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| - Nancy and I are big fans of the pig and firmly believe in promoting bacon as a food group. The Swine & Sow Wine & Ale House on 6th Avenue SW equals double fantastic.
Self-described as "Ranch-to-Table" the menu is rich in pork and flavour. With starters like scotch eggs, pork bellies, pork & veal meatballs, and crispy pork rinds you had better arrive with an appetite.
Their signature is the Swine Burger with cured belly and back bacon, pig cheese, and aioli on a crusty kaiser but we preferred the Swine Smoky with handmade pork shoulder, bacon (double whammy of pig!), apple & foie gras sausage, beer mustard, and cabbage slaw on a pretzel bun. The pork belly ravioli with pear & blue cheese filling was richly delicious and was gobbled back.
The Swine & Sow was formerly the Parker House Grill and Wine Bar and is located in the historic Lougheed Building. The Parker House blown glass chandeliers remain but the interior is now punched up with red, black, white, and wood. Slick with a touch of swine. There is a private party room downstairs and I am told the women's bathroom has a fireplace. Nancy was not able to find a place to hang her bag in a bathroom stall so you may have to get creative or leave your purse to warm by the fire.
We are going to enjoy coming back to Swine & Sow again and again - and again. With no room for the maple bacon crème brûlée or the biscuits & gravy dessert we had better jog to the restaurant next time.
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