Eatdrink #81 January/February 2020
The LOCAL Food & Drink Magazine serving London, Stratford & Southwestern Ontario since 2007
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eatdrink: The Local Food & Drink Magazine<br />
The Nigerian-inspired YaYa’s Kitchen offers a<br />
monthly pop-up street-food experience at the<br />
London Food Incubator. 630 Dundas Street,<br />
319-3436, facebook.com/pages/category/<br />
Local-Business/yayas-kitchen-London-<br />
Ontario-367184394035958/<br />
Donald and Nora Yuriaan’s charming Indonesianinspired<br />
Dragonfly Bistro has changed hands.<br />
The friendly new owners have turned the 14-seat<br />
restaurant into a casual Viet-Thai takeaway serving<br />
items such as Fresh Rolls, Mango Salad, Pkuet Pad<br />
Thai and Thai Red Curry. 715 Richmond Street, 519-<br />
858-8888, dragonflypadthai.ca<br />
Chef Logan Withers, formerly of Abruzzi Ristorante<br />
and Toronto’s acclaimed Canis, will be leading<br />
the culinary team at Chef Dave Lamers and<br />
Rob D’Amico’s eagerly anticipated new Taverna<br />
13Thirtyone on Hyde Park Road. Lamers tells us<br />
“Taverna” is expected to open early <strong>February</strong> <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
1331 Hyde Park Road, taverna1331.ca<br />
Michelle Pierce-Hamilton announced an exciting<br />
new collaboration with Chef Josh Sawyer that<br />
brings a brand new menu to The Tea Lounge.<br />
Launching <strong>January</strong> 17, the menu will boast creative<br />
offerings such as soups, salads and sandwich<br />
entrées — flavourful, delicious, whole food,<br />
plant-based — with flare. The Tea Lounge will be<br />
serving this new lunch menu daily and will expand<br />
into weekend dinners. The Tea Lounge offers<br />
100+ sommelier-selected teas, lattes and French<br />
press coffee. Pierce-Hamilton continues to offer<br />
an array of classes, events, private bookings and<br />
experiences. 268 Piccadilly Street, 519-601-8327,<br />
tealoungelondon.com<br />
Score Pizza, a fast-casual pizza experience,<br />
recently opened in beautifully refurbished<br />
premises that formerly housed Kiss the Cook. The<br />
pizzeria offers fresh, quality, customizable pizza<br />
from a stone-fired oven in an open kitchen. There<br />
are gluten-free offerings and a wide selection<br />
of signature and seasonal toppings. Owner Joel<br />
Burnstein tells us that the official Grand Opening<br />
will commence the week of <strong>January</strong> 20. 551<br />
Richmond St., 519-601-8327, scorepizza.ca<br />
Stratford<br />
The Slow Food Perth County Sunday Market<br />
runs 10am–2pm indoors at downtown Festival<br />
Marketplace Mall until May, when it moves to the<br />
Market Square at City Hall. You’ll find local produce,<br />
bread, soup, sweets, soap, healthy treats, crafty<br />
Your love of all things Italian begins at<br />
Gift Cards<br />
Available<br />
Bring back “homemade”<br />
again with Marshall’s Pasta!<br />
519-652-7659 • HWY 401 & 4 • pastosgrill.com<br />
580 Adelaide St N, London<br />
519-672-7827<br />
Quality<br />
Convenient<br />
Meals<br />
Healthy Food the Whole<br />
Family Will Love!<br />
We use<br />
Enriched<br />
Durum<br />
Semolina Flour<br />
for all our pastas.<br />
3.5 grams of fibre per serving<br />
Plus NO SUGAR ADDED to our sauces.<br />
MON–FRI 9:30am–7pm • SAT 9:30am–5pm • SUN 11am–5pm<br />
Full menu available at marshallspastacatering.ca
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