Category: News

Actually, we were back at it yesterday although we weren’t open. It was inventory time. Today, however, our doors are open and we’re pumped up for the adventure of 2012.

We think it will be a good year and hope you agree.

We’re eager to see our regular customers, all the new people we met over last year and all the new people this year will bring our way.

And on our horizon is the Food Network’s new show (all about comfort food, of which we’re very fond), You Gotta Eat Here! It debuts this Friday, January 6 at 9:00pm ET on the Food Network Canada (that would be 10:00pm in Atlantic Canada).

We’re even more eager for the show that airs on March 23rd at 9:00 ET (10:00pm in Atlantic Canada). That’s when we’ll be featured! Now that’s something to look forward to! Saint John Ale House will also be featured, though in another episode set to air earlier than ours (not sure what their date is).

We hope to see you today, later in the week and throughout this 2012. It’ll be a good one!

In the latest Here NB they have their Best of 2011 – A&E/Style/Music and that includes their Top restos of 2011. They look at our little triangle of Saint John, Moncton and Fredericton. In Saint John, they had four restaurants on their best list — including Urban Deli. To put it mildly, we were elated!

A lot of our friends made the lists. For restaurants, there was Urban Deli as well as our friends at:

• Saint John Ale House
• Opera Bistro
• Alley Gria

You’ll also see in the list for “What’s Hot,” our friends at Happinez Wine Bar.

Back in the restaurants category, up river a bit in Freddy Beach we see our friends at Isaac’s Way are listed. If you haven’t seen the issue yet, pick up a copy or pay a visit to Here NB online and have a look at the incredible variety and wonderful arts, crafts, foods, style and everything else we’re doing here in New Brunswick, especially in our tri-city area of Saint John, Moncton and Fredericton.

This is a helluva great province!

We want to remind you that we are open today at 9:00am and we’ll be open until 3:00pm and all tips today will go to Saint John SPCA Animal Rescue. So tip generously!

Molly Bloom, an SPCA adoptee.

We decided last year that on Christmas Eve day we’d do two things: 1) donate the day’s tips to a charity and, 2) in order to give our servers a chance for some time off to do some last minute shopping, we’d have volunteer servers in the Deli. So today, from noon till close, we’ll have friends and some of our regular customers doing the serving — so be patient and kind! 🙂

It’s actually kind of fun watching them tackle the task of serving tables and seeing what our servers have to do on a daily basis.

The best part is the tips throughout the day go to Saint John SPCA Animal Rescue, a fabulous group of people doing tremendous work for Saint John’s animals.

Enjoy your day, and pop in to see us if you’re in the Uptown. Just a reminder, if you’re looking for last minutes gifts you can pick up an Urban Deli gift card any time today — we’re open 9:00 till 3:00. Gift cards can be any amount you choose and there is no expiry date on them so they can be used any time.

Lastly … Our holiday hours are outlined here. Have a great Christmas!