it’s easter pre order time!
A Cappella’s outstanding take and bake dinners for Easter can be ordered individually or family style, with all the add-ons, including desserts. Deadline for the early bird price is tomorrow, April 4 and the final deadline for ordering is April 11. Order here.
The Butchery offers an Easter a-la-carte menu featuring dry-aged prime rib, turkey and ham as well as house-made sauces and sides along with Lakeside Farmstead cheeses. Call 780-443-0000 or email to order, by April 14..
Culina To Go offers a turkey or ham dinner with all the trimmings, tourtiere, Ukrainian Paska bread and a variety of sweets for pick-up Sunday, April 20. Check out the full menu and order here.
relish is open!
Relish Bar & Market (Ritchie Market, 9570 76 Avenue) is now open. Enjoy charcuterie, select cheeses, bar snacks such as chips and red pepper hummus, hot sandwiches, along with rotating Blind Enthusiasm pours and wines, to be enjoyed in house or to take away; everything on the shelf is available to buy and take home. This is the newest project by Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company’s Greg Zeschuk, and you may find some familiar faces from Biera. Open Tuesday to Saturday ’til 7pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights ‘til 9pm. And coming soon to the former Biera space is Campio Brewing.
riesling happy hour with schloss lieser
Meet and taste with Lara Haag of Schloss Lieser at Happy and Olive (Crestwood Centre, 9640 142 Street) during the Riesling Happy Hour, Wednesday, April 9, from 2pm-5pm. We can’t think of a better wine to be drinking for happy hour than Riesling, especially Mosel Riesling. Schloss Lieser (Thomas Haag family) makes highly-sought after wines from parcels in nine different grosse lage (grand cru) vineyards such as Niederberg Helden, Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Piesporter Goldtropchen. There is a fun menu too. See you there!
make a deposit now for great tasting chicken later
In a unique twist on the CSA model Meadow Creek Farms is looking for 10 families to make a $400 deposit for chicken dinner. In return? Each family receives 10 large, well-raised birds (that spent their lives outside in the fresh air) at the end of the growing. season. This allows farmers like Mandy to keep raising chickens on their farms and for us non-farmers to enjoy the delicious alternative to supermarket chicken. For all the deets visit here
zwilling knife sharpening clinic at heart of the home
Bring up to three Zwilling knives to get sharpened for free at Heart of the Home (12539-102 Avenue) on Friday, April 11, from 1pm-4pm.
It’s time for metro’s all you can eat cartoon party!
Enjoy the nostalgic Saturday morning cartoon session complete with cereal (while supplies last) at Metro Theatre, Saturday, April 19. The lineup is a mystery, expect some faves and some obscurities from the 40s through the 80s, along with vintage commercials and PSAs. Doors open at 9am! Tix: various prices.
tomatotop100: bar bricco’s poached leeks
Wondering why there are leeks everywhere on restaurant menus? You can trace it back to this dish, Bar Bricco’s poached leeks. Exceptional. Nominators also love the focaccia, the fennel salad and of course the egg raviolo, a perennial favourite.
Randee Armstrong photo
recipe of the week: croque monsieur
The traditional recipe is with Gruyère, but you could make using beautiful Sylvan Star Gouda, like the Grizzly, or Taleggio or Comté. Add a fried egg on top and you have a Croque Madame. Adapted from a recipe by David Lebovitz.
Café Bicyclette’s croque monsieur