Calgary Restaurants

Willow Park Wines is having their annual remembrance day sale. This is the wine sale of the year with bottles starting at $1. See the website for details. We hear the lineups are expected to be huge so get there early. Doors open at 10am, close at 2pm. From their events listing: Our annual Remembrance [...]

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Who doesn’t like a Festival… and especially a festival centered around our favorite topics, Wine and Food. The Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival is coming to Calgary Oct 14 & 15 at the BMO centre in Stampede park. One lucky Calgary Foodies subscriber will win two tickets to the Friday tasting session. (BIG thank [...]

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A colleague introduced me to a breakfast diner in Fort Collins last month that had a unique selling proposition, which is rare for a breakfast joint. You could purchase a customized mug with your name on it, for your exclusive use every time you visited the diner. When using your own mug you also get [...]

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Competing in fitness has it’s challenges; a vigorous workout plan, coupled with a restrictive diet and a regimented “feeding” schedule. It can be taxing even to the most dedicated health nut.  Now being a foodie makes it a little harder.  No wine with dinner, or slice of aged cheddar. Risotto is out and along with [...]

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Most restaurants have a story, some good, some bad, most to do with food, many to do with people. You might think from the title that this story will be one of controversy. In the case of the Grizzly paw however, their is no pot stirring to be found, except for the pots that hold [...]

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Guest Blogger Kyle Bottoms: Stringtheorycreative.com I don’t know about you, but when choosing my malted beverages based on geography, the appellation of India isn’t one that shouts “drink me.” I guess that is why I chose to make my first guest post on Calgary foodies one about Whisky, not wine, my specialty. Last night, I [...]

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Question of the Day – What is your favorite summertime beverage? Answer in the Foodie Thoughts section at the bottom. Last weekend we attended Taste of Calgary. While the food was great, we really enjoyed indulging in the alcoholic beverage varietals. Though we normally drink wine, we steered clear on this occasion, sampling things we [...]

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Nolan’s 27th Birthday was this past Monday March 8th.  I had secretly planned him a surprise birthday party at Crush with his friends and family. Well not so much of a surprise because he is snoopy and was suspect of what was going on that evening and although wasn’t 100% sure of the plan, seemed [...]

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Just tried the Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Merlot 2005. Have wanted to try this one for a while. It lives up to its reputation. The Chocolate flavor really shine through. Very smooth.

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Last night Jen and I headed down to Winefest at the BMO Center. It was quite the show. All of the food and wine was included in the $75 ticket price, which made the event overall cheaper than the Rocky Mountain wine festival that we went to a couple of months ago. The venue was [...]

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In search of the Starbucks at Beacon Hill we found ourselves in front of Cork fine wine liquor and ale.  (The following day, oddly enough we happened upon a second location at Cross Iron Mills).  We decided to stop in and take a look at what they had to offer.  We were initially greeted by [...]

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Last Saturday I promised Jen a surprise that unfortunately was derailed by an afternoon nap that put us in a time crunch. We have declared Saturday tea day. It all began with a Saturday trip to Steeps that was that beginning of a love affair with Yerbe Mate tea. Being Saturday, I decided to spice [...]

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