Now what?
Does it feel like Edmonton is just a little tired today, a little hungover from the Grey Cup party? Everything seems like it’s just a step or two slower. Maybe it’s just me. (And I didn’t even go to the game.)
If you’re still jonesing for some football, you can check out the NFL variety this evening. You’ll likely find beer and snack specials at bars for Monday Night Football. Ceili’s, for example, has bottomless wings.
If you don’t need football or, in the case of a lot of Roughriders fans, don’t want to talk about football for a little while, you can partake in some Movember action. Tonight is the MoCupcakes YEG Challenge, over at Transcend-Garneau. There will be judging of the manliest cupcakes. Don’t worry, the cupcakes may have moustaches on them but won’t be made of moustaches. (I hope.)
And if you are in the mood for neither football nor cupcakes you can check out the West LRT information session at the Fantasyland Hotel. There will be presentations at 4:30 and 7pm (with the open house running 4-9pm). You’ll be able to learn about the proposed LRT line that will travel Stony Plain Road, past the West Edmonton Mall, and out to Lewis Estates. Then you can go shopping.
The Black Sheep has arrived
I’ve been meaning to mention this one for a week…
The Black Sheep Pub is open. It’s at 111 Street and Jasper, where Prohibition was. Which used to be The Stonehouse.
Hopefully they can resurrect the wing goodness of the Stonehouse.
They officially opened last Wednesday.
Edmonton loves chicken wings
Bless these boys for showing us what really matters.
It’s free chicken wings.
One year of free wings was just too good to pass up for these guys. (Photo: Adam Rozenhart)
Notice the book in gentleman A’s hand. He’s ready to spend a few hours waiting for tasty, free, wings. One can also appreciate the lawn chairs.
Photographer Adam also informs us that these three guys and three other early birds took to some parking lot Hudsons patio/pad hockey to pass the time.
Here at the edmontonian we salute your efforts to secure one order of free Hudsons wings, each week, for one year. There are worse things to wait in line all day for.
Hudsons is winging it
That headline will shine like gold in just a moment.
Hey, Edmonton, have you heard of this place called Hudsons?
Of course you have. You’ve probably watched an Oilers game at one of the local chain’s four restaurant/bars.
Well, on their way to Calgary*, Hudsons is stopping at South Common and opening up a fifth Edmonton spot.
That in itself would be enough to get me to write something. But there’s more.
Hudsons Canadian Tap House is officially opening their South Edmonton Common location tomorrow night, 9pm, but next Wednesday will be their first Wing Wednesday.
For that, they’ve got something that really caught my eye. (I’m a sucker for chicken wings, previously having a standing Wednesday date with the poultry part.) Next Wednesday, the new Hudsons location will offer free wings for one year to the first 100 customers after 7pm. That will mean one order of wings for 52 weeks.
If South Edmonton Common wasn’t so far from my place of work I’d sit outside their door next Wednesday. Heck, I still have time to find a way to get out of work early for sweet, delicious wings.
Oh, Hudsons is also offering a $20 gift card to the first 100 people to print and present the invite you see in this story (find the actual invite here) both tomorrow and Saturday night. You could use that money to buy wings.
* Hudsons opens its first Calgary location in the spring of 2010.
