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Famished for the food truck

Ottawa Street’s Sew Hungry began in 2013 as a way to celebrate Hamilton’s burgeoning food truck culture. Both are still going strong. As Ottawa Street gears up for the return of Sew Hungry on May 11, the food truck scene in Hamilton has never been more vibrant. Hamilton…
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Generations of fabulous food

These Hamilton-born food empires – all founded by immigrants who arrived in the post-war boom – are now iconic fixtures of this city’s past and present. After World War II, many European families immigrated to Hamilton and broadened the city culturally. Statistically, one of the peak years for…
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Downtown Dundas: All but food perfect

Hamilton is a city blessed with great food and dining districts. Here, we feature downtown Dundas. If you’re a certain age you may recall people being referred to as an “old coot,” implying that they were silly, an oddball. The Oxford Dictionary suggests that the expression…
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Hess Village: The veterans and the newcomers

Hamilton is a city blessed with  great food and dining districts. We will regularly be profiling local culinary corridors and we start here with Hess Village. My earliest memory of Hess Village is a visit to a stylish salon to have my “colours” done – a fabric draping…
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Sweet and spicy

Hamilton is home to a pair of iconic companies that are as delicious as they are historic. Hamilton is well-known for its healthcare, education and manufacturing sectors but let’s not forget about the city’s reputation for delectable and delicious food. In fact, we have two historic companies that…
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Some like it hot

For those who like it on the spicier side, there are many entrants to the sizzling hot sauce game in Hamilton and Burlington. Scrolling through Instagram, I encountered an account with this comment: “I was so pumped to get three of your sauces in my stocking!” Admittedly, I'm…
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