Calgary Restaurants

In the spring of this year media from across Calgary met at a tiny little restaurant called Taste to sample their new spring menu. It was at this meeting where I first met the owner of Taste and one of the several creative minds who all happened to converge on the food truck idea much [...]

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The girls at Fries & Dolls are killing it! They are leading Calgary’s food truck revolution with their marketing prowess, their incredible smiles, and their amazing fries. There is no other food truck that has put together a complete marketing concept like the dolls. They are front and center on Facebook and Twitter like most [...]

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This week is going to be awesome! Eat St. from The Food Network will be filming in Calgary, and your very own Calgary Foodies are being tapped as subject matter experts for the show. We will be filming for all three food trucks, information below. Come out and support Calgary’s food trucks! The show will [...]

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On Sunday, September 18th watch our most talented chefs showcase their skills as they battle it out before a panel of judges for the title of Cravings Next Best Dish and a $2,000 grand prize! The contestants must go through a pre-selection process, which takes place on August 29 and 30. In this phase the [...]

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Guest Post By Shiv MacFarlane Location can be everything to a successful business, but in the case of Bagolac Saigon, a lemongrass grill located two blocks from Chinook Mall just off of Macleod Trail and a stone-skip from the LRT (6130 1A St SW), location is just the first of many impressive features. Despite being [...]

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For Immediate Release: September 7, 2011 (Calgary, AB) On Sunday September 18th thousands of Calgarians will run in the streets to support the Terry Fox Foundation; that same weekend dozens of servers will run their butts off for the Terry Fox Foundation. The staffs from six Calgary restaurants have agreed to hand over all of [...]

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Calgary Foodies has established a new Food Truck Twitter Tracker page. The page can be found in the center of the menu bar and contains all of the most recent tweets from Calgary’s Food Trucks. On the page you will find the most recent tweets from: @yycfoodtrucks @perogyboyz @alleyburger @fiascogelato @fries_n_dolls @chefmariomobile @jojosbbq @loscompadresmx @blamwich [...]

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It is the last of Calgary’s old school drive inns. A place where classic cars meet for show and shines that are reminiscent of 60′s eras meetups. Unlike Peter’s, the other famous Calgary drive inn, C B is classic, like the old Willy’s used to be before it met its demise. It is not setup [...]

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Petite, the little restaurant that had Calgary diners lovestruck, will reopen in October in a brand new, slightly larger location on Calgary’s famous 17th avenue. On February 14, 2011, Petite Restaurant regrettably notified Valentines day diners that reservations for the evening were canceled due to a fire during preparation for the evenings menu. Faced with [...]

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Its time to call a spade a spade. Food bloggers have way to much power and not enough common sense. Period. It just so happens that my office sits next to the top restaurant realtor in the city. He said to me long ago when Jen and I started this blog, “Be careful what you [...]

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“Welcome to Caesar’s Steakhouse & Lounge In a city where beef is King, Caesar’s Steakhouse is a Calgary tradition. We proudly serve the finest “AAA” and Sterling Silver aged beef that Alberta has to offer. Every steak is individually cut to order, charbroiled to your specification and includes offerings to match any Emperor’s feast. The [...]

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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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