Dubas
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Read their AHS inspection reports and you'll think differently.
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Coprolite
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I stopped by the old Oliver Exchange while biking home from the Downtown Farmers' Market, and noticed a subtle change. Haven't tried this place yet, but they appear to have a rooftop patio. Also, there is a cheese shop going through fit out on the back corner of the Annex, just to the left of the field of view of my second picture.
Gronk!
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Food Notes for August 18, 2025
OpeningsMolly Tea, a Chinese-based franchise focused on jasmine tea, is officially opening on August 23 at 10173 109 Street NW (formerly Tsujuri).Yemeni café Mokha Coffee House is opening a second …
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Openings
- Molly Tea, a Chinese-based franchise focused on jasmine tea, is officially opening on August 23 at 10173 109 Street NW (formerly Tsujuri).
- Yemeni café Mokha Coffee House is opening a second location soon in Windermere at 6089 Currents Drive NW.
- Pazzo Pazzo closed its location at 10016 103 Avenue in early August and moved west into the former Soho space at 11454 Jasper Avenue NW.
- Edmonton will soon be home to a kissaten, a traditional Japanese coffee shop. Until its brick and mortar is fully in the fall, Kissa10, located at 1643 Towne Centre Blvd NW, will operate sporadic pop-ups.
- The building has been a revolving door over the last couple of years – best wishes to the new business Virsa Mahal, offering Punjab cuisine at 10344 105 Street that opened over the weekend.
- Drift has opened its own retail store at 4823 99 Street NW (the former Bagel Bar space).
- After 43 years, Continental Treat Fine Bistro is closing its Old Strathcona location. Their Downtown location will continue operating.
IanO
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'After 43 years, Continental Treat Fine Bistro is closing its Old Strathcona location'
Wow! I thought that was a staple, but maybe they need to focus on one.
Good to hear the other is going to keep going.
Wow! I thought that was a staple, but maybe they need to focus on one.
Good to hear the other is going to keep going.
Gronk!
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How is the downtown version of Continental Treat faring? Is it matching or exceeding the late lamented Hardware Grill?
archited
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^ From all outward appearances it appears to be successful with quite a few generally popular reviews
archited
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Inside the restaurant industry it is difficult to operate one successful eatery; it is even more difficult to operate two or three; it gets easier again when tending to four or more.
Gronk!
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Dosti has taken over the west-end Guru space
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O & O Group of Companies continues to build Edmonton foodservice powerhouse with opening of Dosti (Photos)
Dosti is located near the West Edmonton Mall.
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policyenthusiast
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Guru closing is a loss, their butter chicken samosas were incredible. Hopefully Dosti is also good.Dosti has taken over the west-end Guru space
O & O Group of Companies continues to build Edmonton foodservice powerhouse with opening of Dosti (Photos)
Dosti is located near the West Edmonton Mall.
Gronk!
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Guru is still open in the Edmonton Tower (in ICE District).
David A
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Probably even harder when you have been used to having just one location for many years.
An interesting sort of vote of confidence in downtown and the area in that they must have felt this was the one with better future potential.
Also I suppose Whyte Ave's restaurant scene is very competitive, whereas not much else nice nearby downtown and the location is close to very the convention centre.
archited
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David, restaurant "competition" is a bit of a red herring. Restaurants typically do better when they are clustered in close proximity one to the other -- it is why "restaurant rows" are such popular build outs for developers and why food courts are popular in malls. There are potentially many factors behind the decision to close Whyte and keep downtown open -- could be as simple as a landlord disagreement.
northlands
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I get the feeling that it might have been their respective leases that drove their decision to close Whyte rather than downtown. Either due to skyrocketing rent increase for their Whyte location upon renewal, or being locked into their downtown location for still a number of years (they only opened that location maybe 2-3 years ago).
David A
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Could be, but I could see it also being harder for something that has been around a very long time trying to stand out in a very dynamic area with a lot of other new and perhaps more exciting options.
Yes, to some degree having more options can help attract people to an area, but at a certain point it can also become over saturated. Competition is like many things - some is good, but too much of a good thing may not be.
Offworld
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Whaaaaaa!!!!!! One more old-world European restaurant bites the dust. I've been to the downtown location several times but it's never felt busy.
I miss the Hardware Grill too. Once upon a time, there was a funky restaurant downtown that kicked serious butt.