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Laurier celebrates Fair Trade Week with sustainable campus coffee
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All across Canada higher education institutes are celebrating Fair Trade Week, promoting the fair trade food and drink products that are available to students on campuses around the nation to support ethical consumption. Laurier Food Services held the event for Laurier at Frank’s Coffee Haus, which opened earlier in the year. Samples were given out…
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Halloween candies and chocolate ranked from best to worst
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By most people’s standards, I would be considered too old to be trick or treating. Despite this, my candy preferences are strong and have remained this way since childhood. I probably shouldn’t be critically analyzing each piece of candy I’m given on Halloween, especially because it’s all free. As the saying goes, beggars can’t be…
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Kentucky Bourbon and BBQ brings Southern food to KW
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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, on Oct. 4. The modern country-themed bourbon and barbecue restaurant specializes in southern comfort food, and has a respectably-sized menu. “Right now we’ve got 25 bourbons,…
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The cold, hard truth: is Sweet Jesus worth the hype?
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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 Jesus, a fast-growing brand from Toronto, has a new home in the University Shops Plaza. Since the store’s inception, it…
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Blues Festival brings talented performers and local vendors to DTK
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On Saturday Aug.10, 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 stage in front of city hall. I have had the pleasure of attending the growing festival for the past three years, and this was the first…
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The inside scoop on KW’s top ice cream shops
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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 shop? There is a multitude of options for ice cream in Kitchener-Waterloo, so narrowing down the top contenders was no easy task. The…
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Fat Sparrow Group breathes new life into Harmony Lunch
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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 years in business. Former owner, Bruce Marks, sold the popular lunch spot at 90 King St. N. for personal and family reasons. Nick Benninger of Fat Sparrow…
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THEMUSEUM’s Mac & Cheese Festival brings out K-W’s finest
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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 & Cheese Festival returned for a second year to dispel all doubts. The layout was set up similar to Taco Fest, a very successful event also…
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New laws enforcing calorie counts on food menus raise concern
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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, I found myself subconsciously changing my order last minute to something that had less calories than the meal I had…
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Rhapsody Barrel Bar is perhaps Kitchener’s chameleon restaurant
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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 predict what this place can offer. I remember walking by and feeling confused. The restaurant is attached to a clothing store, hosts its own café at the front…
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