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Social Profile Food & Drink Winnipeg offers opportunities to experience the cuisine of the many and diverse cultures that typify the city in restaurants or at numerous festivals showcasing the food and culture of the region, such as the Folklorama 'A Taste of Winnipeg' Icelandic festival (see Special Events section). Rural Manitoba also offers a wide choice of restaurants from the very expensive to the moderately priced, with good home cooking. It is customary to tip waiters 15 per cent of the bill. The minimum age for drinking is 18, but those under 18 can drink with a meal if it is purchased by a parent or guardian. Off-licence alcohol is available only from government outlets. Opening hours are generally 1100-2100. Nightlife Winnipeg’s nightlife is vibrant. Many cinemas, theatres, clubs, restaurants and bars also provide entertainment. Winnipeg is home to a mixture of performing arts: the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba Opera and several theatre, dance and music companies. The city also offers dining and moonlit dancing cruises aboard riverboats on its scenic Red and Assiniboine rivers. The main stages at Club Regent and McPhillips Street Station casinos also feature entertainment. Shopping There are several nationally known department stores in Winnipeg, with branches throughout Manitoba. City and provincial centres have a variety of unusual shops and boutiques. North of The Pas is a Native American handicraft shop where visitors can watch Native American women making moccasins, mukluks, jackets and jewellery. At the Rock Shop in Souris, costume jewellery made from rock from a local quarry can be bought, and the visitor may obtain a permit to collect his own rock. Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 0930-2130, Sat 0930-1800, Sun 1200-1800. Special Events For a complete list of special events, contact Travel Manitoba (see Contact Addresses section). The following is a selection of special events occurring in Manitoba in 2005: Feb 11-20 Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg. Feb 16-20 Northern Manitoba Trapper’s Festival. Apr 4-10 Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Jun Winnipeg International Children’s Festival. Jun 23-Jul 2 Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg. Aug Opaskwayak Indian Days, The Pas; Islendingadagurinn, Gimli (Icelandic Festival of Manitoba). Aug 6-19 Folklorama, Winnipeg (Canada’s Cultural Celebration). Sep Pembina’s Threshermen’s Reunion, Winkler. Sep 22-Oct 1 Winnipeg International Writers' Festival. Nov-Dec Santa’s Village, Manitoba. |