Gronk!
Senior Member
My first stop at Downtown Dining Week. I enjoyed the breakfast sammich and cappuccino from Sharon Yeo's favorite eatery, Rosewood.
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General Food & Dining Thread
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Gronk!
Senior Member
My Downtown Dining Week adventure continued at Dorinku Osaka. Good eats (especially the chicken karaage and the shaka shaka fries), nice staff, and lovely decor. The only blemish was the hot sake, which should have been served hot instead of warm.
MacLac
Senior Member
Curious that PCL has only started working on this as I’ve been told yet Ellis Don has the rest of the resorts’ expansion. Might be able to post some sneak peek pics before hand.Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, set to be the first in Canada, will now open at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Summer 2026, a slight pushback from its initial goal of an early 2026 opening announced last June.
Canada's first Hell's Kitchen location near Edmonton pushes its opening date | Food & Drink
Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen will be opening at the River Cree Resort and Casino, and it's now slated to welcome customers in Summer 2026.dailyhive.com
Wonder how many millions the band paid Ramsay for this…..I know a ton of YYC’ers are losing their mind that we’re getting one before them, my response, “the ‘Tina’s just haven’t offered as much money as Enoch’s have.”
constance_chlore
Senior Member
Dining Week impressions so far:
The Common—I got the mushroom ragu and my friend got the pulled pork. I enjoyed all three courses, but it felt a little meager for $35.
Eleven Eleven—a soup/salad and personal pizza for $15 is a steal. The pizza was better than I was expecting for what's essentially a sports bar.
Bar Oro—you get a cookie/cream puff, a non-alcoholic drink, and a pizza/pinsa. The cookie (a large macaron) and drink (a latte) were phenomenal as always. The pinsa was fine. I got the boscaiola and it had a bit too much of a fake truffle sort of aroma for me to fully enjoy. Also, the total cost of my items at their normal prices was less than the Dining Week price, which I only realized after the fact!
The Common—I got the mushroom ragu and my friend got the pulled pork. I enjoyed all three courses, but it felt a little meager for $35.
Eleven Eleven—a soup/salad and personal pizza for $15 is a steal. The pizza was better than I was expecting for what's essentially a sports bar.
Bar Oro—you get a cookie/cream puff, a non-alcoholic drink, and a pizza/pinsa. The cookie (a large macaron) and drink (a latte) were phenomenal as always. The pinsa was fine. I got the boscaiola and it had a bit too much of a fake truffle sort of aroma for me to fully enjoy. Also, the total cost of my items at their normal prices was less than the Dining Week price, which I only realized after the fact!
ADob
Active Member
Eleven Eleven has surprisingly good food. I honestly don't know why they went with the sticky-floor smoke-stained bar esthetic given the quality of their kitchen.
Greenspace
Senior Member
DTDW so far:
- Buok all-day $15 Bibimbap, pork mandu and kimchi. Hands down best bibimbap in the city. Highly recommended
.- Old Spaghetti Factory $15 3-course lunch is a DTDW must-do. Probably the best deal of the week, I go every year. Caesar salad and loaf of bread to start, manicotti main, and spumoni ice cream for desert! Plus you get to stare at the fake streetcar while you dine.
- Braven $25 2-course lunch. 3 different options for each. I had the potato soup starter and salmon with root vegetables for my main. My partner had the garden salad starter and the caesar chicken salad wrap with fries. All were very tasty. I would never pay full price for any of them but this was quite a deal. About a dozen tables on Saturday to take in the specials.
- Buok all-day $15 Bibimbap, pork mandu and kimchi. Hands down best bibimbap in the city. Highly recommended
.- Old Spaghetti Factory $15 3-course lunch is a DTDW must-do. Probably the best deal of the week, I go every year. Caesar salad and loaf of bread to start, manicotti main, and spumoni ice cream for desert! Plus you get to stare at the fake streetcar while you dine.
- Braven $25 2-course lunch. 3 different options for each. I had the potato soup starter and salmon with root vegetables for my main. My partner had the garden salad starter and the caesar chicken salad wrap with fries. All were very tasty. I would never pay full price for any of them but this was quite a deal. About a dozen tables on Saturday to take in the specials.