EDMONTON -- Downtown Dining Week is being extended until Sunday, Nov. 15, with more than 30 restaurants offering dine-in, take-out, and curbside-pick up options.
The event – a show of support for local business and Edmonton’s culinary scene – started Oct. 28.
“We were kind of sad to see it come to an end because we were seeing some success,” Say Uncle owner Jimmy Shewchuk told CTV News Edmonton.
The extension will see participating eateries continue to offer $20 lunch and brunch and $35 or $50 dinners for one more week.
“We’ve heard loud and clear from downtown businesses as well as patrons that they want to see this continue,” said Nick Lilley, the Downtown Business Association’s interim executive director.
“I think what we’re seeing is the community really rallying around Downtown Dining Week as a great showcase of what we can do.”
That certainly seems to be the case at Shewchuk’s pub.
“Some people are discovering us. Some of our customers are rediscovering us,” he said.
“It’s nice to hear some of our friends from south side or the west saying, ‘I’m going to come downtown.’”
Although the culinary festival, according to the Say Uncle owner, shows what can be done in a few short days, there’s still a need for restaurants to be creative in the pandemic.
“We just need to keep plugging along.
“These next four months are certainly going to be the hardest for the industry, so supports like this are really important.”
A list of participating restaurants and menus is available online.
With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Graham Neil
