sawyer’s specializes in texas barbecue — think brisket, ribs, and sausage — and riffs on that theme. it recently celebrated its one-year anniversary as a windsor hotspot.
the vegan- and vegetarian-focused avocado pit sushi – ahimsa sushi, along with windsor’s first matcha bar, also opened about a year ago in the wolf & rebel boutique near the corner of drouillard and seminole street.
there is also cookie bar, which offers beer, on-tap cocktails and, of course, cookies. big cookies.
with each one weighing in at more than a quarter pound, the options range from old-fashioned chocolate chip to cookies stuffed with twinkies or packed with reese’s pieces and potato chips.
the cookie bar’s brick exterior and patio on drouillard road is shown on friday, august 30, 2024.
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“we loved what drouillard was, the vibe that we felt we were as a business,” said cookie bar’s anna eschuk. “less refined, more community-based. we just thought it was a perfect mesh with us.”
eschuk’s husband, brent phillips, does the baking. the business idea grew out of his two passions: beer and cookies.
“just taking his two loves and putting them together,” said eschuk. “some people joke that they don’t really go well together. but you’re hard-pressed to find someone that hates cookies and beer. you’re going to like one of them.”
wilson bortolin, left, and charlie bortolin prepare sandwiches at petrella’s italian street food on drouillard road in windsor on friday, aug. 30, 2024.
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