26 Mar Stella’s

In December of 1999, Stella’s Café & Bakery opened its doors to the Winnipeg market at 166 Osborne Street. The concept showed the talents and experience of each of the founders, Tore, Lehla, Tomas and Anneen to create a menu and environment focused on in-house baked breads, soups, jam, and sandwiches for dine-in or take-away. Simple, healthy, inspired offerings and friendly service propelled Stella’s to instant popularity. An understated approach and commitment to quality allowed the name of Stella’s to be promoted in the most powerful of manners, by word of mouth. With the popularity of the first location, expansion became inevitable and, today, Stella’s operates multiple units in Winnipeg, with plans for further development in Winnipeg and beyond. Stella’s has expanded its menu and number of locations, but has never compromised its core values or commitment to quality. This all stems back to the idea of comfort food. People are busier and more stressed than ever. We want to feel warm and safe again, the way we did when we were young and the world seemed simpler. That may be a tad exaggerated, but I’m sure you get what I mean when I say comfort food is something that centers us all. Stella’s brings that into the lives of a new generation, we don’t have the time to be cooking meals and making sure we are gaining every nutritional value from it. They know that their customers want to experience different tastes, sometimes tastes from around the world, as well as the familiar foods we love, with twist or an extra kick. They serve us food that is trusting and honest. And to make them more credible, they have a bakery built into all their locations. So you know that what they make is in house only. They strive to serve their customers with what they would only serve themselves.