SWEET TREATS & LATTE FESTIVAL

Covid mandates have made for a couple of rough years for many businesses in Edmonton. To counter that a number of businesses in Old Strathcona got together last year to begin a cozy winter festival aimed at getting Edmontonians out of the house to support local businesses.Yesterday was the beginning of the second annual Sweet Treats & Latte Festival which will run throughout the month of February. The 17 participating bakeries, coffee shops and restaurants in The Sweet Treats & Latte Festival offer special menu items that cost around $5 or $6.“It’s really focused on all the incredible and growing numbers of bakeries, cafes, ice cream shops — anything sweet — in Old Strathcona,” said Old Strathcona Business Association executive director Cherie Klassen.

Here's a link to the 17 participating Old Strathcona bakeries, coffee shops and restaurants and the special treats they are offering.

The forecast for the next week looks balmy (for Edmonton in February) so why not get out to enjoy the warmer weather and a sweet treat in Old Strathcona.