General Food & Dining Thread

[Gronk!]

Food Notes for February 23, 2026

OpeningsJola’s, offering seasonally-inspired Polish dishes, is now open from Thursday-Saturday in the evenings at Candid Coffee Roasters in Highlands (6419 112 Avenue NW).Enigma Bar & Kitchen i…

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Openings

• Jola’s, offering seasonally-inspired Polish dishes, is now open from Thursday-Saturday in the evenings at Candid Coffee Roasters in Highlands (6419 112 Avenue NW).
• Enigma Bar & Kitchen is now open in Old Strathcona, at 10308 81 Avenue NW.
• Bowling alley chain Splitsville is opening its first Edmonton location on February 27 at 13543 St. Albert Trail. It will be joined by a second location in South Edmonton Common later this year.

Closures

• Central Social Hall’s downtown location is now closed, and has been acquired by restaurant franchisor Foodtastic. It appears Central Social Hall’s Ellerslie and St. Albert locations are still open.

 

[Greenspace]

^Hmm, so maybe a Milestones there then?

 

[IanO]

First time at Bar Trove last night.

+
-The room is beautiful and incredibly well done.
-Wonderful to see this building back in use
-Clearly a lot of time and attention to detail
-Food was good overall and a slight twist on things is refreshing
-Beautifully presented dishes
-Striploin cooked perfectly

-
-No coat check?
-While beautiful, the tables were way too tightly spaced, with the table beside us barely able to slide in while we held our drinks to ensure they remained standing
-Unsure what was up with staffing, but there seemed to only be a bartender for the first 20, which made things slow and odd
-Was curious about the chicken nuggets, which turned out to be way over seasoned and about 75% batter to chicken
-If you are charging those prices, a few chunks of visible lobster would be nice
-Service quality was below average with our table uncleaned for some time between dinner/dessert and then swiped clean with a bunch of food landing on my jacket on the bench (again, no coat check offer?)

Overall 7-10 given pricing and expectation.

 

[policyenthusiast]

First time at Bar Trove last night.

+
-The room is beautiful and incredibly well done.
-Wonderful to see this building back in use
-Clearly a lot of time and attention to detail
-Food was good overall and a slight twist on things is refreshing
-Beautifully presented dishes
-Striploin cooked perfectly

-
-No coat check?
-While beautiful, the tables were way too tightly spaced, with the table beside us barely able to slide in while we held our drinks to ensure they remained standing
-Unsure what was up with staffing, but there seemed to only be a bartender for the first 20, which made things slow and odd
-Was curious about the chicken nuggets, which turned out to be way over seasoned and about 75% batter to chicken
-If you are charging those prices, a few chunks of visible lobster would be nice
-Service quality was below average with our table uncleaned for some time between dinner/dessert and then swiped clean with a bunch of food landing on my jacket on the bench (again, no coat check offer?)

Overall 7-10 given pricing and expectation.
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Is that an onion covered in hickory sticks?

 

[IanO]

Pickled onions with a striploin under there.

 

[ADob]

Is that an onion covered in hickory sticks?

I was curious too! Also - now I'm craving fries and hickory sticks!