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New street food app targets food trucks in YEG
Toby Vander Steen, a St. Albert native now living in Vancouver, has developed a new app for food trucks. So far, there are 16 Edmonton trucks on the app, called simply Street Food App, and other...
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Just ate not one, but two, sandwiches from The Local Omnivore
And now, I am completely happy. That’s because The Local Omnivore, located weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 108th Street and 100th Avenue downtown, is making an art of simple, and good. “Our...
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Get the inside story on YEG food trucks with Journal video series – this...
I have been working with videographer Ryan Jackson on a video series exploring food truck culture in Edmonton. Doing the series has made me even more appreciative of the wealth of talent we have...
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Food Fight YEG an entertaining and delicious evening at Get Cooking
I was very pleased to be invited to be a judge at Monday night’s iteration of Food Fight YEG, a series of contests between local chefs organized by chef Kathryn Joel of Get Cooking Edmonton that is...
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Let there be mushrooms: Sorrentino's annual harvest festival launches
Executive chef Sonny Sung and Sorrentino’s South chef Pankaj Bharty have outdone themselves preparing a menu for the 21st annual Mushroom Harvest festival, taking place at Sorrentino’s restaurants...
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New Edmonton restaurants launch as 2015 draws to a close
The Local Omnivore, the love child of Ryan Brodziak and Mark Bellows, owners of the popular food truck of the same name, has its “soft opening” this week. (This is restaurant speak for “please don’t...
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Pop up concept continues to offer variety to Edmonton dining scene
Of all the trends that have hit YEG in recent years, it is the pop-up that proves surprising resilient. Far from disappearing over time, pop-ups get ever more innovative, and spawn ever more variety....
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Idealistic restaurants start with local intentions that quickly become...
When Ryan Brodziak and Mark Bellows started The Local Omnivore in 2013, it was a two-man business — a food truck serving craft sandwiches that drove to the Old Strathcona Farmers Market to stock up on...
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The Local Omnivore makes a meaty brunch
The Local Omnivore has the comfortable homemade vibe you’d expect when a successful food truck switches gears to become a bricks-and-mortar restaurant. The entry and the front counter — where you can...
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Local Omnivore preparing for weekend of burgers and blades
If you’ve ever attended a kitchen fight, you know that no matter who wins or loses, there will be good snacks. That’s sure to be the case on Saturday, July 16 at 7:30 pm when chefs from The Local...
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Jerk Chicken and Ribs Pop-up at The Local Omnivore
On Saturday, Aug. 6, the smoked meat fiends at The Local Omnivore are teaming up with Nathan Gour (former head chef at MEAT) for a hot and spicy night of chicken and ribs. The menu features traditional...
View ArticlePink Gorilla roars into town with the Goldilocks of pizza
If you spend any time with Mark Bellows and Ryan Brodziak, you will remember that time. It is the same with their new restaurant, Pink Gorilla Pizzeria — a name, and a place, that sticks with you. Read...
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