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CALGARY: Boxwood

Boxwood is a tiny building in the cleaned-up Central Memorial Park. If you’re driving by, it kinda looks like a modern storage shed or a really nice public bathroom because the back of the structure faces the street. If you’re walking through the park, you can see the fantastic patio (when there isn’t two feet [...]

CALGARY: Baguette showdown

After a waffle breakfast, I had to grab something to go for lunch and somehow Gwendolyn (she’s an enabler) convinced me to get two baguettes for “research.”

Ever the enablee, I chose a baguette with chicken ($8) from Manuel Latruwe, and a Perigord baguette ($10) with duck rillettes from L’Epicerie right next door.

The Latruwe baguette [...]

CALGARY: Crave ice cream sandwiches

Cupcakes melt fast when it’s hot out. So I was curious to try Crave’s new ice cream sandwiches

They’re made to order using Crave’s fresh-baked double chocolate or chocolate chunk cookies, and homemade vanilla bean ice cream. I got one of both (for the sake of research).

It’s sort of a “can’t lose” purchase. Ice [...]

CALGARY: Janice Beaton grilled cheese

Janice Beaton Fine Cheese has opened their grilled cheese bar in the store, featuring three sandwiches ($7.50) daily.

(They’re no longer doing the baguette sandwiches.)

This is the cheddar, oka, and tomato chile jam on bread from Manuel Latruwe. The sharp, nutty cheeses against the sweet jam was amazing. It’s really, really good especially for something [...]

CALGARY: Phil & Sebastian Coffee Company

Enough has been said about Phil & Sebastian’s splendid coffee talents, but getting your sleepy hands on a cup of their lovely liquid usually meant a hot, cramped, long wait at their Calgary Farmers’ Market booth.

In late November, the duo finally opened their long-awaited storefront location in Marda Loop, and it’s been packed ever since.

The [...]

Oh random things

The weather is nice enough now for some leisurely weekend drives. Check out the Canadian Rocky Mountain Ranch, southwest of Calgary, that provides hormone and antibiotic-free elk and bison to the three resorts and four Calgary restaurants, including Divino, owned by the same company.

You can buy the same meats yourself at their on-ranch store, [...]