{"id":573084,"date":"2026-03-31T14:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573084\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:56:13","slug":"food-roundup-march-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573084\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Roundup &#8211; March 31, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brunch is among the most common dine-out meals for Easter, and it&#8217;s hard to argue with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairmont.com\/macdonald-edmonton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fairmont Hotel Macdonald<\/a>. The hotel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/booking\/experiences-availability?rid=995131&amp;restref=995131&amp;experienceId=655188&amp;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is offering specialty cr\u00eapes<\/a>, carving stations, seafood displays, and other items with a focus on sustainability on April 5. Tickets cost $115 per adult. Other brunch options include all <a href=\"https:\/\/sawmill.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sawmill Prime Rib &amp; Steak House<\/a> locations <a href=\"https:\/\/sawmill.ca\/event\/easterbrunch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on April 4 and 5<\/a>, with a mix of carving stations, made-to-order omelettes, and more for $45 per adult; and <a href=\"https:\/\/robertspencerhosp.com\/hayloft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayloft Steak &amp; Fish<\/a> on April 5, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/tables.toasttab.com\/restaurants\/c20568b1-ca3e-4894-afa4-249b1158ecc2\/reserve?partySize=2&amp;dateTime=2026-04-05T10%3A00%3A00.000-06%3A00&amp;deeplink=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gluten-free menu<\/a> priced at $59 per adult. Not quite-brunch options include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showclix.com\/tickets\/easter-high-tea#\/day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">afternoon tea<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortedmontonpark.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Edmonton Park<\/a> from April 4 to 6, with ticket pairs sold for between $65 and $130, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showclix.com\/tickets\/easter-high-tea#\/day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Easter breakfast<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/prairiegardens.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prairie Gardens<\/a> in Bon Accord on April 4 and 6, priced at $49 per adult.<\/p>\n<p>For a culturally specific dining option, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dinechartier.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chartier<\/a> is hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dinechartier.com\/chartier-events\/april-3-good-friday-sugar-shack-experience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a sugar shack experience<\/a> on April 3 in Beaumont. The menu includes a lox station, ham by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meuwlys.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meuwly&#8217;s<\/a>, challah French toast bites, tourti\u00e8re croissant bites, and more, for $65 per adult. Over at the <a href=\"https:\/\/janayeg.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamaican Association of Northern Alberta<\/a>, there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/janayeg.ca\/event\/jana-fish-fry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a fish fry<\/a> with \u00e0 la carte items such as fried snapper and pepper shrimp on April 3.<\/p>\n<p>Feel like staying in? Some catering options are sold out, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threevikings.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Three Vikings<\/a> has a <a href=\"https:\/\/thetomato.ca\/eat\/three-vikings-easter-heat-and-serve-available-now\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">take-and-bake turkey or ham dinner<\/a> for $37 per person, with orders due on April 1 for pickup on April 4. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freson.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freson Bros.<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/cateringbyfreson.com\/easterdinnerbox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">turkey dinners<\/a> that feed four for $100, with orders due by April 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brunch is among the most common dine-out meals for Easter, and it&#8217;s hard to argue with the Fairmont&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-573084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}