Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back, girlfriend behind dog rescue TV show
The Blue Bombers running back and his girlfriend have started filming a new show for CBC that's scheduled to air next spring called Must Love Dogs.
Viewers will see the Winnipeg couple hit the road on dog rescue missions across Manitoba as they try to save as many four-legged friends as possible before winter hits.
Supplied
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira (right) and his girlfriend, Alex Blumberg. Blumberg says Must Love Dogs 'shows that regular people can do extraordinary things and make the world a better place.'
Supplied
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira (right) and his girlfriend, Alex Blumberg. Blumberg says Must Love Dogs 'shows that regular people can do extraordinary things and make the world a better place.'
Season 1 will feature 10 episodes, lasting 30 minutes each.
'It's very exciting. I think Alex and I wanted this to happen for one reason only, and that is to shine a spotlight on an issue and cause that's near and dear to our hearts, which is obviously dogs and animal rescue,' Oliveira told the Free Press this week.
Blumberg added: 'It will spotlight the issues that we do have in Manitoba that a lot of people probably have no idea about… It's not just you see a cute puppy and it's up for adoption, there's so much more that goes into it. We're just really excited to share that story and have it be in our hometown.'
The canines are the focus, but cameras will also roll on Oliveira's life as a Blue Bomber. Filming began before training camp and will continue throughout the 2025 season, going behind the scenes on the highs and lows of his gridiron career.
'Obviously, everyone sees the results on game day when we're under the lights, and that's all good and everything, but people don't see everything that goes into being a pro athlete and playing at a high level,' said Oliveira, the reigning CFL Most Outstanding Player and a two-time Most Outstanding Canadian.
'It's going to bring a lot of eyes and a lot of great recognition and, hopefully, more viewership to the CFL because I want this league to continue to grow. I think this show is going to blow up, not just here in Canada, but internationally and in the U.S. This is going to be amazing for everyone.'
'Alex and I wanted this to happen for one reason only, and that is to shine a spotlight on an issue and cause that's near and dear to our hearts'–Brady Oliveira
How does Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea feel about pulling back the curtain for a production crew?
'I don't think he's too fond of cameras in general. But we have had a conversation about this,' said Oliveira.
'He's excited for me, and if it's something that you're very passionate about, he's on board. He understands that this isn't just about Alex and I, this is about a greater good, a greater cause.'
Supplied
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira (right) and his girlfriend, Alex Blumberg. Oliveira says the show shines 'a spotlight on an issue and cause that's near and dear to our hearts, which is obviously dogs and animal rescue.'
Supplied
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira (right) and his girlfriend, Alex Blumberg. Oliveira says the show shines 'a spotlight on an issue and cause that's near and dear to our hearts, which is obviously dogs and animal rescue.'
After Oliveira and Blumberg met each other through their work with K9 Advocacy Manitoba, the couple started travelling in the winter months to places like Mexico and Bali, Indonesia, where they filmed a video miniseries for The Dodo — a brand that shares animal-related stories to millions of online followers.
Making the jump to television was the goal, and it turns out a chance encounter in a hotel lobby in Mexico got the ball rolling.
Oliveira was on his way to take out a rescue pup for a walk when producers John Hall and Kayvon Saremi, who were in Cabo San Lucas at the time working on a project for Netflix, struck up a conversation.
'When I shared the work that we do, it kind of sparked something in their heads where they were like, 'This sounds like a TV show,'' said Oliveira. 'They've been grinding the last two years to put something together. We created a pilot trailer and a pitch deck, and then they've been doing their thing, trying to sell it to different networks and here we are.'
'I think meeting them was definitely the reason this all transpired,' said Blumberg, a realtor for Monopoly Realty. 'For a few years, they fought for us, and they believed in what we were doing and now it's coming to fruition and we're super fortunate for the group that they put together to be a part of this.'
The show is produced by Omnifilm Entertainment, a content company based out of Vancouver. The series will also recognize local organizations such as K9 Advocacy, Winnipeg Pet Rescue and Manitoba Animal Alliance, as well as independent rescuers like Jasmine Colucci and Ryan Klassen.
'It just shows that regular people can do extraordinary things and make the world a better place.'–Alex Blumberg
The rescue adventures in the debut season all take place in Indigenous communities across the province.
'You're going to see incredible Indigenous people in these communities that are our contacts when we go to these communities,' said Oliveira.
'They're the ones that are doing the work every single day when we're not there… You're going to see many amazing individuals that are just trying to help their community in a positive way.'
Above everything else, Oliveira and Blumberg hope the show inspires others to get out and help.
'It doesn't really matter how busy life is, you can always make time for something you're passionate about,' said Blumberg.
'It just shows that regular people can do extraordinary things and make the world a better place.'
taylor.allen@freepress.mb.ca
On hiatus
The Free Press sports editor keeps you up to date on all that's happening on the ice, the field, the court, and places in between.
Taylor AllenReporter
Taylor Allen is a sports reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Taylor was the Vince Leah intern in the Free Press newsroom twice while earning his joint communications degree/diploma at the University of Winnipeg and Red River College Polytechnic. He signed on full-time in 2019 and mainly covers the Blue Bombers, curling, and basketball. Read more about Taylor.
Every piece of reporting Taylor produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Global News
11 minutes ago
- Global News
Saskatchewan Rattlers eliminated from playoff contention for 3rd straight year
A summer without playoffs: it's a feeling the Saskatchewan Rattlers have faced since last making the dance in 2022 and will now reflect on again. The Rattlers were officially eliminated from Canadian Elite Basketball League playoff contention last Friday, dropping a 100-79 decision on the road to the Vancouver Bandits. 'It's tough not going to to the playoffs for I think it's the third consecutive year,' Rattlers guard Devontè Bandoo said. 'I think we just got to finish the season strong, just show the fans that there's hope in the future. Hopefully I can be here next year in the beginning and things can be better than how we started.' The loss to Vancouver dropped Saskatchewan's record on the 2025 season to a sobering 4-14, which has the Snakes sitting dead last in the CEBL's Western Conference. Story continues below advertisement With the Winnipeg Sea Bears (7-10) already taking up one of four playoff spots in the West as hosts for CEBL Championship Weekend, the Rattlers would have needed to catch the Edmonton Stingers (11-7) for third place to qualify. It's the latest in a string of disappointing finishes to the regular season for Saskatchewan, with its last playoff game coming on Aug. 7, 2022 in a 108-96 loss to the Scarborough Shooting Stars. 'Yeah, it's frustrating,' Rattlers head coach Eric Magdanz said. 'We're all in this business to try to win, so to not have that opportunity to go for a championship is frustrating. We're trying to build a level of culture and a level of consistency, I think that's one of the reasons why I was brought in this year was to give some consistency to the coaching staff. So it's something we're going to look at moving forward.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Thanks to the league's expanded schedule of 24 games this season, the Rattlers will have some extra time to reflect on the end to their campaign with six games left on their schedule. 2:06 Saskatchewan Rattlers see playoff hopes dealt massive blow in loss to Calgary Even though playoffs are no longer in the cards this summer, Magdanz is confident his team won't take a mental dip down the stretch and take its foot off the pedal with valuable professional contracts still on the line. Story continues below advertisement 'We're going to make sure that we set them up to the best position possible,' Magdanz said. 'The best way to get a good contract is to win and to compete hard, because everybody is looking for those type of players. I'm not concerned about our level of effort or consistency down the stretch here, it's sort of ingrained in who we are.' For towering forward Grant Anticevich, it's been a challenging first season in the CEBL coming over from his home country of Australia and not seeing the wins pile up this year. When asked about what will be driving him down the final six games of the regular season, however, he credited the team's overall fight and desire to improve as they close off the year. 'It's always difficult when you're not making playoffs and necessarily not playing for anything,' Anticevich said. 'It can sometimes be hard to keep motivation, but we do want to get better as individuals and as a team. We love playing with each other, so I feel like we owe it to each other. No one is going to cave in, or give in, or not care the last part of the season. We've battled throughout the whole season, no one really wants to take the foot off the pedal.' One bright spot for Saskatchewan over its stretch drive to end the season will be the return of guard Jordan Bowden to the lineup, beginning this weekend in Ottawa. Story continues below advertisement Bowden was among the Rattlers' top offensive producers during his tenure before leaving the team earlier this month due to personal reasons, averaging over 17 points per game and recording a 40-point showing in a 93-90 victory over the Blackjacks on July 5. 'Jordan is just another offensive threat, another guy you can give the ball to when you need a bucket,' Magdanz said. 'We refer to it as gravity on the floor, the defence just shifts in his direction whether he has the ball or not because he's such a threat out there. Just another guy who is going to cause the defence to change, adjust and hopefully open up some things for other guys.' For veterans like Bandoo, the franchise's all-time leading scorer who returned to the court mid-season for the Rattlers for the first time since 2022, this final stretch will indicate what kind of team they really haven and how hard they'll play for one another with their goal of playoff basketball once again not coming to fruition. 'I think a lot of us were focused on individual things right now and I think that's what is hurting our nature and our character,' Bandoo said. 'When we practice together as a team, we're a phenomenal team and it's just being consistent with it. I think our goal is just to keep playing the right way for the next six games.' The Rattlers will head to Ottawa for a tilt against the Blackjacks on Saturday afternoon, with a noon tipoff, Saskatchewan time.
National Post
11 minutes ago
- National Post
Roughriders ready for Fajardo-led Elks on Friday night in Week 8
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are set to take on the Edmonton Elks for the first time this season. Article content After beating the B.C. Lions in Vancouver last weekend, the Roughriders (5-1) are now set to host the Elks (1-4) on Friday night (7 p.m., TSN) at Mosaic Stadium in Week 8 of the CFL season. Article content The Elks, who are coming off a bye week, lost to the Lions 32-14 in their last outing on July 13 to drop to 1-4. Article content Article content Saskatchewan has won 11 of the past 15 matchups between the two clubs, but Edmonton has won the previous two meets at Mosaic Stadium. Article content Fajardo — who played for the Riders in 2019-22 — has never started against his former team despite spending the last two seasons with the Montreal Alouettes prior to joining the Elks this season. This season Fajardo has thrown nine passes for 107 yards and a touchdown in relief of Ford, who is listed as the backup. As for the Riders, the Green and White have made two lineup changes. Article content With veteran running back Ka'Deem Carey (knee) heading to the six-game injured list, rookie Mario Anderson will make his CFL debut at backup running back behind starter A.J. Ouellette. Article content And along the offensive line, Noah Zerr starts at left guard for Zack Fry (head), who is headed the one-game injured list. Rookie Darius Washington makes his second career start at left tackle as Daniel Johnson remains on the one-game injured list. Article content Article content Article content While it's the first meeting of the season between the two clubs, who will also meet on Sept. 27 in Week 17, the Roughriders will be reminded of what Edmonton did to them last year. Article content In Week 9 of the season in 2024, the Elks came into Saskatchewan and picked up their first win of the season as they defeated the Riders 42-31. The loss, which was Saskatchewan's second defeat in a seven-game winless skid, dropped their record to 5-3. Article content In that game, Ford — who was making his first start of the season — threw for 252 yards and rushed for 46 more while running back Javon Leake put up 169 rushing yards. Article content In 2023, a similar storyline played out in Week 15 of the season when Edmonton came into Saskatchewan and picked up a 36-27 victory thanks to a 175-yard performance by running back Kevin Brown, while Ford ran for 70 yards of his own and passed for 173 more. Article content That loss dropped the Riders record to 6-7 while Edmonton improved to 4-10. Article content Dual threat
Vancouver Sun
2 hours ago
- Vancouver Sun
13 top restaurants join new Ottawa Citizen food event in support of food bank
As much as I've tried for more than a dozen years to document objectively the highs and lows and ups and downs of Ottawa's restaurants, by now I'm also an advocate for the city's best eateries and shops, which stand out thanks to the deliciousness and distinctiveness of their work. If you email me asking for a recommendation, I'll write you back. (Although to the frequently asked query, 'What's the best restaurant in the city?' I usually fire back, 'It depends on what you like.') For more than a few years, I've contributed my ballot to the compilers of the annual Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list, and Ottawa eateries always rank among my top 10, no matter how well I've eaten in Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver. While Michelin Guide inspectors don't visit Ottawa as they do those three Canadian metropolises, I've chimed in and written about the local restaurants that I think are Michelin-worthy . Discover the best of B.C.'s recipes, restaurants and wine. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of West Coast Table will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. All that to say, celebrating eating well in Ottawa is part of my job. Given that, I'm glad that the Ottawa Citizen is putting its corporate weight behind an event this fall with the same goal: to fete some of the national capital region's top chefs and restaurants, as well as a culinary scene that I think is underestimated in the country. After bolstering our local food and drink coverage to help you find the best ice cream shops , cocktail bars , pizzerias, most iconic Ottawa dishes and more, the newspaper's logical next step is to bring together a baker's dozen of leading restaurant and food shop chefs for a celebratory evening. 'For more than a decade, Peter Hum's work covering the Ottawa food scene has been unmatched,' said Ottawa Citizen editor-in-chief Nicole Feriancek. 'His reviews are conversational, unscrupulously fair and above all honest with readers about where to find a truly special meal in our city. 'I'm so thrilled the Citizen is launching an event that celebrates the best Ottawa chefs — and is also guided by Peter's expert palate.' The Ottawa Citizen's inaugural Best Restaurants 2025 is set to happen Oct. 6 at the Canadian Museum of Nature from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., with the Ottawa Food Bank as the event's charitable partner. More information is available here as well as early-bird tickets, priced at $135.60 including HST. After Sept. 8, the price rises to $146.90, and after Oct. 1, to $169.50. Which 13 vendors will offer their tasty treats to event-goers? Read on. 1 Elgin St., inside the National Arts Centre; Best known for its pre-show dinners, attractive canal-side patio and take-home holiday feasts, the National Arts Centre's restaurant 1 Elgin has also commendably strutted its stuff at past Ottawa culinary events such as A Taste For Hope, among others. NAC executive chef Kenton Leier usually shares the limelight at the NAC's Chef's Table nights with resident chefs who come from across the country to have their profiles raised nationally. At the Citizen's 2025 Best Restaurants event, he'll be in the limelight by himself, or at least, with members of the NAC team. If you attend A Taste of the Capital and haven't done so already, you can congratulate Leier for his recovery following his 2022 brush with death after dealing with a workplace emergency . 50 O'Connor St., Aiana, the posh restaurant in the Sun Life Financial Centre, celebrates its fifth anniversary on Aug. 7, marking its splashy entry on Ottawa's restaurant scene despite the distresses and uncertainties of the full throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, chef Raghav Chaudhary has ambitiously asserted himself with lunch and dinner menus (both a la carte and tasting) that nod to fine Canadian ingredients and rigorous technique. Chaudhary, a Canadian who graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and has worked in acclaimed restaurants in Sweden and San Francisco, represented Ottawa at the 2024 Canadian Culinary Championship. Chaudhary, who also happens to have the name of his restaurant tattooed on his forearm, is to release his first cookbook, entitled Gather, Savor, Share, this fall. Peter Hum's November 2020 review of Aiana 340 Somerset St. W., Opened during the first pandemic summer in 2020, Arlo Wine and Restaurant defied the headwinds by offering restaurant-goers a trifecta of attractions. Chef and co-owner Jamie Stunt, who won silver at the 2013 Canadian Culinary Championship, makes exemplary, flavour-packed food that's as tasty as it is unfussy — think spiced duck brochettes with fries or a porcini-dusted ribeye steak for two. Sommelier and co-owner Alex McMahon, who a decade ago interned at the world-class restaurant Noma in Copenhagen before overseeing the wine programs at Bar Laurel and then Riviera, offers beguiling natural and low-intervention wines. He also demystifies them for customers in the friendliest, most unassuming way. The ambience in Arlo's charming, woody Centretown building is just as casual, with servers in t-shirts and a back patio in summer that's positively idyllic. Steadily rising in the estimation of the annual Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list, this year Arlo was ranked 49th. Peter Hum's July 2020 review of Arlo 853 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa chef Joe Thottungal is a shining example of a new-Canadian success story. Born, raised and trained as a chef in India, he worked in Mumbai, Saudi Arabia, Toronto, and Windsor before coming to Ottawa in 2002. While the city had lots of Indian restaurants at the time, they served Northern Indian fare while Thottungal came from Kerala on India's southwest coast. In 2004, he opened Coconut Lagoon in a former St. Laurent Boulevard sports bar to champion the food of tropical regions, which is rich with vibrant flavours and the pleasures of coconut milk, curry leaves, ginger, garlic, and well-deployed spices. After persevering through some tough early days, the restaurant became a hit. Thottungal then racked up achievement after achievement, from representing Ottawa at the 2017 Canadian Culinary Championship, where he took home silver , to writing two award-winning cookbooks, to opening a second restaurant, Thali , in downtown Ottawa. Thottungal is as well-known in Ottawa for his philanthropy and community-building as he is for his food. For many years, he has supported local community organizations including Carefor, the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital and the Ottawa Snowsuit Fund. He regularly donates food to the Shepherds of Good Hope soup kitchen, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, when his restaurants were closed, he rallied local chefs to help feed those hardest hit by the pandemic. No wonder Thottungal in 2020 received the Order of Ottawa and was chosen as an Ottawa Citizen newsmaker of the year . Peter Hum's November 2022 review of Coconut Lagoon . 18 York St.; When I first wrote about Dave Godsoe in 2013, he was the chef barely in his early 20s who ran the kitchen at a very promising restaurant called Indulge Kitchen and Cocktails in Riverside South. Just a few years later, in 2016, the Algonquin College culinary program grad became the latest in a line of acclaimed chefs to take the helm at Restaurant E18hteen in the ByWard Market. Nine years later, Godsoe is a sextuple threat, overseeing the kitchens and beverage programs at E18hteen, Social Restaurant and Lounge, Sidedoor, the Clarendon Tavern and the Hyde, which are clustered in the Market, as well as at Maison Charron in Jacques Cartier Park. E18hteen, which opened in 2001 in a rugged and lovely stone building as old as Canada, is the most deluxe of the eateries in what's now called the E18hteen Hospitality Group, whose owners have entrusted so much to Godsoe. At E18hteen, fine dining fare leans into traditional French cuisine with Canadian influences, and its selection of steaks and chops is considerable. 381B Winona Ave., Opened in late 2024, in the ground floor of Azure Urban Developments' Posthouse Westboro apartment building, Elise brings well-made French-influenced dishes to a neighbourhood and city that could use more of it. Young chef Nouk Couturier-Bernard cooks as if he has something to prove, and he has said he would like Elise to be worthy one day of inclusion in the esteemed Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list. That's quite the aspiration, but it's not out of the question. Peter Hum's March 2025 review of Elise 783 Quebec Rte 105, Chelsea, Quebec, When I'm asked, 'Where should I take visitors to Ottawa for dinner?' Les Fougères always figures in my reply. As far as idyllic rural getaways in the region go, the longstanding restaurant in Chelsea, which overlooks woodlands and gardens, is unsurpassed. Opened in 1993, the restaurant has been acclaimed for its regional, seasonal fare under a succession of chefs, from co-owner Charles Part, who represented the Ottawa area at the 2009 Canadian Culinary Championship, to Simon Beaudry, its current chef. Two chefs ago, its chef Yannick La Salle, now the chef for the Supreme Court of Canada, won the 2019 Canadian Culinary Championship . Peter Hum's March 2023 review of Les Fougeres 610 Somerset St. W., At Le Poisson Bleu, which opened in the spring of 2022 on Somerset Street West just east of Chinatown, chef-owner Alex Bimm practices cutting-edge fish and seafood cookery. Among his exploits here are dishes that involve dry-aging fish as if they were beef or poultry, turning fish into charcuterie, putting fish into chili and more. The trailblazing Australian chef Josh Niland, a global leader when it comes to butchering and cooking fish, is one of Bimm's heroes. Another is Martin Picard, the maximalist Montreal chef behind the memorable excesses of Au Pied de Cochon. Put it all together, and you have one of the most accomplished and interesting restaurants in Ottawa — and beyond, to be fair. Peter Hum's May 2022 review of Le Poisson Bleu 1130 Wellington St. W Unit 1, Launched in 2015, Liz Mok's much-admired ice cream business quickly won a broad following for its unique, small-batch, Asian-themed frozen treats. But Moo Shu is a recent arrival in Hintonburg , having moved there in the fall of 2024 after outgrowing its original Centretown location. Intriguing varieties like Hong Kong milk tea, White Rabbit (inspired by the Chinese candy of the same name), black sesame and dalgona (Korean sponge toffee) and coffee must be tasted to be believed. Ever the innovator, Mok has also created flavours such as Blueberry, Ricotta & Basil, Chèvre & Cherry Fig Chutney and Salted Honey & Crostini. Her strawberry ice cream is marvelous, overcoming the high water content of those tasty berries to create a confection from local fruit that's absolutely fresh and natural. Mok's justly revered ice cream bars, which come in flavours such as Vietnamese coffee and brownie or durian and brown sugar blondie, are as architecturally sound as they are tasty, avoiding the common failing of ice cream bars, namely structural integrity failures that see melty ice cream squished out of the embrace of the biscuits after a forceful chew. 226 Nepean St., When North & Navy opened on Nepean Street in February 2015, it took over the space vacated by the departure of restaurateur Stephen Beckta's standard-setting eponymous fine-dining destination. In its first decade, North & Navy has done its address and predecessor proud, with chef and co-owner Adam Vettorel serving some of Ottawa's very best pasta dishes as part of his mission to bring food influenced by Northern Italy to the city. Pasta aside, North & Navy excels at other well-crafted and lucidly flavourful dishes that make local and seasonal ingredients sing. 200 Preston St., Since 1979, when pastry chef and gelato maker Joe Calabro opened Pasticceria Gelateria Italiana, 200 Preston St. has been one of the most delicious addresses on the main drag of Ottawa's Little Italy. Not only did Calabro introduce gelato to Ottawa. He also was part of teams that competed at the 1992 and 1996 World Culinary Olympics. He was also one of five Canadian chefs invited to cook a prestigious dinner in the fall of 2011 at James Beard House in New York. More than a dozen years later, Calabro is still innovating at his shop, where the 20-plus gelato flavours can be resolutely classic or as trendy as Calabro's oh-so-au-courant pistachio with Dubai chocolate. 200 Elgin St., Peruvian cuisine, which for the world's food-lovers has gone in the last two decades from a mystery to a global darling, has an excellent champion in Ottawa in chef Lizardo Becerra. He came to town in 2012 to be the chef at the Embassy of Peru in Ottawa. He worked there for four years, and thankfully for Ottawa, he stayed here. When COVID-19 struck in early 2020, Becerra had to stop working at the Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market, where he had been chef de cuisine. Since then, he has strung together tasty success after tasty success, first with a modest takeout business feeding people in lockdowns and then the more upscale and refined Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine, which opened on Clarence Street before moving to Elgin Street. Becerra represented Ottawa at this year's Canadian Culinary Championship, where he served what I thought was the most distinguished and tasty plate of the competition. Peter Hum's December 2022 review of Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine 1356 Wellington St. W., Chef-owner Jason Sawision opened Stofa, his self-described 'approachable fine-dining' restaurant, in 2017. It has evolved to become a popular choice for culinary buffs interested in multi-course tasting menu-type experiences without the heftiest of price tags associated with such sophisticated meals. Peter Hum's December 2024 review of Stofa For more smart picks and offbeat stories from around the city, subscribe to Out of Office , our weekly newsletter on local arts, food and things to do.
