Sharon Yeo

Sharon Yeo

Reporter, Curator


Recent work by Sharon

Pam Kossowan inside Tiny's Cheese Shop
food business

Iconoclast owner adds Lovesong and Tiny's Cheese Shop

Ryan Arcand is betting customers will support his new Lovesong restaurant and Tiny's Cheese Shop near his established Iconoclast café in Wîhkwêntôwin.

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Kelly Yu of Boa and Hare holding a matcha latte
food business

As Edmonton hits its matcha moment, experts think the trend may cool

Matcha's popularity in Edmonton is growing, with at least four pop-ups devoted to the beverage over the summer, and significant social-media attention driving the buzz. But one local tea flavourist said the hype may not be sustainable.

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Santiago Lopez and Kristin Panylyk de Lopez in one of their coffee shops
food business

The Colombian brews plans for rapid expansion

On the heels of opening two new cafés in six months in the Edmonton region, the founders of The Colombian are on a mission to grow their business exponentially.

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Wilson Wong, Winnie Chen, and William Chen
food business

Trio aims to be a 'catalyst' in Chinatown with Boa and Hare

Winnie Chen's next restaurant foray brings her even closer to her roots, and she hopes it can add to the positive momentum of change in Edmonton's Chinatown.

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NongBu founder John Ahn
food business

NongBu is closed but continues to shape city's food scene

Korean restaurant NongBu is now permanently closed, but its legacy of introducing Edmontonians to a broader array of Korean dishes will live on.

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Chefs Christine Sandford and Roger Letourneau seated on stools
food business

Returning chefs launch Vagabond pop-up

Chefs Christine Sandford and Roger Letourneau have returned to Edmonton from Europe to share a taste of their travels through their pop-up venture, Vagabond.

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Jason Wong on the street next to the front window at Little Bon Bon
food business

Little Bon Bon set to sweeten Chinatown with deep family history

The creators of Yelo'd are opening an ice cream parlour and café called Little Bon Bon in the historic Hull Block, at 9660 106 Avenue NW, in June.

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Scott Jonathan Iserhoff and Svitlana Kravchuk in front of the mural at Bernadette's
food business

Bernadette's aims to raise profile of Indigenous cuisine in Edmonton

The owners of the forthcoming restaurant Bernadette's say their previous success with Pei Pei Chei Ow has allowed them to pursue their larger goal of increasing Indigenous representation within Edmonton's food scene — and to do it right in the core.

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Steve Brochu inside the Citadel Theatre
food business

Steve Brochu is reinvigorating the Citadel with a restaurant that aims to challenge

The chef who owns and operates MilkCrate, a café in EPCOR Tower, and GhostLight, a coffee kiosk in the Citadel Theatre, is set to open PlayWright in the space in the Citadel that formerly housed the second Normand's location.

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