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Today marks my debut as Metro Calgary’s restaurant reviewer! I’m really excited about this paid assignment and am looking forward to the new challenge.
My food column, Urban Foodie, will run every Thursday in Metro, so pick up your free copy in Calgary, or check out the digital edition via the main page.
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Petite is exactly what it’s named: [...]
A restaurant named after a cocktail better make some good ones. Sidecar certainly lives up to that expectation, but it also serves up a helluva dinner deal.
Their Grade 8 mojito is a refreshing twist on the original, with Bacardi 8, lime, mint and peach bitters. I knew it was going to be good when [...]
I debated for a while before writing about Skinny Legs and Cowgirls because I don’t like to be anything less than totally positive in an entry. But I think the things that bugged us are fixable and there are enough things going for the “sort of bistro,” as it says on the sign, that [...]
UPDATE: Aurora Bistro has closed as of November 2008. More info about its closure here.
Solemn steakhouses and swank French restaurants used to render me awe-struck, but now I’d much rather worry about a good entree than a snobby dress code. I think I’m getting older and wiser.
Maybe it’s a West Coast thing, but Vancouver is [...]
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