“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.”
(Victor Hugo)
Crazy? Yes we are, but amazingly some of us made it in today and we’re laughing at our determination.
But it’s Chop Chop Week and it’s worth it. So, we are open as usual today 11:30am to 3:00pm. If you live in the Uptown, or work here and managed it get in, wander on over and say hello and have a bite.
Urban Deli will be closed on Monday so we and our staff can enjoy New Brunswick Day. We hope you have a fabulous long weekend and get out and enjoy our special day on Monday!
Saint John, New Brunswick at dusk.
Breakfast sandwiches served on an English muffin (from Canada Day, 2010)
It has been almost five years that we have been serving up breakfast at the Urban Deli.
Effective June 21st, this will change as we line up our hours with the rest of the week. We’ll be opening the Deli at 11:30am on Saturdays. This means that the 9am mornings are behind us.
The great news is that we will still offer a BIG BLT and a Monte Cristo breakfast sandwich on our lunch menu for those of you with a breakfast craving.
The decision is made with mixed emotions because we will miss our regular breakfast goers who at first may have not known each other but over time built Saturday morning friendships.
Saturdays sitting with our regular customers always felt like we were solving the world’s problems. We talked about our week, latest travels, family, food and everything in between. When you got up to leave, you just felt good by talking and sharing stories. And for those great conversations and time spent, we sincerely thank you!
The opportunity that unfolds for us is to focus on a very busy summer of caterings. We are blessed and excited to have weddings and other caterings booked for nearly every weekend starting mid-July. We look forward to introducing both our Deli & Italian food to new customers, through those caterings.
I would like to thank our breakfast teams in the kitchen and in the front of house for doing a great, great job over the past five years! I also want to thank all those customers that enjoyed a Saturday breakfast at the Deli. It has been a wonderful five years of breakfasts!
Michael-Ann’s Emmy award is for Off the Beaten Palate, a three part food and travel documentary that aired on PBS Detroit last year. It began right here at home in New Brunswick. It then moved on to Ontario and the third episode was out in Alberta. Here’s the series trailer, Off the Beaten Palate (OTBP) Canadian Trilogy Trailer:
You can find all three of the episodes on Michael-Ann’s Off the Beaten Palate web site under videos. Scroll down and you’ll quickly find them. Here’s MA’s brief description of the episodes:
In Episode 1, I travel back to my home province of New Brunswick, Canada, and explore a vast Seafood Culture. Some of the best seafood in the world awaits every visit!
Episode 2 takes us to the Province of Ontario, Canada, where I explored the Greater Golden Horseshoe!
Episode 3 was an all-out adventure of one of Canada’s most beautiful provinces; Alberta, Canada. An unforgettable adventure!
Put the three of them together, and you have an Emmy award winning show – Off the Beaten Palate. Congratulations Mickey!
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Woo-hoo! Michael-ann picked up an Emmy! Congratulations Mickey!
Michael-Ann Rowe with her Emmy Award.
Our Emmy-award winning Michael-Ann Rowe received her award for her three-part food and travel documentary series that aired on PBS Detroit (back in June of last year).
The Emmy comes from NATAS, Michigan Chapter, and her category was Documentary – Topical. (NATAS is the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.)
If you haven’t heard already (and you probably have – it’s all we can talk about) Liz’s sister MA (aka Mickey, aka Michael-Ann) has been nominated for an Emmy! Woo-hoo! We’re still pinching ourselves!
Born and raised right here in New Brunswick, Michael-Ann’s nomination is for her three-part food & travel documentary series that aired on PBS Detroit in June of 2013. The Emmy nom comes from NATAS, National Academy of Television, Arts & Science, and is an incredible honour.
Keep in mind, Mickey started this project of love with her first documentary, which was all about us, New Brunswick, and our incredible food. She’s as NB as fiddleheads (which, by the way, are prepared best by you know who – Michaell-Ann.)
Just add this up as one more NBer kicking ass on the food scene. There is also Saint John’s own Jesse Vergen on Top Chef Canada (Food Network Canada).
Michael-Ann’s nomination is from NATAS, Michigan Chapter, and the category is Documentary – Topical (PDF file).
Our apologies for being slow getting this out. Here it is, in a nutshell:
We will be closed:
Dec. 25, 26 and 27. (But Italian by Night will be open on the 27th)
We are open:
Saturday – Dec 28th
