With exciting new additions to the local food scene like District, Burrow, Rostizado, Jacek, and many others, we’re really enjoying Edmonton’s restaurant renaissance. It seems others are too, as Edmonton is increasingly mentioned in the national media. Should we be surprised at the recognition or can we leave our modest selves in the past and embrace the new Edmonton wholeheartedly?

We also discuss Edmonton’s summer festivals, with the Heritage Festival taking place over the long weekend the Fringe on the way. Should we be concerned that K-Days attendance was down again this year? Is the Fringe our Stampede? Do we even need a Stampede? We discuss those questions and more.

Here are some relevant links for this episode:

• enRoute Best Restaurants 2014 – Eat & Vote!
• Burrow Central Station
• Innovative chocolatier Jacqueline Jacek opens location on 104 Street
• Edmonton Rocked K-Days
• Servus Heritage Festival
• Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival

Thanks for listening!

In our twenty first episode we discuss the Fringe Festival! We focus on reviews and the star system used to rate different shows before moving on to some other aspects of the festival such as the ever-growing attendance numbers and the dwindling options for food on the Fringe grounds.

Here are some relevant links for this episode:

• Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
• Edmonton Fringe Festival 2013 Review Aggregator

Thanks for listening!