DON’YA seeks to contribute to livelier downtown

Taproot Edmonton | March 24, 2026

DON’YA Ukraine’s Kitchen is setting its sights on helping revive Edmonton’s downtown. At the grand reopening of Little DON’YA at its new location at 10405 Jasper Avenue NW on March 18, co-founder Janice Krissa spoke about the team’s deep European roots and their desire to bring that energy back to a quieter-than-usual downtown core: “That vibrancy is something we deeply value and something we want to help bring back to downtown Edmonton.”

It hasn’t been without its challenges — Saturday sales at the downtown location came in at just $71 for an entire day, a sobering reality that many downtown businesses are quietly facing. But DON’YA is leaning in anyway, rolling out a coffee bike to serve the newly revitalized Beaver Hills House Park and Michael Phair Park, bringing Ukrainian warmth to Edmonton’s public spaces one cup at a time.

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