Fit For A Wedding Feast
On February 20th 2011, John Gilchrist wrote a great article on hosting weddings at restaurants. Follow this link to read the article – the photo is from a wedding at Alloy and the photographers are DQ Studios.
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A Culinary Oasis
Alloy already standing apart Alloy is one of the latest additions to an increasingly crowded restaurant scene in Calgary. Located just east of Macleod Trail on 42 Avenue S.E., close to the 39th Avenue LRT station, it is housed in a nondescript one-story building. Once stepping indoors, the unsuspecting patron is greeted by a very [...]
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Location, Location… Aw, Forget About It
A new Calgary eatery goes where no restaurateur has gone before. With all the emphasis these days on cutting down our carbon footprint it’s nice to se that a new restaurant — Alloy — has taken this to heart and located itself next to the Safeway frozen food warehouse near MacLeod Trail to cut down [...]
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Loving Latin
South of the equator ingredients get fused with local ones to create culinary masterpieces Inventive fusions result when Latin meets Jewish greets Pan-Asian. Sometimes it works, as it does in the skilled hands of Rogelio Hererra. The fare at his restaurant, Alloy, is a blend and an attitude. His cross-border culinary chops draw on his [...]
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Darren Fabian – Alloy
Though he is no longer classified as a bartender, Alloy’s manager, Darren Fabian, knows his way around the wood. With 10 years of experience in both the front and back of the house in a number of Canadian cities, the Saskatoon native qualifies as a n industry veteran. Fabian believes cocktails need to be crafted [...]
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Alloy there! Tasty treats await
It’s almost hidden among the warehouses, service yards and wholesale joints in the city’s near-southeast. But get in closer to this unobtrusive spot, and you’ll notice the bonsai-trimmed trees, white bamboo and faux-cherry blossoms that give the place a slight Japanese feel, though it’s hardly the theme at the new Alloy. Beginning last May, a [...]
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Alloy fuses fine food, affordability
“Ok, Virginia, get this straight. It’s not fusion… it’s Alloy. Fusion is so last decade.” It has taken a few years, but finally… the birth of Alloy. We have awaited the opening of this restaurant with much anticipation. It is the effort of one of the city’s well-respected chefs, Rogelio Herrera, ex of Wildwood, Divino [...]
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25 Best Eats in Calgary Part Three
This is a favourite new spot to dine with its tasty Latin-inspired food, great modern vibe and perfect patio. And the bread pudding! » Read Full Article
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Calgary’s Best Restaurants 2010: Avenue’s 7th Annual Awards
Your need-to-know guide to the city’s top restaurants: 86 eateries in 31 categories For this year’s Avenue food awards, we took a new approach: the readers’ picks that came back in droves from our online survey were combed through and given the nod by our esteemed panel of judges. The reason for this, quite simply, [...]
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Delicious By Design
With colourful style expressed in both his clothing and his business, Uri Heilik, co-owner of Alloy restaurant, handles the heat both inside and outside of the kitchen At 33, Uri Heilik says he is living his boyhood fantasy. “My mom taught me how to cook and I’ve loved it since I was eight,” he says. [...]
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Industrial Gem
Alloy may be out of sight, but it is definitely not out of mind About this time last year, Uri Heilik and Rogelio Herrera stood beside 42nd Avenue S.E., watching semi-trailers pull into the Safeway warehouse across the road. Looking left, they saw loads of lumber heading out of Timber Town. Looking right, they could [...]
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