PegCity Grub

If you are into food festivals and all round gluttony, Winnipeg in September is the place to be. Much like kids who are currently hitting the panic button with that first day of school looming so...

In 1984, if you were to tell Vilayphone Manivong when she first came to Winnipeg from Laos that one day she would be a chef and co-owner of a very successful Thai restaurant, she would not have...

“Bisita means visitor, or guest,” says chef/owner Roddy Seradilla, as we sit on his restaurant’s patio talking all things Filipino. He continues, “and growing up in a Filipino household — all...

Chef Adam Donnelly, along with his wife and business partner Carolina Konrad, are responsible for Winnipeg’s two hottest restaurants, Segovia Tapas Bar in Osborne Village, and the brunch-centric...

Today we start a new series on where prominent Winnipegers eat and we’re kicking it off with a guest blog by Global News at 6 p.m. co-anchor Heather Steele. When Heather isn’t on the air, she is...

Everywhere you look in the city more and more restaurant patios are popping up — especially on to already established restaurants — which is really rad. If you’re not a patio kind of person, if...

There’s an online review of La Belle Baguette on Zomato, by someone with the handle Intl.Foodie, that begins with this gem: “Everything they turn out seems to be fraught with magic and I don’t say...

Sometimes you have to go with a pro when you are looking to discover a city’s culinary scene. Here in Winnipeg, that’s been made easy with the likes of the West End Biz, Exchange District BIZ, and...

The culinary powers that be in Winnipeg apparently want you to do a serious amount of eating and drinking this month — which is just fine by me. So instead of doing a regular story-based article,...

There is simply nothing else like The Common in Canada, the brand new (it just opened yesterday at 11 a.m.) reimagining of The Forks Market. The whole first floor of the building now has a liquor...

At last count, we have officially eaten at 40 Winnipeg food trucks, including 29 during a two-day stint judging Food Truck Wars at ManyFest (which was aggressive/delicious to say the least). This...

Anyone who has anything at Sherbrook Street Delicatessen — particularly the smoked meat, pickled tongue, chopped liver, beef salami, and … okay just about everything on the menu — knows that chef...

Intimate dinners are okay. But dining with 1200 other people at one of the world’s longest dining tables can be so much better. Yes, it will be a chore trying to take in everybody’s name, but if...

Within the last week three eagerly anticipated places have opened in the city — two of which are riding a wave of previous successes. Let’s start with Clementine (123 Princess Street), a brand new...

Some people may know the “the most interesting man in the world” to be the bearded Dos Equis guy, but I’m telling you that Saperavi restaurant owner Landis Henry could give him a run for his...

“When you own a restaurant, you don’t frequently have a lot of time to go out. I have one or two days where I maybe can escape for a few hours to go have a meal — I never have a Friday or Saturday...

Life’s always a picnic in Winnipeg. And now, with spring finally here, we can drop that figurative part and get literal with this take on where and what you can eat to make your real picnic prime...

If 2016 is any indication, Winnipeg now officially has a thing for craft beer. Not to say craft beer drinkers weren’t already abundant in the city, but it was just that — due to laws that were...

Chefs eat food, or at least taste it, all day. It’s their job (thanks for that Captain Obvious) — so they’re probably a good source to ask about restaurants. Some of the best hidden gem rooms I’ve...

Despite a robust Filipino population and a great deal of talented Filipino chefs working in some of the city’s best restaurants, it’s strange to note that Winnipeg is not known outside its...