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Teeyah’s Located at 104 – 240 Graham Avenue


n excessive online order turned out to be ser- endipitous for Tia Medeiros, spurring Teeyah’s 1,500-square-foot specialty candy, soda and ice


cream shop on Graham Avenue. Determined to satisfy her craving for an Abba-Zaba


candy bar one day – and coming up short locally – Medeiros ended up placing a wholesale order with a high minimum volume, reasoning she could hand off any surplus to friends and family. “Once the candy arrived at my door, I realized that it


was a lot more than it sounded like when I was placing the order,” laugh Medeiros. “I couldn't even give the candy away to my friends and family anymore, it was too much.” Being resourceful, she landed upon the ecommerce


website Shopify, got a website up-and-running overnight, and began successfully selling off her candy. While starting with slim selection, she began taking


stock of requests she received from customers, and quite organically, Medeiros was able to round out her shop with exactly the items her clients were seeking. After finding success online, and considering her expe-


rience in the ice cream business including marketing and developing ice cream flavours for Manitoba’s own Dairy Chef, Medeiros realized there may be an opportunity to expand her business into a brick-and-mortar shop. Te first Teeyah’s was a 500 sq. ft. “proof of concept”


shop on Hargrave Street. “Te intention was to see if there was a need for a storefront in downtown Winnipeg,” says Medeiros. “I have spent a lot of time in the downtown of many major Canadian cities – Winnipeg is screaming op- portunity. “I want to be a part of that change, of that culture.” If you’ve got a sweet tooth during your lunch break or even just want to take a selfie during a unique experience


downtown, Teeyah’s is a great resource. Some of Teeyah’s innovations include cotton candy burritos and activated charcoal soft serve (which is black in colour and made up of coconut husk). Ice cream devotees will relish in Teeyah’s 16 flavours of


locally made hard ice cream, plus a soft serve with a high butter fat mix (making it one of the more indulgent offer- ings available). But don’t forget to ask about the daily special: Teeyah’s is


becoming renowned for is LegenDAIRY cone. Each day, five heaping scoops of ice cream is piled with either the candy or chocolate toppings of the staff’s choice. Lollipops, upside- down cones and cotton candy are just some examples from previous LegenDAIRY servings. “If you're going to come down for an experience, it is


definitely going to have to be for the LegenDAIRY cone,” says Medeiros. “We take over to create something special – every LegenDAIRY cone is different!”


SPOTLIGHT


away teams - some of the Jets will come in if they’re not on a huge streak. “We even had Teemu Selanne come in randomly the


Te Pint I


Te Pint 274 Garry Street


t’s the sign of a good sports bar when even the local sports teams’ athletes come in regularly. “We get the Goldeyes and the Bombers, a lot of the


It’s not the first time the companies have worked together


other day,” says Melissa Ross, assistant general manager at Te Pint Public House. A national chain with very choice locations in Edmonton,


Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax, The Pint arrived in Winnipeg’s SHED in January 2015, among the fanfare of the Winnipeg Jets’ return. It’s no accident that the business made downtown its


home (near the city’s major sports venues), nor that it ended up revamping two heritage buildings on Garry Street to dra- matically reinvent them as a sports pub. In a joint venture, Venexo Corporation and Urban Sparq Hospitality invested over $2 million in upgrades and renovations, maintaining some of the original brick details and buildings’ character.


in other core areas across the country to repurpose historic buildings in this fashion. And as usual, the transformation was received with


massive fanfare. Ever since its opening, Te Pint crawls with sports fans


during home games, away games - and everything in between. Lunch-break coffees or beers roll into healthy happy


hour traffic, and in the evenings, more of a party pub vibe is created - especially on Fridays and Saturday nights when DJs create lineups out the door for the unique atmosphere. As a go-to for pregame drinks and even for catching the action live on its screens, Te Pint brings an even more


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elevated fan experience during playoffs. After testing the concept, The Pint will bring back a


heated party tent to its parking lot (pending post-season success), offering a Jets whiteout party of its own with live music after the game and bar service throughout. Tey’ll even bust out their Jets luge that lets you take a


shot out of the Jets logo and feel like part of the team. And even after all this entertainment, Te Pint has your


back the next day. “We do a hangover brunch,” laughs Ross. “We have a


really good eggs benny.” For just $12 on the weekend, Te Pint serves up your


next-day cure and reminds you that anyone who supports the home team is one of their own.


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