Guide de l’initié à Yellowknife

ICYMI: Bush Market: Foraging Along Frame Lake

verge-admin2 — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:30:15 +0000

The trails are home to everything from medicine to gin flavourings to diaper liner. Words and Images by Peter Mothe | First published on EDGE North Hidden along Frame Lake’s McMahon Trail is a supermarket full of free produce. Its aisles stock anything from food to medicine to building materials, and to make things even ... Read more

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Buns, Meat and Money: Crunching YK’s Fast Food Numbers

verge-admin2 — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:56:03 +0000

How much is that Big Mac, relatively speaking? What the cost of our burgers, pizzas and footlongs tells us about our cost of living Words by Mark Rendell | Photo by Oriena Vuong. This article first appeared on EDGE North With the opening of Fatburger this weekend at Stanton Plaza drawing huge line-ups, we ... Read more

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YK Brunch: The Edge Guide

verge-admin2 — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:13:06 +0000

Whether it’s a meal out with gran or a desperate attempt to soak up a hangover, we’ve got the scoop on the city’s sources of eggs benny and bacon. Words by Laura Eby and EDGE Most wait-staff working a brunch shift will tell you that’s when they see customers at their most needy. The brunch ... Read more

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YK Brunch: The Edge Guide

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YK Patio Season 2016: A Guide to Eating (and Drinking) Outside

verge-admin2 — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:51:47 +0000

Where to work on your tan with a glass in your hand Words and Image by EDGE Staff | This article first appeared on EDGE North As May winds to an end, it’s time for Yellowknifers to go all Mediterranean and start drinking and eating al-relatively-fresco. And this summer promises plenty of options for ... Read more

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Meat Creep: Is Yellowknife really the place where vegetarianism dies?

verge-admin2 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 21:08:36 +0000

EDGE YK food writer Amy Lam explains the politics and the passion behind what she chooses to eat Words by Amy Lam | Photo by Tara Tompkins About a month after moving to Yellowknife four years ago, I had lunch with two people I’d just met who were also relatively recent transplants to the city. ... Read more

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Don’t Have a Cow: The YK Veggie Guide to Dining Out

verge-admin2 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:28:20 +0000

It’s possible to eat well while eating meat-free in this town, if you know where to look. From fast food to Ethiopian cuisine, here are a few tasty suggestions to get you started. Words and Images by Amy Lam. This article originally published on EDGENorth Being vegetarian in Yellowknife can be challenging. This is an ... Read more

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YK’s Restaurant Renaissance

verge-admin2 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:06:52 +0000

Getting caffeinated at Birchwood Coffee Kǫ̀ A new generation of ambitious eateries is raising the city’s culinary bar. But can Yellowknife really support this boom? Words by Matthew Mallon and Oriena Vuong. Image by Oriena Vuong. This article first appeared on EDGENorth With the high-profile openings of an eclectic batch of restaurants in 2015/2016, from ... Read more

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YK Hood by Hood: Niven Lake

verge-admin — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:23:21 +0000

YK Hood by Hood: Niven Lake Once home to a dump, and the city’s sewage, Niven is now one of Yellowknife’s most desired areas Words by Mark Rendell / Images by Angela Gzowski. This article first appeared on EDGE North Today’s neighbourhood is the product of a building boom that started in the late ... Read more

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YK Hood by Hood: The Suburbs

verge-admin — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:16:55 +0000

YK Hood by Hood: The Suburbs Beyond the Multiplex, where most of Yellowknife actually lives, is a world to itself Words by Mark Rendell / Image by Oriena Vuong. This article originally appeared on EDGE North From double-wides to stately homes If you drove south along Franklin Avenue before, say, 1970, you’d pass into ... Read more

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