Cool off in Uptown Saint John

July 8, 2010

To our friends in Fredericton, who we understand are experiencing some rather toasty weather, and to our friends a bit more inland in Saint John … Cool off in our Uptown! Pay us a visit – the weatherman tells us it won’t be quite so hot here.
And if you make the trip, you [...]

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The ladies behind the scene

July 7, 2010

Urban Deli will be celebrating its first year in business on July 13th.  We are also celebrating a year anniversary for two very special team members: Dale and Candy.
Food wise, everything at the Urban Deli begins with Dale and Candy who we label ‘the ladies from the second floor.’
The ladies work daily to consistently prepare our [...]

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We had a fabulous weekend …

July 5, 2010

… And it all started with a incredible Canada Day in Uptown Saint John. Even the dogs were caught up in the feeling we call Canada.

The Deli had a little setup in front of the UD (the restaurant was closed) where we sold breakfast and pulled pork sandwiches outside the doors. We also had cold [...]

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Yes, we have floats – root beer floats

July 3, 2010

We’ve got floats. Root beer floats. Courtesy of the Pump House people. This is Ashley holding a couple of them. And we’re looking forward to having Pump House’s cream soda and blueberry soda shortly. (We’ll need more hands then.)

If you’re interested in seeing some of our other “Beverages & Deserts,” pay a visit to our [...]

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Canada Day and what we’re up to

June 30, 2010

We’ll be doing something a little different for Canada Day. The Urban Deli will be closed, but kind of open too. Here’s what we’re doing:
The restaurant will be closed. However, we’ll have a stand directly outside our front doors selling food and cold drinks (alongside the other vendors).
We’re taking it to the streets, so to [...]

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The life of mustard in pictures

June 24, 2010

You can get mustard at many stores. But rather than leave the kitchen, we make our Urban Deli mustard in-house. Like so:

With our mustard, we like to put it on a sandwich, in this fashion:

When we’re done, it looks like this:

That would be our Original Montreal Style Smoked Meat. We serve it with a dill [...]

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Three nominations for the Urban Deli

June 22, 2010

Yippie kay ay! The Uptown Saint John’s 2010 Live Life Awards shortlist has been announced and the Urban Deli finds itself nominated in three categories. Thank you Saint John! (Apologies to Bruce Willis for the “Yippie kay ay!” but it’s from the old cowboys and basically means, whoo hoo!)
We find the Deli in these categories:

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