David Sanderson
Winnipeg Free Press
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St. Vital ‘za takes the crown
‘Are you getting all this?” In the spring of 2009, Dina Davis was getting set to open a pickup and delivery version of Royal Pizza, the Greek-flavoured restaurant her father Tom Iliopoulos founded as a dine-in establishment on St. Anne’s Road, near Meadowood Drive, in 1975. She had rented a spot a few kilometres north of where Tom’s Royal Pizza & Lounge originally stood and was hoping to… → Read More
Stonework’s owner takes page from Mick Jagger’s playbook and applies culinary twist
Mike Publicover calls it his “Mick-time.” → Read More
Local apparel company creates Winnipeg-inspired threads
It’s a tough job, but somebody (burp) has to do it. → Read More
Vinyl re-issue of The Lake Winnipeg Fisherman brings back songs chronicling the Interlake
Ray Giguere, owner of Argy’s Records, once referred to The Lake Winnipeg Fisherman, a traditional, folk-music album recorded in 1970 by Riverton singer/songwriter Sol Sigurdson, as a “unicorn record.” → Read More
Swimwear staple survives pandemic years with no travel
Much was made of the negative impact COVID-19 had on the airline, hospitality and entertainment industries, only it didn’t do those who sell bathing suits for a living any big favours, either. → Read More
A fare to remember
Transfer, please. → Read More
Old barn reconstructed Lego brick by Lego brick
All they want for Christmas is their two front seats. → Read More
La Liga Soccer geared up for World Cup 12 months in advance
It’s the first Sunday morning of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Cecilia Castro pauses in mid-sentence, saying, “Sorry, but I need to watch this,” as she nods toward a big-screen television mounted on the wall to her right. → Read More
From produce to craft beer, Wolseley Farmers Market has been a one-stop shop for 10 years
It’s Tuesday afternoon at the Wolseley Farmers Market, where market co-ordinator Mica Szpigiel has one eye on what appears to be a storm off to the northwest, one eye on a jewelry vendor setting up a canopy-style tent in suddenly windy conditions and another eye on… oh, wait, she’s run out of peepers. → Read More
Committed CFL collector in it for the cachet, not the cash
Glen Ominski, a Winnipeg Blue Bombers season ticket holder since 1972, tells anybody willing to listen that his favourite team, bar none, is the Blue and Gold. His second favourite? Whatever squad is lined up against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. → Read More
Winnipeg engineer’s vinyl protection sleeves sought by record collectors the world over
Over 50 million new vinyl albums were sold in North America in 2021, every last one of which came cloaked in shrink wrap. There’s a reason it’s called that; leave a record in its tight-fitting sheath long enough and it’s bound to warp. → Read More
Rae and Jerry’s emerges from pandemic challenges in time to celebrate its 65th birthday
Rae and Jerry’s Steak House turns 65 this year, and owner Steve Hrousalas is hopeful the Portage Avenue mainstay’s milestone birthday will be more joyful than the last two. “Awful… brutal,” is how the 78-year-old father of two and grandfather of three describes the effect COVID-19 had on his 330-seat locale, which he purchased from the founding owners 47 years ago. → Read More
Boulevard Meats & Deli not afraid to push carnivorous boundaries
Boulevard Fine Meats & Deli bills itself as a traditional, full-service butcher shop with a twist. What sort of twist, you might ask? Well, one of the most popular offerings at the Southdale locale, inconspicuously tucked inside a strip mall at 49 Vermillion Rd., is a culinary version of a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. → Read More
Bill McMahon has been keeping the beat in venues and bands for 65 years
Bill McMahon has a few things in common with ex-Beatle Ringo Starr. First off, both men were born in 1940; McMahon turned 82 on May 11 and Starr will follow suit July 7. Second, each took up the drums in 1957, at the age of 17. Furthermore, neither appears ready to park his cymbals (did we mention each of them pounds away at a similar-looking Ludwig drum set?) any time soon. → Read More
Three decades in the wiener’s circle
Still smokin’ after all these years, Darren Yewchyn has something special up his white, paper hotdog sleeve to mark the 30th anniversary of Smoke’n Bob’s, one of the longest-running and most recognizable street-food vendors in Winnipeg. → Read More
June Home Supply’s collection of stylish housewares designed to deliver domestic bliss
If you’re asking Danielle Cyr about the best month of the year to live in Winnipeg, she’ll tell you with great certainty it’s June, when daytime highs aren’t as stifling as they are in July, and when you can still nurse a cool one on a patio till 10 p.m., before it gets too dark or mosquito-y, the way it does in August. Admittedly, the married mother of two is rather biased. → Read More
Winnipegger turns creative bait-paint side hustle into successful full-time haul
It’s a proven fact fish are attracted to particular colours, so what do you do if you run a home-based venture turning out one-of-a-kind, hand-painted fishing lures, and it just so happens that you’re colour blind? → Read More
Brazilian immigrant finding success with Lorette-created confections
LORETTE — Week in, week out, one of Rubia Lima’s top sellers is an Oreo parfait that combines gently crushed pieces of Oreo cookie with Belgian chocolate and whipping cream. Sounds yummy, right? Not to Lima, founder of Madame Sucré, a Lorette-based enterprise that serves up a wide variety of confections inspired by her native Brazil. → Read More
Ciao magazine celebrates 25 years
A recent issue of Ciao magazine toasted Winnipeg dining establishments that have stood the test of time, a rundown that included Bailey’s Restaurant and Lounge, Rae and Jerry’s Steak House and the Red Top Drive Inn, the latter of which has been dishing out some of the city’s tastiest burgers for 62 years and counting. → Read More
There’s something fishy going on here
Sales of aquariums, fish and fish-related accessories shot up during the pandemic, a set of circumstances consumer analysts attributed to people staying home more often and, as a direct result, angling for new and interesting ways to occupy their time. Professional aquarist Rick Banack has been in the fishkeeping biz for more than four decades. → Read More