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CITY GUIDES: Saskatoon
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Whether you’re an Iron Chef or just a microwave
master, we have a place for you. Sous Chef is an everything stop; fresh heat-and-serve
meals like Key Lime Citrus Chicken or Bison Lasagna are available for those cuisine-challenged,
while cooking finds like Rao’s pasta sauce from New York or one of 25 vinegars
are available for the heavy-hitters. “But don’t feel intimidated by
the sight of truffle oil,” says Beemal Vasani, the store owner. “We
can give you at least one recipe to go with each product.”
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Is your house eating up more resources than you’re comfortable admitting
to your green friends? Now savvy Saskatchewan residents can locate environmentally
sensitive products via saskatchewangreendirectory.org.
Building physicist Mark Bigland-Pritchard of Low Energy Design Ltd. in Borden—with
Saskatchewan Eco-Network and sponsored by Saskatchewan Environment and the Office
of Energy Conservation—created the Saskatchewan Green Directory. Visitors
can easily source an array of green products and services as well as the criteria
necessary to be classifed a green product. —D.
Grant Black |
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240 22nd St. E
306-477-4468
Saskatoon |
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Simon's British Flavours
Simon Reynolds has imported the new Brit cuisine to town. The phrase “English
cooking” used to be the punchline of a culinary joke but with a new generation
of gifted chefs, from Heston Blumenthal to Gordon Ramsay, the snickering has subsided.
We can credit chef/owner Simon Reynolds of Simon’s
British Flavours for bringing this trend to Saskatoon. Reynolds reforms local
content and a dash of whimsy to create the city’s first modern English restaurant.
There are no mushy peas to be found here. In their place rest such new classics
as honey-glazed, slow-roasted lamb with bubble and squeak and bison rib-eye with
honeyed parsnips. But, wary of throwing the British baby out with the bathwater,
Simon’s offers a classic afternoon tea with clotted cream, warm scones and
a hot pot of Earl Grey. —M.T. Yeung |
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306-665-7991
721 Broadway Ave. Saskatoon |
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Calories
Saskatoon’s Calories
restaurant has some fresh food up its retail sleeve. This veteran bastion of fresh,
inspired cuisine recently created Souleio Foods, a product line within a restaurant
that combines the culinary talents of Calories and the all-natural food expertise
of nearby Pine View Farms. The food mission of Janis Cousyn and her chef partner
Rémi Cousyn is to offer superior organic products that come directly from
the farm gate and local crafters. Souleio’s mouth-watering products include
spicy merguez all-natural lamb sausage, all-natural chicken pesto sausage, a signature
soup and fruit preserves and jellies.—D. Grant
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306-477-5632
paddockwood.com
116 103 St.
Saskatoon |
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Drink Paddock
Wood
We’ve been fans of Paddock Wood, a Saskatoon-based
microbrewery, since it opened its doors all those years ago as the province’s
first microbrewery. This summer it’s paying back the love by developing
two new brews for the short, scorching season. Vienna Red is a moderate lager
and loves sunsets and campfires. Sun Dog Wheat is a German-style wheat beer with
a banana and clove flavour profile—one that just begs to be tried on a trip
to the lake. —Janna Petersen |
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Cypress Hills Vineyard
The Cypress Hills are justly known for their breathtaking beauty but if a local
vigneron has its way they may soon be Canada’s newest wine destination.
Nestled at the foot of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, the Cypress
Hills Vineyard & Winery is the labour of love of Marty and Marie Bohnet,
who helm Saskatchewan’s first commercial vineyard and winery. And while
cabernet is available, imagine the look on your guests’ face when you pull
out a bottle of the saskatoon, chokecherry or rhubarb wines that are offered.
Vineyard tours are available and are followed by a light meal and wine tasting
on the patio of the winery’s bistro.—Angie
Haggstrom
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306-978-4111
101-611 University Dr.
Saskatoon
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Edgewater Spa
Spa-preneur Melissa Hampson is at it again. Not only
does Hampson own and operate Saskatoon’s best day spa, the award-winning
Spa Ahava, she’s now tightened her grip on local aesthetic services. All
within a block and a half of each other. In March, Edgewater Spa opened at Five
Corners—in a space which accommodates up to 12 people at once. So instead
of just treating yourself to Edgewater’s Ultimate Retreat Package, you can
now bring along your entire social circle. If you can manage to slip away from
work for the relaxing seven-hour treatment, of course. —D.
Grant Black |
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306-373-2223
1020 Louise Ave.
Saskatoon |
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Do Bulldog
Maybe your PlayStation isn’t
the problem. Maybe your couch is. It seems that getting kids active is easy when
there’s a gym that encourages playing video games. Intrigued? Kids excited?
You bet. New to Saskatoon’s fitness scene (and first in Western Canada)
is Bulldog
Interactive Fitness for Youth, a full gym scaled down for your Mini-Me and packed
with kid-friendly incentives: PS2 Game Bikes, DDR, a moving tread wall and plenty
of circuit-training machines. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, the equipment uses
hydraulics, not weights, so there’s no risk of pinching little fingers,
and the staff are all qualified instructors with kinesiology backgrounds. Free
first-time tours, team training, birthday parties and summer camps are available.
—Janna Petersen |
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306-931-2885
516 43rd St. E.
Saskatoon |
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Steelmet
If Howard and Marion Cunningham were redecorating their Milwaukee backyard, we
imagine they might choose these great retro chairs from outdoor furniture standard-bearer
Steelmet. They can be paired
with a matching patio table and come in red, yellow, turquoise and blue. The steel
chairs have a powder-coated finish so they can stand up to a prairie summer—but
are comfy enough to make that après-work mojito more enjoyable. Happy days,
indeed. —Janna Petersen |
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306-662-2202, 32 Pacific Ave.
Maple Creek |
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Star Cafe & Grill
Have you heard the one about the three chefs—an Italian, a Brit and a British
Columbian—who opened a rural restaurant in southwestern Saskatchewan? The
punchline is that they have created one of the province’s great dining destinations,
in quaint Maple Creek just north of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. The Star
Café & Grill brings a relaxed metropolitan dining vibe to a turn-of-the-century
stone building. The menu makes the most of local and seasonal ingredients but
changes at the whim of its three chefs and their varied culinary influences. —Janna
Petersen |
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