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Love it or hate it, it’s that time of year again in Calgary. You can tell, because store windows are all awash in cartoon cowboys and cacti.
Yes, the Calgary Stampede is back: 10 days of cowboy hats, plaid shirts, and boozy corporate get-togethers. And deep-fried things on sticks.
To be honest, the only thing that makes the week and a half bearable for me is the awesome, free Stampede breakfasts.
Two sites make it easy to follow the flapjacks every day of the Stampede:
- FlapjackFinder.com launched this month as far as I can tell. It’s easy to use, and includes Google maps to pinpoint your pancakes. You can also get it as a free app for your iPhone!
- StampedeBreakfasts.com has been around for a while with a simple search by date, quadrant, and postal code. It also includes other Stampede events like barbecues.
Start planning. Stampede runs July 3-12 this year. And yahoo! Or whatever.
Having never lived in Cow-Town, I’ve often wondered how locals get by, as it’s far more involved than our Capital X festival. Either way, great resources for some breakfast eats!
Yep – and if you work downtown you get to know the ‘good’ ones from the ‘bad’ ones. Although waiting in line for an hour to eat crap is beyond me. Sometimes I go to waste time though – beats working.
Here’s another place to go – http://www.endlessplate.com/stampede.shtml
I agree with Tatiana that there is a lot of bad to separate from the good! As a Calgarian, I long for the day when foodie culture steps in and brings in some gourmet flair to the pancake breakfast experience. Instead of the usual sugar / carb rush, imagine whole grain pancakes with fruit compote, maybe a sausage alternative for the long-neglected vegetarians…
Join the Calgary Stampede Caravan Committee for 14 free breakfasts around the City over the next 10 days. View our schedule at http://www.stampedecaravan.com.
We take the Stampede into the community!
, great hospitality, the best place to be by far, that city sure knows how to put on a show
for the vegitarians, comunity natural foods, & amaranth market are doing pancake breakfasts….. supposed to be really good, one even glutn free
Over the past few decades, I have come to appreciate Stampede Week even more. Beyond the free carb and sugar rush lube jobs, I see it as a short time to celebrate the best of our short summer season, for the suits to let their hair down a little and meet new acquaintances and friends in the process. This year was even more special as we were graced by the presence of a very friendly and accessible royal couple. It is a very positive event for the locals as well as visitors.