Do you think the nay-sayers will finally back off, in light of the overwhelming evidence of Edmonton’s culinary coming of age?I cannot remember a year of so much choice and quality in Edmonton restaurants, from the cilantro, cold-cuts and slivered carrots in a $3.50 Van Loc Vietnamese sub to the best the Hardware Grill has to offer.After two years of reviewing, The Weekly Dish still has a list of some 40 must-get-to restaurants … and at least four more top-quality eateries are opening up.My standard response to anybody dissing Edmonton’s food selection is to rhyme off 20 excellent restaurants — ethnic, gourmet, vegetarian, classic, fusion, Italian and so on — and ask just how many have these pretentious types been to? Usually the response is a blank stare. They know not what is before their noses.Trends: Food trucks are coming into their own, and by this summer, every prime food truck spot will be taken. Thanks to Drift, Nomad and Little Village for setting the standard.Critical mass is happening in the heart ...
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