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Krooked Provisions: Ecletic and Superb

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Bet you’ve never had an all-day sandwich like this stacked Reuben beauuty

You’d think operating a little food-court kiosk would necessarily restrict your menu to a few key themes. That’s definitely not the case with Krooked Provisions, a wife-and-husband, Red Seal-chef operation in Fresh & Local Market + Kitchens in deep south Calgary.

Krooked Provisions’ owners Lyndon and Leanna

Super friendly Leanna and Lyndon use this tiny kitchen to showcase their imaginative takes on pirogies (eight ways), Reuben sandwiches (house-made sauerkraut), four-cheese mac ’n cheese and a Mennonite sausage doused in a pineapple-ginger-sauerkraut salsa.

Pirogies your grandmother never made

It’s not just eclectic. It’s uniformly excellent, thanks to first-class ingredients, skill and execution.

Four cheeses go into this sublime mac’ ‘n cheese

On my Marathon Mouth journeys, I infrequently visit a place more than once. Despite a sizeable drive, I’ve headed to Crooked Provisions three times. And I’m only halfway through the menu.

Even the sausages are spectacular

Krooked Provisions
12445 Lake Fraser Drive SE, Calgary (Fresh & Local Market)
Thursday to Saturday 11 am-8 pm and Sunday 11 am-5 pm

Apprentice Cafe: Calgary’s Best Focaccia

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The house-made focaccia buns are the real stars of Apprentice Cafe’s superb breakfast sandwiches

In a crowded Calgary food scene, it certainly pays to occupy a solid niche. For Apprentice Cafe—a tiny Ramsay eatery with verdant views of downtown—that niche is the often-overlooked breakfast sandwich. Owner Rein offers nine such all-day sandwiches, including pulled pork and my expertly executed mushroom ($10.25), featuring goat cheese, caramelized onion, egg and black garlic aioli.

Apprentice Cafe owner Rein in his tiny Ramsay restaurant

But the real star of these breakfast sandwiches is the focaccia buns they’re cradled in. Inspired by the focaccia he encountered while working as a chef in Italy, Rein bakes a little loaf that’s golden on the outside and pillowy soft on the inside.

Easily the best focaccia I’ve tasted. Too bad you can’t order it to go.

Apprentice also serves good Rogue Wave coffee and house-made small-batch ice cream. Its hot chocolate was recently named best in the city.

Apprentice Cafe
1024 Bellevue Avenue SE, Calgary
Opens 8 am Tuesday to Sunday and 9 am Monday
825-488-0887