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❚ Bright Sunburger
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Fans of the late Underground Café in the Exchange District are welcoming a familiar friendly face back to the ‘ hood at The Atrium on Albert ( opposite top right ). Chef Wendy Murray brings her special brand of comfort food to the iconic Royal Albert Hotel . Unlike her former basement café brimming with quirky

artistic flair , her new streetside atrium space beckons neighbourhood shoppers to a bright room awash with sunlight . The best part ? The menu includes “ Underground ” signatures like sunburger , a seedy veg patty on a bagel slathered in creamy dill sauce , and better than practically anything spicy tuna salad on spongy marble rye . 48 Albert St . 204-942-2775 .
❚ Collect Cookies

Cookies , cakes , pastries and mash-up combinations continue to sweeten our lives in new creative ways . Spring has sprung two new sweet spots to sugar fix , and both are cute as can be . Sugar Mama Cookie Company ( bottom left ) creator and mama of three Vicki Melo pivoted her homebased business to a bakeshop café in the heart of St . Boniface . The blue monster would swoon over these quirky creations loaded with everything from chocolate chips to candies , nuts and pretzels , and truth be told our sweet tooth is loving every morsel too . 184 Provencher Blvd . 204-306- 6262 . River Heights residents can visit pretty in pink Sweet Impressions ( top ) for a sweet bite and dunking bevvy . This bakery has established a loyal

Photography by : Sweet Impressions , Sugar Mama Cookie Company
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