Brunch

Yellow Door Bistro is now offering brunch on Saturday and Sunday until 2:00pm! Join them for a beautiful buffet featuring dishes in mini Le Creuset pots or choose from a selection of a la carte options.

Make your reservations online by clicking here.  

A must-try dinner item!

Artist Profile: Tresa Gibson

Energy, Passion and Free Expression

Back in February, Kensington Riverside Inn hosted the official reveal of their guestroom renovations and to complete the reveal, we had Tresa Gibson feature a few of her beautiful pieces; a fitting place for both Tresa Gibson and her artwork. 

Tresa's art often presents a simultaneous sense of order and chaos, drawing out unique emotions from her viewers. She best expresses herself with a palette knife, using oil on canvas and enjoys creating art that balance color and depth. Her subjects are diverse and her color palette varied.  Aspen and Birch forests display a wide array of warm tones in all seasons.  Dark cityscapes enlighten the big city feel.  Airy bright florals contrast with pure passionate abstracts.

Tresa's inspiration comes from many years of travelling and research. Her travel has taken her from the Canadian Rockies to the Arizona desert, while intersecting big cities such as New York, London and Paris. Her exceptional paintings can be found in homes across North America and in several important corporate locations.

In Calgary, Tresa's art may be found in Latitude Art Gallery and Effusion Art Gallery.  For more on Tresa, or to contact, see her website at www.tresagibson.ca.  

Easter Brunch

Join us at the Inn this Easter, Sunday March 31, for our fabulous Easter Brunch Tasting featuring the creations of Chef de Cuisine Chris Barton and our Breakfast Chef, Tim Strain. 

AMA 2013 Diamond Awards

We are very proud to announce, for the second consecutive year, Chef's Table has been awarded the prestigious AAA Four-Diamond Award. This is a very prestigious award as Chef's Table is one of three restaurants to receive this rating alongside Catch and La Chaumière. These three restaurants represent the very best that Calgary has to offer in the hospitality & culinary industry. 

Four-Diamond rated properties are distinguishable as fine-dining establishments featuring highly creative chefs, imaginative presentations and fresh, top-quality ingredients, not to mention proficient service staff and upscale surroundings where wine stewards offer menu-specific knowledge.

Four and Five Diamond restaurants and hotels make up just 0.2 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively of the total 59,000 CAA/AAA approved and Diamond rated establishments

Exclusive News 

We're going through some changes over the next couple of weeks as we prepare for pool season. Hint: Teal, Aqua & White! Stay tuned for exclusive information about the Raw Bar's transformation.

We're less than 100 days away from Calgary's 10-day festival, the Calgary Stampede! It's time to Giddy Up and plan your biggest party! Being only 4 blocks away from the grounds themselves, we're located right around the excitement.

We're quickly filling up our guestrooms and function space and we don't want you to miss out. For more information about availability and rates, please contact our Sales & Events team at 403.206.9564 or email sales@hotelarts.ca.

Tickets are also on sale for various events taking place on the ground including the Chuckwagon Races, Rodeo and the Grandstand Show. Visit http://cs.calgarystampede.com/events/.  

• Julie Van Roosendahl mentions the fabulous desserts from YBD for top 5 desserts in Calgary on CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/02/26/calgary-julie-dessert-sweetest-spots.html.   

• Avenue Magazine food columnist Dan Clapson dropped by Yellow Door Bistro last week and posted about his experience in this week's Avenue e-newsletter along with a nice shout-out for our talented team in the Raw Bar:  http://www.avenuecalgary.com/blogs/new-restaurant-yellow-door-bistro.   

• Raw Bar was featured in the Globe & Mail in an article by Kelly Nestruck about great cocktail places to go after the show.  He enjoyed Eden's Love Affair and some spicy sashimi in the company of Rebecca Northan whose improvised "Blind Date" is going on the road to the UK next: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/cocktails-in-calgary-where-to-go-after-the-show/article10317855/.   

• Raw Bar was featured in Sharp Magazine's story on the Most Stylish Hotel Bars across Canada. With Christina Mah making amazing cocktails and Sous Chef Jinhee Lee preparing delicious Asian-fusion bites, Raw Bar is definitely worthy of a visit or three: http://sharpformen.com/fooddrink/the-most-stylish-hotel-bars-lounges-in-canada/.   

• FFWD Weekly Food Columnist Tara MacKinnon visited Yellow Door Bistro shortly after our Grand Opening and enjoyed sampling our new offerings: http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/life-style/food/new-hotel-arts-bistro-is-top-notch-10513.   

• Calgary Herald Social Scene Columnist Bill Brooks attended the Grand Opening Party for Yellow Door Bistro and shared some highlights in his weekend blog: http://www.calgaryherald.com/touch/story.html?id=8064744.   

• Renowned food writer John Gilchrist visited Yellow Door Bistro shortly after the Grand Opening and claims"It's a winner" in his column in the Calgary Herald: http://www.calgaryherald.com/touch/story.html?id=8071132.  

• Swerve Editor, Valerie Berenyi attended the Grand Opening Party of Yellow Door Bistro and shared her thoughts in the attached blog.:http://www.canada.com/mobile/story.html?id=8025717.  

Sled Island announces headliners!

Sled Island is an annual music & arts festival in Calgary which takes place in June. Sled Island announce the first wave of headlines for the 2013 which certainly created some early excitement around the festival. 2013 headliners include The Jesus and Mary Train, Spencer Blues Explosion, the Joel Plaskett Emergency, Explosions In The Sky, and more!

Visit www.sledisland.com for more information and to purchase festival passes.

Alberta Ballet 47th Season 

Alberta Ballet announces their 2013/2014 season which is said to be "Iconic" and will be the most exciting season the company has ever presented. Performances include Madame Butterfly, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Ailey II, Giselle and a world premiere, Joni.

For more information about the upcoming season visit Alberta Ballet's brand new website, www.albertaballet.com.

Glenbow Museum 

Our friends at the Glenbow Museum always have a great array of programming. We're excited to check out another great homegrown exhibit with their Artist In Residence, Corb Lund, for his curated exhibit that takes place until April 28th: "No Roads Here: Corb Lund's Alberta". To learn more about this and other exhibits at the glenbow, please visit them online at www.glenbow.org .

ATP Blitz Weekend takes place April 5-7 and Hotel Arts is pleased to offer discounted rates for those attending. Register today to see all four world premieres in the Enbridge playRites Festival, take part in a panel discussion about an exciting new cross-cultural performance examining the creation of Alberta's Treaty 7, see a showcase of new work by dynamic Canadian playwriting duo Daniela Vlaskalic and Beth Graham and enjoy opportunities to meet artistic decision makers from around the world. It all happens in this final weekend of the ATP Enbridge Playwrites Festival!

For more information visit http://www.atplive.com/playRites/blitz_weekend.html.  

AdRodeo's Anvil Awards

On Friday, April 12, Hotel Arts welcomes the brightest and best minds in the creative world to AdRodeo's Anvil Awards. We love the dress code theme that they've chosen: Vintage Prep School. As always, this is bound to be a fun celebratory event. For ticket and theme info, please visit: http://www.adrodeo.com/events.