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For the past 3 summers, I was one of the many people in the city who worked downtown. Downtown was kind of a deadly place to work, only because I’d NEVER bring a lunch and ALWAYS go out to eat.

One of my favorite places to go eat?? Mitzi’s! They’re known for their homemade chicken fingers created by restaurant owner, Shirley Eng. Chicken fingers weren’t always on their menu. Mitzi’s used to be a Chinese food restaurant, but chicken fingers were added to the mix about 19 years ago.

My favorite thing to get at Mitizi’s? It most definitely has to be the chicken fingers and fries, with their homemade honey dill and coleslaw..SOO GOOD! Not a fan of the fries? Chicken fingers can also be served with fried rice, just in case you wanted to keep the “Chinese” in your meal.

A warning however! If you DO decide to sample these world famous chicken fingers, I suggest you hit the restaurant EARLY! Mitzi’s fills up FAST.

Mitzi’s Chicken Finger Restaurant
250 St Mary Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0M5
(204) 943-9770

Lunch: Monday to Friday: 11am-230pm
Dinner: Monday to Saturday 430pm-10pm

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Top Tuesdays is a weekly AccessWinnipeg.com exclusive column that will feature Winnipeg’s top 5 or 10 places, things, people, and everything else. If you have any suggestions for a Top Tuesday feature, please send it to us in the submit news page.

TOP 5 WAYS TO GIVE THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON

It doesn’t matter what you call it. This is the Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus season that everyone should have a chance to enjoy. This week we’re going to let you know how you can help others enjoy this festive season. After all, it’s better to give than receive. Click “read more” to read more.

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Choclair made his appearance at Sonar Night Club on Friday. Our contest winner sadly could not make it due to personal reasons and we didn’t have enough time to contact a runner up.

It was a busy Friday night so we couldn’t stay for the whole concert but Choclair and the various local Winnipeg acts really had Sonar going that night. Local Winnipeg hip hop acts demonstrated the Winnipeg’s hip hop scene is stronger than ever.

Choclair came out and performed some classics that brought me down memory lane. “Choclair comin’ down with the Northern t-t-touch… b-b-baby!!!”

Check out these awesome photos from guest photographer Rith M.

Access Winnipeg reader miss1030 sent in these awesome pictures and videos from the Backstreet Boys concert.

I think its safe to say that she had the time of her life! She had awesome seats as well as got a kiss from Nick!

Thanks for the awesome pictures and video miss1030.

Hit the jump for all the goodies.

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It was a slow Friday for me. Froze my ass off walking downtown for a ‘cut & style’ then continued to fight off the cold for the rest of it. Well, I decided to stay out and about and after grabbing a coffee and muffin from McD’s, I did a quick stroll downtown. The Hydro building still isn’t finished, the local unemployed still ask me for change and I’m cold. Not much different…until my walk back.

Click “read more” to see the rest of my adventure.

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It’s November and the city of Winnipeg has been topped with a thin blanket of white snow. You know what that means? Coldness, darkness, and FUN! HAVE COME. We’re mere weeks away from Winnipeg’s snowboarding season and I am stoked. Let’s face it, Winnipeg isn’t a Banff, or a Whistler but, we still make due of what we’ve got. So where are the “Top 5 Places To Snowboard In Manitoba?”

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Here’s the post you’ve all been waiting for! Videos and Photos from all the local dance crews at Reprezent 2008.

I want to give a huge congratulations to SoundRepublic.ca and all the Winnipeg dance crews for making this a night to remember. It was one of the biggest dance showcases I have ever attended and every single crew stepped it up to show the world that Winnipeg’s dance culture is up there with everyone else.

The Centennial Concert Hall was a full house on the warm Remembrance Day. The show started on time and move forward at a perfect pace. The host from Bun Down Sound kept the night alive giving background introductions to all the dance crews so we could learn a bit about their story and history. Bun Down did an amazing job with the sound that night as well. The only small mishap was that the front speakers weren’t turned on for the first dance performance, but it was fixed immediately and there would be no technical difficulties for the remainder of the night.

If you missed this live event, then you may have missed the greatest dance showcase of 2008 (or possibly ever in Winnipeg!) - but SoundRepublic stated that they have one more big dance bash before the end of the year, the Americas Best Dance Crew Tour in December. Crews such as Super Cr3w, So Real, Fanny Pack, and many more will be at the Pantages this December so stay tuned for more information!

Dangerous Goods and Sikat were my favorites of the night. Dangerous Good tore the stage up by keeping it real to their bboy roots. Sikat FILLED the stage up (literally) but kept in sync throughout the whole performance. It takes a lot of discipline to have a full stage and still keep it together - hats of to Sikat for making it work, it came together beautifully!

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If you are looking for photos and videos of the Jabbawockeez, you can find them on our previous post.

Hit the jump for all the videos and photos from our Videographer Huy, and Photographer Oli.

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Access Winnipeg editor Stacey will have a full impressions post up later this week, but in the mean time… here are some of the photos and video from last nights Reprezent 2008 event presented by SoundRepublic.ca

Props goes out to our official Photographer Oli and our Videographer Huy for all their awesome shots!

Hit the jump for the goodies.

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Top Tuesdays Originally uploaded by AccessWinnipeg

Top Tuesdays is a weekly AccessWinnipeg.com exclusive column that will feature Winnipeg’s top 5 or 10 places, things, people, and everything else. If you have any suggestions for a Top Tuesday feature, please send it to us in the submit news page.

TOP 5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE FIRST SNOW FALL

All weather forecasts seem to be pointing to some light snow by the end of the week! So here is a small list of the top 5 things you should do before the snow falls again this season.

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