REVIEW: Fun like a two-star hotel in Ulan Bator

Posted on May 2, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Dining, Food, Front Slider

The Mongolie Grill 10104 109 Street 780.420.0037 The concept of the “fast casual” restaurant seems to have really taken off lately. We reviewed two similar restaurants, Famoso Neapolitan pizza and Mucho Burrito, a few weeks ago with decidedly different results. On the other hand, though it only has two locations, The Mongolie Grill is sort […]

Tickets for Maroon 5 in Edmonton on sale May 27

Posted on April 28, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Music, The Latest

One good reason to catch these guys? It might be your last chance. Maroon 5, lead by lothario-like frontman Adam Levine, play Rexall Place Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on Friday, May 27. The soul-pop artists, noted for hits This Love, Sunday Morning and Wake Up Call, have sold millions of albums. […]

The DAILY FUNNY: More Royal Wedding yuks

Posted on April 21, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Comedy

Ah, Royal Weddings. How well we recalled as young ‘uns getting up in the wee hours for Chuck and Di’s nuptials….then wondering why we didn’t just sleep in at least until sun rise when the bloody thing still wasn’t over. With their eldest spawn, Wills, about to marry the com-pletely dishy Kate Middleton, Britain’s answer […]

REVIEW: Delux still delish, but is the price too high?

Posted on March 20, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Dining, Food

Delux Burger Bar 9682 142 Street 780.420.0101 Lately, the role of fledgling food critic for a new online arts and entertainment mag has seemed a lonely row to hoe. I’m informed that the general sensitivity level of the restaurant-going public is similarly high in theatre circles as well, where criticism — no one ever remembers […]

REVIEW: Mexican bland-off

Posted on March 14, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Dining, Food, The Latest

Mucho Burrito Fresh Mexican Grill Restaurant 9406 – 137 Ave (And four other city locations) 780.478.4269 There’s nothing more irritating to me than someone who can’t be irritated — and worse yet, will take any kind of culinary abuse with smiling grace because “oh well, it’s still better than staying home.” I remember vividly watching […]

REVIEW: Amsterdam delicious, across the board

Posted on March 6, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Dining, Food, The Latest

DUTCH DELICIOUS BAKERY 13232 118 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5L 4N4 780.455.2323 You won’t find too many successful bakeries in large strip malls. More than the smell of fresh bread and fond childhood memories, bakeries are reflections of their communities. Often forgotten in the modern age of grabbing everything at the supermarket, bakeries that survive tend […]

Fanboy favourite Fillion cool with losing Uncharted to Wahlberg

Posted on March 3, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Culture, The Latest

These days, he’s likely Edmonton’s most successful T.V. Export, … but Nathan Fillion is making headlines more for the projects he won’t be involved in than for those he will. Fillion has told The Nerdish podcast that despite fans’ wishes and campaigning online, he’s not in the running to star as Nathan Drake in the […]

REVIEW: It’s quiet in here….too quiet

Posted on February 18, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Dining, Food

India Village 11835 St. Albert Trail 780.455.6590 On a certain level, an experience with cuisine from another culture engenders in each of us a sense of discovery, like a vacation in our own backyard. The illusion is best maintained when the quality of the dining experience is unassailable. Pungent, delicious cooking rich in flavour, texture […]