inthekitchen
flipping
burgers
restaurant of the year:
Nuburger
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With fresh, local ingredients, an eye
on sustainability, and wild flavour
combinations, Nuburger turns fast food
on its head.
by Joelle Kidd
Last year, the pastry chef at four-star rated New York restaurant
Del Posto left his job. Weeks later, he was behind the counter in his
own shop—not swirling spun sugar, or torching crème brûlées, but
grilling veggie burgers, in a paper cap.
In the last decade, the popularity of fast casual spots has
skyrocketed, while fine dining has embraced ‘rustic’, ‘homestyle’, and
‘comfort food’ as menu headers. Fast food has gone gourmet, and the
burger has taken its place at the top of the food chain.
On our side of the 49th parallel, the story has been much the same,
and in Winnipeg, a genuine passion for patties and local eating has
given us the burger shack of our dreams: Nuburger.
In the five years since the opening of its first location in Osborne
Village, the restaurant has redefined fast food for Winnipeg. Not
only does it deliver on health and flavour, it is one of the province’s
most environmentally responsible eateries, dedicated to promoting
local suppliers and regional tastes. It is for this eat local philosophy
that Nuburger has been awarded Ciao! Magazine’s 2016 Good Food
Manitoba award for Restaurant of the Year.
Before burger frenzy had swept the dining scene, longtime friends
Kyle Matheson and Marc Priestly were dreaming of dressed-up
patties. “We always loved burgers, but we didn’t like the way they
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ciao! / aug/sep / two thousand sixteen