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Alberta

Bridge Calgary

Calgary Food + Coffee Worth Seeking

Calgary is a thriving city in Canada’s Alberta province that straddles the Bow River and is historically known as a hub for oil and cattle. Recent years have brought the city an impressive skyline...
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Rocky Mountains

Banff + Canmore Food + Coffee Worth Seeking

Alberta’s Bow Valley is one of Canada’s most beautiful regions, a paradise for hikers, mountain bikers, skiers and snowboarders. Unfortunately, a British Columbia wildfire over the ridge blanketed the valley with smoke that limited...
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Steak Banff

Chuck’s Steakhouse Ribeye

Banff is far better known for outdoor adventure than food, but I did have one strong dinner at Chuck’s Steakhouse, an ambitious meat-focused destination on the second floor of a mountain-facing downtown building. Banff...
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Coffee Canmore

Rave Coffee Sample Board

Alberta’s Bow Valley is one of Canada’s most beautiful regions, a paradise for hikers, mountain bikers, skiers and snowboarders. People this active – and even laggards – need caffeine boosts, and Rave Coffee Roasters...
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Peas Calgary

Model Milk Chilled Summer Peas

17th Calgary Avenue SW between downtown and Lower Mount Royal is probably Calgary’s trendiest stretch, and chef Justin Leboe has played a big part in that pocket’s realization. He runs three businesses at the...
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Chinese Food Calgary

Calan Hand Pulled Noodle in Beef Soup

My family had one meal left in Calgary before driving to Canmore and Canada’s Civic Holiday severely limited our choices. Earlier in the trip, I’d researched demographics and saw Chinese-Canadians accounted for 10% of...
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