Trendy Bar-B-Q worth a pig in a poke
New downtown “hipster barbecue” tastes a good as it looks The air may be cooling outside, but a local entrepreneur is heating up downtown with his big barbecue flavours. Local entrepreneur Mark...
View ArticleNew Walkerville wine bar opens
Concept restaurant Wineology hopes to uncork the sommelier in everyone One Windsorite is bringing his passion for wine and worldly travel experience to a new restaurant and bar in Walkerville....
View ArticleUrbanite Holiday Gift Guide 2014
Never mind the mall, shop small It’s that time of year again when we dig into our pockets and max out credit cards in the name of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other wintertime holiday plagued...
View ArticleRose City Politics: Will fire dept. cuts burn citizens?
Q: Recently, the Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative published its yearly report comparing service delivery across municipalities. Windsor ranked at the bottom for fire related injuries and...
View ArticleAsk a Brewer: What is a session beer?
Ask a Brewer is column where local brewers provide readers with an insightful and informative lens into the brewing industry. Paul Brady is the master brewer at Walkerville Brewery. Q:What is a session...
View ArticleThe craft coffee movement
Roasters are hot on the heels of brewers with craft brews of the caffeinated variety Craft is the name of the game in the culinary world. From farm-to-fork food and craft beer, the culture has extended...
View ArticleWindsor Comedy Festival has it in the Bagg
Funny man Ian Bagg headlines a jubilee of japes, jests and jokes Getting through the holidays can be stressful, but one local event is designed to put you in a good mood. Windsor Comedy Festival...
View ArticleLiving in an uptown world
Windsor family diner celebrates 30 years EMILY ADAMS A longstanding local restaurant is celebrating 30 years of success. Sam Safas, her husband and their children run Uptown Restaurant at 521 Tecumseh...
View ArticleThe Windsor Scene: All-star Christmas party in a bike shop
Cowboys in Cardigans drop new EP and Blue Stones’ crowd funded album get underway Another year has come to an end, bringing another solid run of locally produced music, with great albums by local...
View ArticleA day with modern Detroit pioneers in a squatter community
A man with Detroit Hustles Harder on his shirt exits the No. 53 bus in Detroit. I’m in downtown about to board a bus toward 7 Mile. It’s the kind of slogan easily discarded as self righteous...
View ArticleTwo metro bars join in D-Town’s gentrification
A playground for adults and 130 varieties of beer await you a mere eight kilometres from downtown Windsor. HopCat Detroit and Punch Bowl Social recently opened their doors across the border, offering...
View ArticleDIGITAL ISSUE: Dec. 17, 2014-Jan. 6, 2015
In this issue: Spending 24 hours with Detroit squatters, local chefs hit Food Network, Windsor Comedy Fest back for second year, New Years Eve picks + more! Want a hard copy? Pick up a free newspaper...
View ArticleLocal chefs cook up competition on Food Network
A couple of Windsorites make national appearances on the small screen Two sushi chefs were recently scooped up for the taping of season two of Chopped: Canada on Food Network. The show, hosted by Dean...
View ArticleAsk a brewer: What is an adjunct?
Ask a Brewer is column where local brewers provide readers with an insightful and informative lens into the brewing industry. Paul Brady is the master brewer at Walkerville Brewery. Q:What is an...
View ArticleWalkerville Brewery unleashes their 2014 X-mas special brew
Not many people who would approve of drinking in the morning, but Walkerville Brewery’s new creation will have you ditching the coffee drip. The brewery released its seasonal beer last week, Coffee...
View ArticleALBUM: Blue Rodeo – A Merrie Christmas To You
Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas To You Warner Tis’ the season where for as long as recorded music has existed, record companies take their hottest properties and churn out another collection of the same...
View ArticleALBUM: Zarasutra – Uncertain Assertions
Zarasutra Uncertain Assertions S/R Zarasutra — the moniker used by local singer/songwriter Zara Dureno — has released a painfully beautiful road map of emotions. Produced by enigmatic local musician...
View ArticleRose City Politics: Should Windsor invest in neighbourhoods over mega projects?
Q: Do you support the focus on investing in neighbourhoods expressed in some Windsor city councillor campaigns? Do you believe this orientation represents a rebuke of the past four years of spending on...
View ArticleNEW YEAR’S EVE: The bubbliest bang for your buck
It wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve without a little bubbly. Sparkling wines can be delicious and affordable, but they by no means qualify as champagnes. Champagnes are only produced in Champagne, France and...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve 2014 event guide
The Urbanite’s hand-picked guide to ringing in the new year in Windsor NYE 2015 The City Grill Four-course prix-fixe menu, live entertainment, DJ, party favours, champagne toast 5 p.m. | $75 | 19+...
View ArticleThe Windsor Scene: A farewell to local legend George Hellow
Dead Samaritans pull a twosome, and Ann Arbor’s The Howling Loud bring dirty garage While the live music scene always slows down a little bit following the holidays, there’s still a few great shows...
View ArticleALBUM: Tire Swing Co. – Time Away EP
Tire Swing Co. Time Away EP Famous Last Records Tire Swing Co. — the solo project from Steven Oltean-Lepp of James OL & The Villains — emerged in 2014 with one of the year’s most unheralded gems in...
View ArticleALBUM: Silent Movie Type – Crickets
Silent Movie Type Crickets S/R Despite the likes of Brand New, Thursday and a handful of others the post-hardcore genre seems to be on something of a decline. Of course a band like Silent Movie Type by...
View ArticleAsk a Brewer: When good beer goes bad
Ask a Brewer is column where local brewers provide readers with an insightful and informative lens into the brewing industry. Paul Brady is the master brewer at Walkerville Brewery. Q:How do you know...
View ArticleGrrrls night out with The Alcohollys
The girls are back in town. Or at least they will be soon. London, Ont. bad girls of punk rawk and roll, The Alcohollys, are returning to the Rose City and this time they’re taking no prisoners....
View ArticleDitching New Year’s goals for real changes
Weight loss champ Pat Ryan on the tips that got him from 45% to 15% body fat EMILY ADAMS A local weight loss champion and actor wants to encourage others to drop New Year’s resolutions for proactive...
View Article’Stache for gold: when a business plan is under your nose
When Johnbill Carpenter was looking to start a business he didn’t realize the idea was right under his nose. Carpenter is finding that necessity is the mother of business with his newly cooked up...
View ArticleYEAR IN REVIEW: The most read stories of 2014
A lot can happen in a year whether it be the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall or gas prices plummeting at an ever accelerating rate. Closer to home in our own little berg there have been...
View ArticleRose City Politics: What’s on the Windsor-Essex political calendar for 2015?
Q: As we head into a new year what do you think will be the biggest surprise with political implications of 2015 in Windsor-Essex? Rose City Politics is written by three Windsor politicos to provide...
View ArticleThe Windsor Scene: Scottish singer swings in for sing-along
Silent Movie Type drops a new LP and Toronto’s Emmanuel Jal brings peace and hip-hop The weather has been great so far and that always makes for more exciting (and well attended) local shows in the...
View ArticleALBUM: Siren Phase – Grind and Obey
Siren Phase Grind and Obey S/R Local prog grunge rockers Siren Phase, the new project from former Anonymous Bosch frontman Corey Woodrich, released a teaser EP to announce their arrival on the local...
View ArticleAGW exhibit explores cross-border observation and the culture of fear
Now in its second year, the Art Gallery of Windsor is set to release its third installment of the highly-regarded Border Cultures exhibit. Border Cultures is a three-part exhibition exploring ideas on...
View ArticleBehind the wood: Larry Dalbello’s handmade guitars
When Larry Dalbello was a child he would spend countless days climbing a tree that stood on his property. Although the tree is long gone, his love for nature still consumes him and influences his...
View ArticleA stitch in time: Rediscovering the lost art of tailoring
Emily Adams The art of tailoring is a dying entity that may be getting superseded by bricolage contemporaries. During the past 50 years the number of tailors that design and produce clothes in Windsor...
View ArticleDetroit entrepreneurs create a new age typewriter
Where newspapers, calendars, rolodexes and fax machines once sat, desks are now cleared save for a single screen. A pair of Detroit entrepreneurs are trying to change that. Adam Leeb and Patrick Paul...
View ArticleAsk a Brewer: Camaraderie among craft brewers
Ask a Brewer is column where local brewers provide readers with an insightful and informative lens into the brewing industry. Paul Brady is the master brewer at Walkerville Brewery. Q:Tell me about...
View ArticleALBUM: James Burrows – Paradise Cinema
James Burrows Paradise Cinema S/R Imagine, if you will, an alternate reality where Bruce Springsteen and Brian Setzer were able to impregnate Yukon Blonde as their surrogate. If you can accomplish and...
View ArticleRose City Politics: The real purpose of public parking
Q: The City of Windsor is proposing to increase fees for its downtown parking garages by eliminating the ‘first hour free’ policy. The City of Windsor argues that it has some of the lowest parking...
View ArticleDrop the needles: Make a boho scarf with your arms
Emily Adams You can never own enough scarves, especially with the recent blast of cold weather. Once you get the hang of making these 30-minute scarves, you may never shop for another. Materials: 2...
View ArticleSweeney Todd production is sociopathic fun
Few plays make sociopathic murder as fun and entertaining as Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, opened on Broadway in 1979, adapted by...
View ArticleRose City Politics: Should the expressway be naturalized?
Q: One of the outcomes of the recent budget process vetted by Windsor city council was a decision to allow for greater naturalization of the EC Row Expressway. As a result the thoroughfare will see a...
View ArticleWindsorite earns spot on TV’s MasterChef
Home cook Suzy Cui’s culinary journey takes a leap into MasterChef Canada’s kitchen For the amount of time she spends smiling, it isn’t obvious to her many students how much Suzy Cui went through in...
View ArticleThe Windsor Scene: Mike O’Phee debuts solo effort
The Brains bring psychobilly back to Windsor and local music venue owner moves on Buckle in for some cold weather, but don’t let that stop you from checking out a slew of great showcases in the coming...
View ArticleALBUM: Mike O’Phee – Colors
Mike O’Phee Colors S/R Mike O’Phee toured North America under the name AlerG as one of the frontmen for Windsor’s rap-rock juggernauts, MicLordz & Sauce Funky. With the band on hiatus, O’Phee has...
View ArticleBest bets for a budget Valentine’s Day
Every Valentine’s Day, couples break the bank trying to create the most magical night for their significant others. Here’s some ideas to have a great Valentine’s Day without losing all of your money....
View ArticleA singles’ guide to the worst day of the year
If you’re anything like me this past year you’ve had several torrid love affairs, a pregnancy scare and the crushing malaise of being alone. In this case, it’s really only the third part that matters...
View ArticleThe Windsor Scene: Windsor Hip Hop Radio launches online
Historic FM Lounge renovates and reopens as The Pawn Shop Ballroom Chicago singer/songwriter Matthew Frantz hits Windsor before heading over to Europe on tour, with a stop at Phog Lounge (157...
View ArticleALBUM: B.A. Johnston – Shit Sucks
B.A. Johnston Shit Sucks Mammoth Cave Recording Co. Hamilton’s B.A. Johnston is like beer — he’s an acquired taste. You may not like him the first time, you may not like him the second time. In fact,...
View ArticleThe Windsor Scene: Roots night takes over Venue Music Hall
Hamilton indie rockers The Bandicoots hit town and Windsor has a metal supergroup The weather is warming up and so are the shows around town! There’s lots to choose from in the next two weeks! Guitar...
View ArticleAvoid the aftermath of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
St. Patty’s day starts off innocently enough until all responsibilities are left behind and it’s nothing but green beer and “Kiss me, I’m Irish” t-shirts. Drinking copious amounts of booze all in the...
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