiko’s roasted pepper and hemp dip
Can’t have too many dip recipes on the go in the summer. This one, by Biera’s Davina Moraiko, is a banger.
