From July 18 to 28, 2019 – a number of South Granville’s restaurants will be celebrating local blueberries in sweet and savoury offerings throughout the historic neighbourhood.
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To launch the start of this year’s fresh blueberry season, the is teaming up with the to celebrate all things blue – as in blueberries. is a 10-day event that will take place from July 18 - 28 within the restaurants, shops, boutiques and the historic Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»neighbourhood.
If you ever spent your summers rifling through shrubs looking for those perfect morsels of sweet blue goodness, you know that blueberries are definitely a thing worth celebrating. With that in mind, a number of South Granville’s restaurants will be featuring local blueberries in both savoury and sweet offerings, as well as cocktails and beverages.
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For instance, Vij’s Rangoli will be serving a Savoury Chaat (whole wheat crisps with spicy potatoes, chickpeas) with blueberry chutney (vegan) and JamJar will be serving up a refreshing Blueberry + Artichoke Salad, Lamb Shank with Blueberry Jus and seasonal Blueberry Bread Pudding for dessert. There will also be a sweet blueberry hummus and blueberry sumac jam served on the side.Â
Ouisi Bistro will be hosting a Blues night on Friday July 19th from 7pm - 10pm cheekily called the Blueberry Jam. Ouisi will be featuring Cannery Row, a trio performing music evolved from the blues of memphis to Mississippi with their dinner special of a buttermilk marinated-cornmeal crusted catfish filet with blueberry-pink grapefruit salsa, red beans, green rice and cornbread. The music is free, but the special will be $18.50.
Granville Street itself (from 5th to 16th Ave), will be transformed with hues of blue as various retailers will be celebrating blueberries in their own way; with special promotions, sales, events and decor. You can also enter for a chance to win a blueberry inspired menu tasting during Go Blue on South Granville .
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To learn more about Go Blue on South Granville, visit the official Facebook event page .