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    Jef's Cafe

    3.9 (9 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Friendly staff, great coffee, homemade hot soup and sandwich for a good price. Local art and comfortable surroundings.

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    Fifendekel

    Fifendekel

    (48 reviews)

    $$

    Food is good, however the ambi was poor. The location at 118ave and 149 street had the morning…read moreradio on and so loud it took away from a quiet morning to simply enjoy a breakfast and have a quiet meaningful conversation. it would have been best to not play the commercial radio at all. Who determined that they should play the radio that loud and that early in the morning. I don't think that they understand a that blaring radio takes away from the experienc. So when this happen, who do you tell.

    Who doesn't love a fresh and classic sandwich? Who doesn't love a freshly baked pie? Fifendekel is…read moreone of those places that has been around forever, to the point where you might not regularly think of them. But maybe you should. Sandwiches and pie are their literal bread and butter! The Edmonton Journal named Fifendekel the Best Sub/Sandwich Shop 2021 which goes to show that even though they've been around for 41 years, this sandwich shop is still doing something incredibly right. While I've eaten their catering at work meetings many times in the past, I'm not sure that I'd ever visited their actual location. I was happy to pop in on a Saturday afternoon for lunch! Speaking of locations, Fifendekel has four of them in the city - you can find them in practically every corner of town. However, I believe that their southside shop in Coronet Industrial is the oldest. Yes, it's a bit of a weird area filled with a bunch of warehouses, but it's surprising the amount of cool businesses that can be found in these types of areas. Not everyone can be located on the coolest street in town and you will certainly miss out if you don't venture off of the beaten path. The restaurant itself is large and spacious on the inside with many tables for seating. There's room for everyone! The casual room feels like it was updated recently with modern paint colours and art framed in fun primary-coloured frames. Because of the large space I did find the lighting a bit dark as there isn't much natural light toward the back of the restaurant. Approaching the counter, it becomes immediately apparent that this is where all of the magic is happening. One counter is dedicated to creating customized sandwiches while the opposite side is a gleaming showcase of pie slices. The staff working was quite young and while they got the job done effectively, I found that they didn't have any desire to answer questions and seemed inconvenienced by much else than staying on task. I was excited to order a sandwich because the sandwiches are the main thing! It had to be the Auto Bahn (A turkey, roast beef, and ham road trip - $9.99) for me because it felt the most special. As you can tell, there's an underlying German vibe at Fifendekel. I was first asked the type of bread that I wanted. Fifendekel offers; white, 60% wheat, multigrain, rye, gluten-free, and their in-store baked and hand sliced sunflower bread. Clearly the best choice is the housemade sunflower bread. They didn't have it. The person making my sandwich seemed annoyed that I even asked for it. So I settled for multigrain. Made right in front of me, I was able to choose and customize the exact toppings that I wanted on my sandwich, creating my own handheld masterpiece. There were quite a lot of choices and I selected mustard & mayo, tomato, lettuce, sprouts, pickles, and both cheddar and havarti cheese. It was a tall stack! I enjoyed this incredibly fresh sandwich very much. While they didn't have the bread that I wanted, the multigrain was lovely and soft. It seemed to have been baked recently and was a delightful container for the rest of the sandwich - not too crusty or dense. The deli meats were of high quality. Their roast beef is touted as Alberta's best and oven roasted. All of the vegetables were beautifully bright, lending themselves to a rainbow of freshness between bread slices. This was an excellent, well-made sandwich. It's what a sandwich is supposed to be. I would have liked if the sandwich came with a little side of chips or something, that would be a really nice touch. We were struggling with what to order for my son and no one suggested The Essentials sandwich, which is purposely made for kids. I only realized that this was an option later. The staff just didn't seem very engaged or interested in being helpful. Of course soups and salads are a main meal component at Fifendekel. A sandwich with a soup or a salad is basically the most classic lunch that there is. After some consideration I decided to try the Curry Pasta Salad ($4.15 for regular size) which was the feature salad for the day. It looked pretty good! This pasta salad was a delight! The creamy curry sauce was distinct and flavourful, coating every piece of pasta thoroughly. There were nice crisp vegetables throughout and the biggest surprise were the raisins! I did not expect to find raisins in this salad but I loved them. They added little bursts of sweetness which balanced beautifully with the sweetness from the curry. I know that people "don't like raisins in things" but in this case it was a success. I wanted to try the Dekeled Eggs, a mini ham and cheddar quiche but they didn't have any. The other very important aspect of Fifendekel is the pie. The whole thing is the pie! In fact, the restaurant started because they used to make ice cream and they wanted pie to go with the ice cream. Not the other way around! Today their menu boasts at least 16 different types of pie with various rotating feature pies al

    Chopped Leaf windermere - omg LOVE CHOPPED LEAF!!! The franchise is always at this location with a "are you-how are things?" I feel great eating

    Chopped Leaf windermere

    (5 reviews)

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    I love chopped leaf! The sunshine salad is my go to, but I'm also a sucker for whole bowl #2…read more Anything with that goddess sauce! I popped in for a quick lunch today and it was an okay experience. The customer service was on par with other locations (not amazing I'm afraid. Kind of abrupt) but they were very speedy making my food and were even nice enough to bring it over to my table. I must say that I've never had a negative thing to say about their food before, but this time the chicken was really dry and the apple was pretty beaten up. The avocado, lettuce and sauce were bang on though! I'm assuming this location is a bit newer and needs to get into the swing of things. Not a terrible experience, but not as wicked as other locations.

    I have tried other chopped leaf locations and have always been more than satisfied. This location…read morehas the ability to be great too however, they suffer from terrible customer service. The first time I ate here I ordered a salad with tofu. My salad came out with chicken on it. No big deal... but then I saw them just take the chicken off and then try to give it back to me. When I said something about it the girl just rolled her eyes at me and grabbed the salad out of my hand and made me new one. Thanks for the salad but I don't need your attitude! I don't eat meat so I'm not cool with eating a salad that has pieces of chicken still remaining on it. I decided to try this place again and ordered the salad rolls. They lacked flavour and I wouldn't recommend them. They are not your traditional salad rolls at all and definitely need more to them. I wish I could recommend this place because the other chopped leaf restaurants I've been to I've really loved. Maybe if this one gets rid of its rude staff it will be better.

    Jef's Cafe - soup - Updated May 2026

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