{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyes-we-are-open.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Friver-cafe-iwGyG2Id","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"River Café","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bde98fa0-ef0b-4fbf-b9fe-15c1e2b54b2b/0ebb76d8-b78b-4f69-a71f-bfc982a70520/ywao-s6-e1-cover-image-v1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/6ec23104-f799-4b40-baf2-eb9c2856da3b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"River Café\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"For season 6 of ‘Yes, We Are Open’, Al heads west to Alberta! His first stop is Prince’s Island in Calgary, an urban oasis located on the Bow River. The island park is primarily accessible by a number of footbridges. It is home to playgrounds, walking paths, several outdoor activities & festivals, and one notable business, River Café.\nSal Howell is the owner of the café, which started as a park concession. In 1995, Sal transformed the open-air space into a must-see year-round dining experience. For the last 30 years, River Café has served up cuisine from ingredients indigenous to the region, but a couple of major floods in the city, one in 2005 and an even bigger one in 2013 threatened to wash all of that away.\nThis is Sal’s story."}