Tasty tidbits
There’s a new spot downtown opening next week for all your breakfast needs. Located at 330 Main St. (think near the new Earls on Main St.), OEB Breakfast Co. has locations throughout Western Canada as well as Toronto, California and Arizona. The menu features breakfast classics as well as fun-sounding fare (perogies with bacon and duck confit, anyone?), breakfast poutines, sandwiches and more. It sounds like the Winnipeg location will have about 90 seats indoors as well as a handful on a small patio.
Little Brown Jug is expanding their patio for even more summer fun at their Exchange District brewery, located at 336 William Ave. In addition to beefing up the patio, which should be completed soon, the brewery will be busy keeping Winnipeg Folk Festival attendees “hydrated” as the beer supplier for the fest. They brewed their Folk Fest Lager special for the event; for those who aren’t going or want to taste before the fest, it’s out now at Liquor Marts and beer vendors. Alternately, their Queer Beer Lager is still available at some stores should you want to raise a glass to Pride Month.
The team behind Kosmo’s Space Cowboy Food Cantina is back with a brick-and-mortar restaurant full of “dank ass subs.” Hoagie Boyz opened in South Osborne (513 Osborne St.) last week and the menu is as silly and indulgent as the previous venture. Sandwiches are served on a 10-inch Italian sesame roll from Gunn’s Bakery with toppings that offer an inventive twist on the classic submarine. The restaurant is currently only open for takeout.
Recommended fare
Ben: I spent last week in Italy — first in Rome and then in the Abruzzo region, located about two hours northeast of Rome. One of the best discoveries on the trip was Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo, a rosé wine made from the region’s Montepulciano red grape. The name translates to “pale cherry red,” although most examples are deeper in colour than your typical pink wine. They tend to bring a bit more body (and even some tannins) than your average rosé, offering big cherry and other red berry notes without any sweetness. There are just a couple examples available in Manitoba — the delicious Domenico Angelo Radica (around $16) is available at a couple of private wine stores (La Boutique Del Vino and Calabria Market), while La Boutique also carries one from Fantini ($14.99).
The most recent episode of my favourite podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, featured a return visit by enigmatic actor Jeff Goldblum, and it’s both fascinating and hilarious. O’Brien and Goldblum have long had an interesting chemistry that’s in turns gut-bustingly funny and… slightly sexual? Anyway, the 90-minute episode (which also features O’Brien’s co-hosts Matt Gourley and Sona Movsesian) is shot through with Goldblum’s trademark charisma and inimitable cadence/timbre as he dives deep into his favourite films and TV shows growing up, his love of jazz, strange dreams he’s had, his return to the Jurassic Park franchise and much, much more.
Eva: I used to love basketball. I played (ie. rode the bench) in high school and spent most of my free time shooting hoops at the YMCA. My career ended upon graduation, when it became painfully obvious I had neither the height nor the skills to progress any further. Watching Adam Sandler’s new flick, Hustle, however, rekindled some of that long-lost love. The feel-good film offers a dramatized look at the inner workings of NBA talent scouting. Sandler produced and stars in the movie alongside Queen Latifah and a cast of real-life players, coaches and team owners.
I spent the weekend at Victoria Beach and stumbled into a tour of the municipality’s new bakery.
After more than 80 years in business, owners of the locally renowned Einfeld’s Bakery called it quits this spring. Cottager Jen Leslie has taken over the lease with the intention of keeping as many beloved baked goods on the shelves as possible — you can catch her talking about the concept in this CTV Winnipeg segment. The Village Green Bakery is set to open at the end of June and the space is looking fresh with a retooled layout, handmade pastry cases and a completely gutted kitchen.
Homemade
Find a recipe for Ginataan na Walleye — fish poached coconut milk and warm aromatics — from local angler Eric Labaupa in this Saturday’s Free Press, and online today. Eva and photographer Ruth Bonneville recently joined Eric on a Lake Winnipeg fishing trip to catch the key ingredient.
Homemade is a home cooking project of the Free Press. We’re publishing a cookbook full of local recipes this fall in celebration of the paper’s 150th anniversary. Visit our website to find out more about the project and join our Facebook group for discussions, recipe swapping and event updates.
Photographer Ruth Bonneville recently joined Eric Labaupa on a Lake Winnipeg fishing trip. (Supplied)
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