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Simplify with a yummy gift

Just ask to have one added to your bill next time you are in for a bite to eat.

Finding the right gift can sometimes be a challenge. The year is full of gift-giving occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, graduations … and yes, the day that is beginning to loom on the calendar for later next month.

(Is it too early to mention it by name?)

We have an idea for you, especially when you’re trying to find something for a foodie friend: an Urban Deli gift card. It may look small and unassuming, but it tastes wonderful! 🙂

When you pass by the Deli, or drop in for a bite, just ask us for a gift card — you choose the amount. They fit quite nicely inside a card. And an Urban Deli gift card can be used at anytime (no expiration date).

There is no need to be stressed trying to come up with a gift idea. You can simplify with one of our cards. And keep in mind, you don’t need a special occasion to give someone you care about a gift. Sometimes the best ones are those that come from right out of the blue.

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Something different for Chop Chop

For Chop Chop … a little something different for Urban Deli. We have a two course dinner at $12 (rather than three courses at thirty). And it goes like this …

To start, a flat bread choice:

    1. Caprese – tomato, pesto, fresh basil and mozzarella, or
    2. Smoked meat bits with shaved red onions, Deli mustard and mozzarella

And for your meal, one of three pasta choices:

    1. Pesto (vegetarian: sauteed portabella mushrooms, spinach, roasted red peppers in a creamy pesto sauce topped with fresh parmesan)
    2. Meatball (aka “Pass da Balls” – fresh tomato sauce, made in-house Italian meatballs and parmesan cheese)
    3. Tomato (made in-house fresh tomato sauce and parmesan cheese)

Alternatively, you can also choose our Charcuterie Board (Genoa salami, sausage, chicken liver pate mousse, caper berries, Deli mustard and Montreal light rye bread) at $10.00.

And what is different? We don’t have a Chop Chop menu for lunch; it’s part of our dinner offering. And rather than the three courses, we’re doing two at $12.00.

We’re hope you like!  Get out in our Saint John’s Uptown and enjoy all the great food all our wonderful restaurants have for you. It has never tasted so good Uptown! 🙂

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Bagels and bread at Urban Deli

We’re introducing something new at the Deli. We’re now selling 1/2 dozen Montreal style bagels for $2.99. These bagels are boiled in honey water before baking, so they have a particularly tasty quality to them.

We’re also selling Montreal Light Rye at $3.50 a loaf. Both the bagels and light rye bread are brought in fresh from Montreal.

The next time you’re in Urban Deli, you can pick up the bagels or a loaf of the light rye, or call us ahead at 652-3354 and we’ll have them ready for you for pick up.

Try the bagels or the light rye — or try them both. We think you’ll like them!

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When will we be on the Food Network?

We get asked — frequently! — when will the show on the Food Network featuring Urban Deli and Saint John Ale House be aired and the answer is pretty straight forward: we don’t know.

The show is called You Gotta Eat Here! and it’s hosted by John Catucci. But it’s air date hasn’t been determined. The show will begin airing on the Food Network in the new year — probably January. The date for the episode that features Urban Deli airs hasn’t been set, so we can’t give you a date.

But rest assured … When we know, we’ll let you know! If you’re anxious to see the episode, imagine how we feel! We’re very excited to see our Saint John featured, especially when it’s focused on the Uptown with Urban Deli and Saint John Ale House.

So, keep following us here or on Facebook or Twitter … and we’ll give you a heads up when we’re in the know.

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Last day of shooting for You Gotta Eat Here!

It’s the final day of shooting in Saint John for John Catucci and You Gotta Eat Here! They’re here at Urban Deli today and we’ll be featuring our Uptown Big Beef Bad Boy and the Muffuletta.

We’d love to see you for today’s Food Network taping of the front of the house customer feed back session … We have space available for Noon and 1:30 pm. But please call to reserve at 652-3354.

It should be a fun day!

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The Food Network pays us a visit for a new show

The Food Network is paying Saint John a visit for their new show, You Gotta Eat Here! And we’re way excited because we’re one of the restaurants they’ll be visiting for the show.

On Friday and Saturday they’re going to be taping at our friends, Saint John Ale House. On Sunday and Monday, they’re taping here at Urban Deli.

We’d love for you to join us for Monday’s taping (the 17th), during lunch 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. But please call us and make a reservation at 652-3354.

And what’s this Food Network show all about? Two words: comfort food. Here’s how they describe it:

You Gotta Eat Here! sends our charming, funny and food-obsessed host, comedian John Catucci, on a quest to find Canada’s most delicious, mouthwatering, over-the-top comfort food.  He’s visiting great joints, greasy spoons, and legendary restaurants to taste the food that made them famous, and to meet the colourful characters that make each one of them institutions.

It should be fun. John Catucci is a pretty funny guy and it sounds as if he knows his comfort food. We’re fired up with the idea of them coming to see us and we hope you’ll join us so we can give them a real Uptown Saint John welcome. Hope to see you Monday!

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The Eagles, the Deli and fine things

Were it not for the fact that Don Henley wrote “Desperado” while Urban Deli was still a dream in Liz’s head, we’d say he must have been thinking of the Deli when he wrote, “It seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table …”

That’s our cutesy way of reminding you that Hotel California: The Eagles Tribute is at the Imperial Theatre tonight. And if you are headed there, you might want to stop by the Deli for a bite before the show. We promise, there will be no heartbreak tonight. (Major groan!)

Liz loves everything by the Eagles, especially Hotel California. Bill, the web guy, is partial to Desperado, though he also has a great fondness for Lyin’ Eyes and dozens of other Eagles songs.

And if you plan to join us at the Deli before the show, please call us to reserve to ensure you have a seat. We don’t want to break that “no heartbreak” promise! You can reach us at 652-3354.

Have a great time at the show!

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