Take a walking, talking, eating tour of South Osborne
Events highlight neighbourhood's diverse culinary options
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Walk a little, eat a little. Walk a bit more, eat a bit…
The South Osborne BIZ is offering taste-tempting guided tours of the revitalized neighbourhood’s history, points of interest and some of the many area restaurants that have sprouted up recently.
The inaugural tour was July 10 and the next one is scheduled for Wednesday evening; the $40 menu features stops at Little Sister Coffee Maker, Black Market Provisions, Diner’s Choice Restaurant, Mama Joe’s Foodie Collective and The Oakwood.
Little Sister Coffee Maker co-owner Vanessa Stachiw is enthusiastic about her Osborne Street and Morley Avenue café — a sister to the River Avenue location. The former bank on South Osborne offered an opportunity to share space with a handful of other small businesses.
“South Osborne was a very obvious choice, as it is an established and dense neighbourhood with a diverse and welcoming community,” Stachiw says. “We have been blown away by the support of local business here… it’s so wonderful.”
Jane Wilson, owner of Pingk Hair Care and a BIZ marketing committee member, had the initial idea for the tours after a client mentioned taking part in a similar tour organized by West End BIZ.
“South Osborne has a number of great restaurants, coffee shops, a wonderful bakery and new ice cream shops,” Wilson says. “I thought that perhaps food tours would be a nice thing to do in our neighbourhood.”
Little Sister Coffee Maker is the first stop, where a selection of tea and coffee will be available.
The tour will head across the street to Black Market Provisions for the first of two appetizers — a mini cup of soup with curry apricot chicken salad on a sourdough baguette crostini — and then on to Diner’s Choice for honey spiced chicken, breaded shrimp and mixed vegetables.
Mama Joe’s Foodie Collective is serving up baby back ribs, beef brisket, pulled pork and chicken as well as both veggie and classic meat pasta for the main course. The evening will end with sweet treats at the Oakwood Café with a choice of pecan pie, warm gluten-free chocolate brownie or a gluten-free raspberry white chocolate cheesecake.
Restaurants interested in being a stop on a future food tour can contact South Osborne BIZ at osbornesouthbiz@gmail.com to discuss the possibility.
frances.koncan@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @franceskoncan
