Kentucky Bourbon and BBQ brings Southern food to KW
Kentucky Bourbon & BBQ is the newest addition to the Uptown Waterloo restaurant scene It soft launched on Sept 20, and the official grand opening happened this past weekend,...
The cold, hard truth: is Sweet Jesus worth the hype?
If there’s one thing that I know, it’s ice cream So, when a new ice cream shop opened its doors just down the road from Laurier, I knew that I had to try it Sweet...
Blues Festival brings talented performers and local vendors to DTK
On Saturday Aug10, Kitchener celebrated their annual Blues Festival in the downtown core King Street was lined with local vendors, artists and food trucks that led to the main...
The inside scoop on KW’s top ice cream shops
Although the weather isn’t showing it yet, summer is fast approaching, and what better way to prepare for those hot summer days than by making a trip to a local ice cream...
Fat Sparrow Group breathes new life into Harmony Lunch
Harmony Lunch has long been known as one of the Kitchener-Waterloo Region’s oldest dining establishments Last October it closed its doors and served its last burger after 86...
THEMUSEUM’s Mac & Cheese Festival brings out K-W’s finest
On a cold, stormy night in downtown Kitchener, a mac and cheese festival seemed like the perfect place to take refuge Despite a sour event last year, THEMUSEUM’s Mac &...
New laws enforcing calorie counts on food menus raise concern
Last week, I went to Burrito Boyz with some coworkers for lunch As I read the menu, I noticed that all of the calorie counts were beside each option When it came time to order,...
Rhapsody Barrel Bar is perhaps Kitchener’s chameleon restaurant
Rhapsody Barrel Bar is an inconspicuous restaurant and music venue situated in the heart of downtown Kitchener I describe the place as inconspicuous because it’s difficult to...
Best of Laurier 2016
We asked the questions, 94 students responded and this is what they had to say.
Arresting the guilty pleasures and why they’re not so guilty
It seems ridiculous that our culture has conflated the feelings of shame with the feelings of pleasure when it comes to our tastes in entertainment, but here we are The idea of...