Eating outdoors at Little Brick a unique Edmonton experience
MARTA GOLD
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The outdoor space at Riverdale’s Little Brick is unlike any in the city. The term patio doesn’t do it justice; it’s more of a secret garden you happen upon, where a bunch of kind and hospitable strangers bring you food and drink.
You’d be hard-pressed to find it if you didn’t know it was there, tucked in the middle of this urban, river-valley neighbourhood. The trick is spotting the open gate and the discreet sign. Inside there’s a grassy yard, a patio and a deck, with picnic tables, outdoor furniture and custom-made fire pits bordered by perennials and planters. At the centre of it all is the Little brick house, a heritage home once owned by brickyard baron J.B. Little that was long past its prime when local restaurateur Nate Box and his business partners took it over.
Box, the same guy who brought Edmonton crazy-good gourmet sandwiches from his tiny Oliver shop, Elm, and delicious underground coffee at Burrow in the Central LRT station, is becoming an old hand at unconventional projects.
He and his team have taken a rundown heritage home with no commercial kitchen or street-front presence and turned it into a thriving little café and retail space with food, gifts and other locally made items. There’s a front counter for ordering and several seating areas in different rooms of the house. In the winter, it’s quite a cosy spot. But this time of year, it’s a sprawling, backyard free-for-all, albeit a booze-free version that shuts down at 4 p.m.
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