{"id":526948,"date":"2026-03-10T14:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:23:14","slug":"food-roundup-march-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526948\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Roundup – March 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edmonton Downtown Business Association<\/a>‘s Downtown Dining Week starts this week, with 68 restaurants offering deals for $15 to $65<\/a> from March 11 to 22. “Downtown Dining Week is a favourite annual tradition for so many, and our restaurants did not kid around when they put their menus together this year,” the association posted<\/a>. “Get planning those team lunches or the ‘we have been trying to do lunch for months’ meetups \u2026 and pick your destination.”<\/p>\n

The week comes just before some participants will face new fees for large patios<\/a> that overlap with sidewalks or other public land. Starting on April 1, a year-round patio like the one at Rocky Mountain Icehouse<\/a> is subject to $6,900 per year, whereas seasonal patios cost $3,700 per year. “We can’t afford that, we’re still 30% down from where we were pre-COVID,” owner Wayne Jones told CBC<\/a>. Also participating in Downtown Dining Week is DOSC<\/a>, whose patio struggles<\/a> date back to at least 2023. Rocky Mountain Icehouse is offering a $15 lunch and $35 dinner<\/a>, while DOSC has a $25 brunch and $65 dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Downtown Dining Week is also a chance to sample the wares of restaurants that were recently heralded by Edify<\/a> and The Tomato<\/a>. A few examples are Atrium at Sabor<\/a>, which is offering a $25 lunch and $65 dinner<\/a>; Bar Bricco<\/a>, which is offering a $65 dinner<\/a>; and The Marc<\/a>, which is offering a $25 lunch and $50 dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n