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CALGARY: Milk Tiger Lounge

I began taking photos of Milk Tiger Lounge as the sun was setting outside, but then the dapper bartender/owners started serving me their delicious cocktails and the rest is history.

The lounge is as polar opposite as you can get from the space formerly occupied by A Bar Named Sue, as well as from the [...]

CALGARY: winebar, a sweet underground spot

Before I could get to the little crepe place on my mental list of places to try in Kensington, the basement space had closed and was papered up for months.

I didn’t think anything of it until some tidy lettering went up late this summer. “winebar,” it read in a nice sans-serif font. A good [...]

CALGARY: Vero, the truth of the matter

There’s a reason respected, professional critics are paid to visit restaurants anonymously three, four or five times before they form and publish a critique.

Restaurants live or die by reviews and to be judged on one visit, where the kitchen or servers may be having an off day, could be fatal. However, most of us are [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Thirsty Bear

By our last night in San Francisco, we couldn’t bear the thought of eating more seafood, or really anything else. We were in one of those funks where we couldn’t decide what to have, but we didn’t want crap. I know, woe was us.

Jason vaguely said, “I want something casual. With beer.”

I remember lying on [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Night to day hangout

If I lived here, I know Bocadillos is where I’d hang out all the time. It’s cozy and relaxed, and has some nice wines and enough variety in their tapas menu to keep you hopping.

We came here for a few drinks after dinner, and ended up having some some munchies too.

We had some olives, [...]

CALGARY: Lounging with the frolicking horses

The first thing you notice about JAROblue is how small it is. The second thing is the ginormous photographs of horses humping. No wait, they’re playing.

Despite the name (taken from the first two letters of co-owners’ names Jared and Robin), there’s nothing blue in here. The soft silver seating and dark brown wood give [...]

REGINA: She’s a brickhouse

It’s been eight years or so since I last stepped foot in sleepy Regina, and I’m happy to report things are buzzing in the Queen City. New condos, new stores, new restaurants and now a new government.

On an unseasonably chilly election night, we settled on dinner at La Bodega before a long night of [...]

TORONTO: Tapas times two

I had two terrific dinners in Toronto at what might be loosely called tapas restaurants. Of course, tapas is technically a bunch of small Spanish appetizers — preferably consumed in Spain — but now I think it’s become really any plates designed to be shared — preferably with people you like.

Karen, my wise friend [...]