Whereabouts on RHW? Also, there's already a Good Earth in City Centre mall - is that staying put?

Bubble Buzz (in Icon I) officially opens today... go check it out!

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/\ by total chance I ended up being there first customer. The waffels are good.

Bah, bubble drinks are sooooo 2001.

They're pretty gross too, IMO.

I cant have them everyday, but i do love sago.

Tried one from there today and it actually wasn't bad. Usually found them pretty gross in the past but the lack of oversweetened fake fruit flavour and made it a lot better.

Went to the Marc on Saturday and found it quite pleasant, other than the fire alarm. Food was good, service was excellent and the price was great. Apps, main, dessert and a bottle of good wine -for 2 of us- $130.00

Was a bit noisy but so are allot of places now.

^i like some noise, especially in a place like that. I wonder why their patio is not open yet.

So I heard:cheers:

...and I agree, the real fruit is what makes the difference.

They mentioned probably this week. would have made it comfortable standing around with my full wine glass waiting for the FD to clear the alarm

You should have popped over while in alarm.

Actually it was quite fun out on the steps. Staff kept the glasses full.

Scotia Place - where the Travel Agency was.

I always thought of myself as somewhat wordly - I guess I'm not - never heard of "bubble" drinks!!

Just came back from my yearly trek to Seattle - shopping for the old lady, great ballpark and wicked food incl. 3X daily happy hours. The restaurants downtown there are INSANE - must be half dozen quality restaurants on every block. Plus, the downtown foot traffic there was insane. Man, the new residential highrises are going up like nuts too, including their new RBC center office building and new Hyatt hotel only 1 block from another 10 yr old Hyatt.

They have been doing good things, but trust me... Even ten years ago much of "downtown" was pretty meh. That said their strides are vast in sone areas.

A shot by Sharon Yeo of 'Bubble Buzz

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Bubble Buzz (10140 – 104 Street) opened for business on June 25, meaning in addition to great coffee, we now have a bubble tea option on the street! The owners have done a great job renovating the former Taco del Mar space into a clean, modern storefront. Check out their menu here (they only use real fruit for their drinks), as well as their opening week specials!

link to her food blog
http://onlyhereforthefood.ca/

Hit up Fantasia for lunch, as I often do, today and had one of their specials.

Roasted Bacon wrapped stuffed pork x2, potato croqs, veggies, $9.95. It was delicious.

Huh? Is this the same Fantasia that was @ Jasper Block? Did they reopen somewhere else?

From Tres Carnales twitter feed:

About time... and awesome.

^^no

Tres Carnales didn't disappoint me when I went in last night for a chicken taco and a Corona. The tacos were super-awesome!

I'd definitely be back there for sure.

Pressd is now open in the Allard block (Jasper Ave bet 112 and 113 Sts)

Hit up Sugar Bowl before the Capitals Game and fireworks last night. I have to say, that is one of my favourite places in Edmonton. I always order the lamb burger with goat cheese when there, and it never disappoints.

Was there today at lunch, PACKED and DELICIOUS.

trick - everyone order different versions and share.

My problem is the price point for very small portions of everything we had...we all left hungry. And ate again later. They need some more "filling" menu items for hungry boys. That said, they had Pacifico which we love so I was very happy.

Argyl Market
 

We stopped into the Argyl Market on the NE corner of Argyl and 99st, I was looking for a particular type of mexican hot sauce.

If you are looking for imported mexican food this store is great.... selection is a bit limited but they do have a pretty good variety of different types of mexican foods (they even import coke in glass bottles!) and the prices are very good considering what you pay at other specialty stores. I will definitely be back once I exhaust my supply of Salsa Huichol

Yup. Seattle in some ways feels like a more grown-up version of Vancouver, and with better quality housing stock to boot. Lot more brick and stone, much less stucco.

About time on this one, Cant wait to check it out!
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...096/story.html

Pig flying

Great news, no EXCELLENT news

"Oh nooes! A business operating in the river valley! The horror, the horror!"

About time something opened there. I too can't wait to check it out.

Yet it is still Edmonton half-ass all the way. Wake me up when you can get a cup of coffee there...

How long has Press'd been open up on 112 Street? had it for the first time today...not bad, not fantastic....not much better than a sandwich brought from home...

They opened about a month ago.
I've only been to the City Centre Mall location...not bad at all!

Does this mean I can now get a beer and enjoy it outside in lmp.

Looks like Taste of Ukraine won't be re-opening in Icon II as originally rumored, looking at St. Albert:

http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...own-july-24th/

Very unfortunate, would have been a perfect fit for 104st... yet another lost opportunity to bring more downtown downtown.

Yellowhead Brewery is now open to the public.

Sat - 11-5pm
Sun - 3-close

I believe they are having bands on Sunday nights.

The menu is about perfect with ~12 offerings of great variety. I had the burger with potatoes, delicious.

I disagree...not a perfect fit at all. Unlike for e.g.: Bistro Praha...which serves continental menu choices and is chock full of atmosphere...Ukrainian perogi and borsht is a nice market. We have several new places that have opened in the last 6 months and living downtown for 20 years and having visited them all I see casualties already. Actually I saw them the day they announced the idea. I will not name the 2 that are at the top of the list - but if you live, play and dine downtown like I do...you know which ones. That said there is opportunity - but not for dreamers with little coin in the pocket. What will survive are Gastropubs...like the Yardhouse...if we were to get one. Much of that volume will come from pillaging existing establishments that have done precious little in terms of upgrading their establishments and food (choice, quality and service).

DT blues/jazz club :)

2 new food trucks out roaming the streets of downtown:

Nomad - 102st/jasper
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...o-mobile-food/

&
Drift - 108st jasper
http://driftfoodtruck.ca/


Awesome

I agree...duck confit from a truck moves us to the big leagues in this segment. Imagine...having your Design Consultant take you streetside for a duck confit "wich" and chiw down & walk through the Leg....this would require balls or titties of titanium.

Did you say Yardhouse? Just got back from Waikiki a few weeks ago and discovered this place...and boy did it become my sanctuary there. If we got one here one day I'd literally be in heaven.

Yes I said Yardhouse...and I also love the place and been to one in HNL, both locations in LAS.

From Colds post below and my comment about duck confit...had a duck confit sandwich today from Drift and it was super good!!!. The wait though with 100 others was not though.

We tried to go today but gave up...

^^agreed. Duck sandwich was delicious...but it was about 30 min wait to get it. Hopefully they in time they manage to speed it up a bit.

Speeding up is good, but creating demand and having a product people are willing to wait for is even better. The "Halal Cart Guy" in NYC for instance is world famous and has a product that has people lining up all hours of the day for. The story creates as much demand as the product.

A coworker just showed me the "taste 118" street map that shows all the restaurants in the area and breaks them down into catagories.....it's a fantastic Idea and It would be awesome if the DBA did something similar for all the non food court restaurants.

I spoke with a expansion rep from Yardhouse today about francishing oportunity in Canada. All of their establishments are owned privatly by 'the company', so they would be the ones to open up shop here under their brand.

But the major issue with them expanding into Canada is the fact there is already a group in Canada that owns the rights to the name. He told me they are aware of the project, the arena district, and have been contacted directly by investors involved. Regardless of what they could or couldn't do in Canada, they are focusing on the States, opening 15+ locations over the next two years. Stating that they are going after the low hanging fruit before looking to other markets.

So since someone has contacted them, I am assuming we will be seeing something of a similar concept. But it wouldnt be a Yardhouse that we all know and love

Yardhouse? Interesting, though up until now, I've never heard of that franchise before. But then again, I don't travel to the US very often.

About that group in Canada having rights to that same name as that in the US - it's a resto-bar with a couple of locations in Calgary - yardhouse.ca . I don't know anything about that one, as I didn't know about that fact until I just Googled it.

You know that Katz & Co. are also probably looking to get Real Sports to open their next location in the Arena district too...