“Let’s Help Windsor Grow” Municipal Food Plan
As you may have heard, I (Adriano) have decided to try my hand at politics, running for Ward 4 in Windsor.
While I have tried to steer clear of mentioning this on WindsorEats, I felt that one aspect of what I believe in should be discussed here as it relates to food.
I have included a Municipal Food Plan as part of my platform. Simply put, the plan is about providing access to healthy, fresh, local food to all citizens of Windsor and to help the city become a healthier community all while supporting the local economy.
I encourage you to read through it and provide your thoughts. Do you think a Municipal Food Plan is needed? Is there anything you feel was left out?
Locally Yours Offers Special Discount This Week
Locally Yours, creators of great gift baskets that contain only products from Windsor-Essex, is having a special this week.
Owner Rachelle will be offering 15% off all gift baskets orders of $50 or more from August 30 to September 4th, 2010. This includes all future orders for the holiday season that are placed and paid for during this week.
Free delivery is offered throughout the county and shipping to all of Canada is available. To place an order, please call 519.253.0888 or visit www.locallyyours.ca.
Biscuits & Gravy Closes Doors For Good
Fantastic downtown restaurant, Biscuits & Gravy, was forced to close its doors for good this week.
We wish Steve and his staff all the best in their future endeavours.
Please check back as we’ll have more on this story soon.
Help Save Our Local Abattoirs! Sign The Petition Today
Small, local abattoirs (slaughterhouses) are being pushed out of business by strict provincial legislation.
The Ontario Artisan Share site gave these three reasons why local abattoirs are important:
- because meat raised with care should be killed with care and butchered with respect. The circle of life is a much more… well circular, if the person taking the animals life can look in the farmers eye, has a relationship with him and their kids play together.
- when handled in this more personal and humane way the meat taste better. At Culinarium, a Toronto-based gourmet food shop, they’ve dropped farms that have moved to Federal plants because they claim the quality of their meat dropped too).
- your money will do a lot more good for the local economy in the pocket of a small town Ontario citizen than on a shareholders balance sheet at a large corporate plant.
These strict regulations are killing small abattoirs all overs Ontario, destroying the livelihoods of the farmers who use them and reducing opportunities for the general public to purchase local food.
If you care about being able purchase local food, please click here to sign our petition to help save the local abattoirs.
Personal Wine Trail Rides Now Available!
WindsorEats is happy to announce we are now offering Personal Wine Trail Rides!
“What does that mean” you ask?
Well, you can now book our cycling tours to wineries in Essex County’s Lake Erie North Shore region any day you like! Here are some examples:
- A group of friends celebrating a special day
- A company wanting to take its employees out on a team building session
- Taking out of town family or guests out for a memory of your region they wont soon forget
- A bride and groom taking their wedding party as a ‘thank you’ gift
You can use any and all reasons to pick any date you want!
Tickets are $125 per person for groups of 8 people and less. For groups of more than 8 people tickets are $100 per person.
The costs of each ticket includes a bike and helmet rental, tastings and tours and a gourmet meal.
If you are interested, please contact us at info@windsoreats.com.
August’s Wine Trail Ride Was Wet, Dirty and Amazing
On Saturday, August 22, 2010, our Wine Trail Ride, cycling tours to Lake Erie North Shore wineries, had a little bit of wet weather to deal with…and the participants loved every moment of it!
We had over 30 people come out for the ride including about 8 from Michigan. Everyone really had a great time on this ride and I cannot wait until the next: September 18, 2010. If you’re interested in taking part in it, be sure to book your tickets as soon as possible as we are already more than half full.
Update On Urban Chickens in Windsor
We recently received a comment on an older article, “Are Urban Chickens Coming To Windsor? Have Your Say”. Melissa asked:
“I was just wondering where this issue stands, when will council have their vote. I would like to have some urban chickens of my own but I am waiting until I have the green light for this. Please update me.”
So I asked our trusty friend, Steve Green, of the Windsor Essex Community Supported Agriculture where everything was at. The answer was something that is disappointing, but, rather expected.
Windsor City Council will be raising the issue at budget deliberations since there was some ‘cost concerns’ in establishing a working committee.
Taste Bud Bistro’s Grand Opening
Taste Bud Bistro, located within the Art Gallery of Windsor, will be hosting their official “Grand Opening” this Friday, August 27, 2010, and everyone is invited!
The event will be open house style and takes place from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. They will be serving up some of their favourite hors d’oevures and desserts.
There will also be a cash bar and entertainment.
Parking available behind the gallery off of Church St.
Thai Silk and Thai Palace Restaurants Release New Menus
Two popular Thai restaurants have updated their menus.
Thai Silk Restaurant, located on Ouellette Avenue, and Thai Palace Restaurant on Windsor’s east end have both recently released fresh menus.
Along with the new menu, Thai Silk has also changed their hours of operation:
- Monday to Thursday – 11:00am to 9:00pm
- Friday – 11:00am to 10:00pm
- Saturday – 3:00pm to 10:00pm
- Sunday – Closed
Get Hypnotized At Mezzo Ristorante
Enjoy a hilarious, hypnotic comedy show with Hypnotist JimmyG on Friday, August 27, 2010, at Mezzo Ristorante & Lounge.
Hypnotist JimmyG has been in the entertainment business in Canada and the U.S. for over 15 years and is the author of the book , “The Secrets of Hypnosis” as well as hypnosis audio programs such as “Stop Smoking Now”, “Instant Weight Loss”, “Increase Your Income”, “Become Stress Free”, “Boost Your Confidence”, “Improve Your Golf Game”, “Sleep Better Tonight” and many more.
He is also the creator of the 10 Minute Miracle Self Help Program and provides positive guidance programs to help people improve their lives.
Mezzo’s special menu for the evening is:
Course One:
Ravioli
home made ravioli stuffed with roasted butternut squash and mutzu apple in a bacon, sun-dried tomato cream sauce
Course Two:
Mixed Green Salad
mixed greens, ripened tomatoes, red onions and cucumbers tossed in a white
balsamic vinaigrette
Course Three: (please choose one of the following)
Australian Lamb
marinated in fresh herbs and finished with white truffle oil, smoked
pancetta and kosher salt
Stuffed Salmon
shrimp and crab stuffed salmon filet with a limoncello saffron emulsion
Pollo Funghi
pan seared chicken breast served with a wild mushroom & white truffle cream sauce
The cost is $40.00 per person . If you are interested please contact Filip at filip@mezzo.ca or call 519.252.4055.
Also, make sure you take advantage of Mezzo’s complimentary valet parking.