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These adventures will require a good and hearty Canadian meal, available at Feast Café Bistro based in Winnipeg's West End. Chef Christa Guenther presents a culinary journey into Indigenous foods, from bison meat to Bannock (original Indigenous Canadian bread), celebrating local ingredients and Peguis First Nation culture.

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“It’s become a place where people know that if they need help, they can come and ask for it,” says owner Christa Bruneau-Guenther, who keeps a pot of soup bubbling on the stove and a stash of warm clothes in the office for anyone in need. Bruneau-Guenther has been serving free food to hungry neighbourhood residents since opening her Indigenous restaurant at the corner of Ellice and Sherbrook eight years ago.

After she became involved with community gardens and learning to cook with locally sourced ingredients, friends and colleagues encouraged Christa to open her own restaurant.

While we were in the city this past August, a few of us from the IndigiNews team met at Feast Cafe and Bistro to have lunch with my two aunties who live nearby. We shared memories about my mooshum, Murray McKenzie, who was a photojournalist and radio broadcaster in Manitoba. We shared some big laughs, all while the smell of freshly baked bannock surrounded us. My auntie gifted us with an abundance of sage. It was a beautiful experience, beginning to end.

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Feast Café Bistro is a 100% Indigenous owned and operated restaurant serving dishes inspired by the traditional flavours of this great land. From day one, Feast has run as a hybrid restaurant and social enterprise.

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Christa Bruneau-Guenther is a proud member of Peguis First Nation and is the head chef and owner of Feast Cafe Bistro in her hometown of Winnipeg.

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feast Café Bistro was founded in December 2016 by chef-owner Christa Bruneau-Guenther, a member of the Peguis First Nation. It’s not a fine-dining establishment and the restaurant has no formally trained chefs, instead focusing on a mandate to hire people who have had previous barriers to employment; all the chefs are trained on site.

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