Urban Deli will be closed Monday, October 11th for the Thanksgiving holiday We will resume to regular business hours on Tuesday October 12th.
After being open for just over a year, we have so much to be thankful for. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us and look forward to the years ahead.
From all the Urban Deli staff, we would like to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
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:
This is thrilling for us. Now the countdown is on to June 24th (Thursday) to see if we can bring home the big prizes.
A big thank you to everyone who recommended us and a “hats off” salute to the other nominees (who are probably as thrilled as we are).
Once again, thank you Saint John! We’re looking forward to a fabulous evening. We love it here and it’s wonderful to be back home!
With it being a long weekend, we’ll be closed on Monday. We’re normally open Monday through Saturday, closed Sundays.
But with the long weekend, we won’t be open Monday (May 24th) so we and the staff can enjoy the time as well. Our apologies if this throws off any plans you had for paying us a visit. Hope you’re all having a great long weekend (the weather in New Brunswick is stellar!).
This is just a quick note to let you know we’re open on Good Friday from 9am to 3pm. We will be serving a light breakfast from 9am to 11:30am. This is because it’s a holiday Friday.
Looking ahead to Saturday, and every Saturday onward, we’ll open at 9am and serve a light breakfast until 11:30am and then move on to our lunch menu.
This is a change to Saturdays. Previously, we were not open for breakfasts. But we will be now! So if you’re in the Uptown area on Saturday, drop by for a light breakfast. We would love to see you!
And we’d love to hear what you think of the breakfast menu and any suggestions you may have. We think of this as a starting point – a kind of “beta” breakfast menu – and we’d love for you to help us tweak it to make it better!
A group of twenty or so people convened at the Urban Deli on a sunny Sunday afternoon on March 14th to participate in the first cooking class hosted by UD. The restaurant is normally closed on Sundays, but Liz decided to open up for a few hours to host this reservation-only event. Bob McVicar was the instructing chef and the subject of the day was Italian-style cabbage rolls.
The afternoon began with some informal introductions and delicious snacks (check out this sautéed red pepper recipe), and then we all found seats at the communal table in groups of four. To ensure that the objective of the class was clear, Bob served us each a sample of his Italian cabbage rolls that he had put together a couple of days prior – Bob swears that they are better a few days after making them. We also sampled some homemade Italian sausage that UD has recently started making in-house.
Next, we worked in our groups of four to create some of Bob’s Italian cabbage rolls. We made half of the recipe below, which resulted in a roasting pan full of cabbage rolls. Bob did some of the prep work before we arrived and had already softened and peeled the cabbage leaves off of the head for us as well as having prepared the tomato sauce. Our main tasks were to create the filling and put the rolls together.
Bob’s recipe for the filling is simple to put together and rolling it in the leaves is pretty easy once you get used to it. You’ll need to be willing to get your hands dirty for this dish, so dig in and have some fun. Just follow the recipe and preparation instructions below and you’ll have no problems.
After assembling all of our rolls, we packed them up and topped them with some delicious tomato sauce. Each participant received a portion to take home, at which point they simply had to be baked and served fresh, saved for a few days before eating, or placed in the freezer to consume at a later date.
The cooking class was an enjoyable afternoon and a great value at only $12 per person, which was to help cover some of the costs. Beverages were also available to purchase and the snacks continued to flow throughout the afternoon. This cooking class was a successful first for UD and I suspect that there will be many more to come. Stay tuned to urbandeli.ca for info about future cooking classes that Liz has in the works.
Italian Cabbage Rolls – download recipe by Bob McVicar:
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This article was written by our guest author, Trisha Gallant, who is also an Urban Deli regular.
It must be that time of year … We could use some good people. We’re currently looking for a few experienced line cooks to help work in what a classified ad would probably refer to as “a dynamic fast-paced open environment.” Well, it’s accurate but doesn’t quite capture the feeling here.
But yes, it’s an open environment and there’s good energy here. So if you’re interested in working at the Urban Deli, please contact us. We’re Uptown, at 68 King Street here in Saint John.
We’ve been too quiet for too long on our site here but believe us, we’ve been busy in the deli. But in being quiet online, we’ve neglected a few things, including Picaroons. Today we saw a great article about them, Picaroons eyes global audience. According to the story, “A $30,000 grant from Business New Brunswick will help send bottles of locally brewed beer to new markets around the globe.”
That’s wonderful … The world could use a nice taste of New Brunswick. Let it flow!
Being quiet here on the site, we also neglected to thank Picaroon’s for the profile of the Urban Deli they’ve put on their site. Many thanks!
Finally, for whatever it’s worth, we took a look at our menu and based on the first month or so our being open, we found that while just about everything was popular, the top five were:
And that’s about it for now. Bon appétit!
