holdover: downtown dining ‘til march 31
Here’s your chance to enjoy the discovery and the deals. Several restos are featuring Downtown Dining menus until the end of the month: Central Social Hall, ($25, lunch or brunch; $50 dinner), Dining Car Café ($15 all-day special), Ramen Misoya ($15 lunch, $50 dinner), Shoyu Sushi ($25 lunch; $35 and $65 dinners), Von’s ($25 lunch, $65 dinner). See all the menus here.
have a burger with chef sean o’connor at nait
Fox Burger co-owner chef Sean O’Connor is doing a burger pop-up at the NAIT Feltham Centre, April 8-11. Choose from three popular Fox Burger items—garlic fries, bacon pepper smash burger and the Buffalo fried chicken sandwich plus a rotating daily feature. The pop-up is just one of the outstanding NAIT Culinary Alumni Series events that took place this year and it’s open to the public and students alike. Check it out!
want to get your hands dirty?
Become a volunteer at the Green & Gold Community Garden. Orientation sessions are happening on Saturdays, April 12 and 26. Get all the deets here.
delvaoye chocolate and agave spirits tasting
This sounds very cool. Taste six different agave spirits paired with Delavoye bean to bar chocolate at a tasting helmed by EPIC Market’s bar manager Xavier Aleba, 6p-8pm, Wednesday, April 16 Tix: $65/p++.
tomatotop100: bernadette’s bannock bites
Nominators raved about the bannock bites, the brisket, the jingle dress salad and sweetgrass ice cream. If you haven’t been to this charming and delicious spot by chef Scott Iserhoff and Svitlana Kravchuk yet, get yourself downtown right now.
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recipe of the week: roman lamb ragu
Chef Daniel Costa’s lamb ragu is an excellent Easter season dish on a chilly spring night. What makes it Roman? Anchovies, which bring an intriguing depth of flavour to this toothsome dish.
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