Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Sunday with five-course Mexican meal

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Good food on the fifth of May

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this Sunday at Bonnie Day. The Wolseley restaurant, located at 898 Westminster Ave., has teamed up with Winnipeg-based agave spirits importer Montella Spirits and Wine for a five-course Mexican meal paired with mezcal and tequila cocktails. Dinner kicks off at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $125 per person. Visit bonniedayisagoodidea.ca to book a table.

Dinner, drinks and a show

Support Manitoba Opera and the Dante Alighieri Society while scarfing down Italian fare and a range of wines at the In Vino Veritas fundraiser taking place May 9, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Centro Caboto Centre (1055 Wilkes Ave.). Tickets are $80 and include wine, food and live opera (featuring excerpts from The Elixir of Love sung by Stephen Haiko-Pena and Nikita Silagy Labdon). Visit mbopera.ca for tickets.

A bouquet of Mother’s Day brunches

If the mothers in your life are fans of brunch, it’s time to book a reso at one of the many local restaurants and organizations hosting Mother’s Day meals on May 12. For a celebration with historic flair, take in a high tea of finger sandwiches, scones and sweets at Fort Gibraltar. Tickets to one of three seatings are $55 pus fees at Eventbrite. Sporting moms may enjoy breakfast or lunch hosted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Princess Auto Stadium. Reservations range from $29 for kids to $50 for adults and are limited to 90 minutes. Call Mallory at ​​204-784-7442 to book. Or, take the fun outside with a guided baby bison walk at FortWhyte Alive. The nature preserve’s on-site restaurant, Buffalo Stone Café, will also have a special Mother’s Day menu next weekend. Visit fortwhyte.org to reserve a tour spot. Other brunch venues include The Leaf at Assiniboine Park, Fort Garry Hotel, Trans Canada Brewing Company and Next Door.

Finding the right mix

Winnipeg’s sharpest bartenders and mixologists will put their skills to the test on May 13 at the Fort Garry Hotel as part of the In Good Spirits cocktail competition, presented by the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers. Each of the 18 competitors has been assigned a spirit with which to make a signature cocktail, which will be judged by a panel (there’s also a people’s choice category). This wildly fun event runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m.; tickets are $60 at wfp.to/yTi.

Compiled by Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney. For more local culinary news, sign up for Dish, our twice-monthly food and drink newsletter.