all-day brekkie at the blue plate
Your fave breakfast joint just made it easier to have breakfast for lunch. The Blue Plate Diner (12323 Stony Plain Road) is going to an all-day breakfast format. Yaay! New hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10-4pm; Saturday, 9-4pm; Sundays, 9-2pm. Those lemon ricotta pancakes are a thing of beauty.
adopt a pup at alley kat this sunday
Pop by the Alley Kat Brewing Co (9920 60 Avenue) 11am-3pm, Sunday, July 17, for the Hart Edmonton Rescue Adoption Party. The Pull Me Food Truck will be on hand with sammies and sides and there is face painting and a photobooth. Get to know your potential new dog in the fenced play area. Check it out!
filipino street food at filistix
Don’t miss the Filipino Street Food Festival at Filistix (10621 100 Avenue), on Friday, July 22 from 11am until sold out. Enjoy fish balls, kikiam (five-spiced minced pork and shrimp) pork skewers and siomai dumplings. Sounds delicious!
tomato top100: made by marcus toasted hay saskatoon berry ice cream
One of the things to love about July—this ice cream. The sweet/tart saskatoon jam and the hay’s toasty earthiness is a terrific combo. Yes, the line-up is worth it.
recipe of the week: chef daniel costa’s spaghetti with anchovy
Perfect summer pasta—so simple, so delicious and so quick. To drink? Bone-dry, savoury Italian whites like Sicily’s Feudo Montoni Cattaratto del Masso.