Must-see restaurants in Canada

  • Boulangerie Le Fournand

    Gaspé Peninsula

    Try this colorful bakery for picnic breads, decent Italian coffee and mouthwatering French pastries and quiche.

  • St Norbert Farmers' Market

    Winnipeg

    This extensive farmers market has scores of vendors selling seasonal produce, prepared foods, crafts and more.

  • North Street Cafe

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    Every perfect village needs a delicious eatery. Quiche, fish cakes, scones and afternoon tea are all on order.

  • Battle Harbour Dining Room

    Labrador

    If you're staying on the island, you get a package deal that includes gourmet dining at this fine restaurant.

  • One of a Thai

    Yellowknife

    Look out for this lunchtime food truck specialising in authentic Thai dishes, which parks on Franklin Ave.

  • Aloha Café-Boutique

    New Brunswick

    Stop here for coffee, soups, sandwiches and yummy cakes. You can browse local handicrafts while you wait.

  • Bean Scene Coffee Works

    Kelowna

    The coffee at this multilocation Kelowna fave is the best locally. The in-house bakery products are good.

  • Big Horn Cafe

    British Columbia

    An ideal road-trip breaker where you can refuel with coffee and a cinnamon bun or something more savory.

  • Sushi North

    Yellowknife

    This excellent upstairs canteen-style place does sushi with a polar spin: the raw fish is Arctic char.

  • Chez Bernard

    The Laurentians

    Superb deli with local specialties, some of which are homemade, plus full meals perfect for picnics.

  • Le Falco

    Montréal

    Strong coffee, nice sandwiches and Japanese rice bowls – an incongruous mix, but a delicious one.

  • Kathy's Kitchen

    Yukon Territory

    Offering good home-style cooking with options to sit inside or out, Kathy's is popular with locals.

  • Baked Expectations

    Winnipeg

    A delightful cafe specializing in all sorts of decadent baked goodies and light meals.

  • LaHave Bakery

    Nova Scotia

    This bakery is famous for its hearty bread. Sandwiches are made on thick slabs of it.

  • Dot's Bakery

    Labrador

    Fresh doughnuts, pies, breakfast dishes and pizzas are served at this small bakery.

  • Jack's Cafe

    Saskatchewan

    A local favorite serving up steaks, pizza and pasta on the main street.

  • Fife Bakery

    Vancouver

    Colonizing what used to be an old paper tag factory, this tiny bakery produces what may be Vancouver's finest sourdough loaf. Using ingredients sourced…

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    Cacao 70

    Vancouver

    The detailed, Parisian-look interior of this chocolate-lovers' hangout (Western Canada first branch of a popular Quebec mini-chain) is enough to entice…

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    Public Market Food Court

    Vancouver

    A budget dining option that's very busy in summer; you could auction off your table to the highest bidder when you're ready to depart (just kidding)…

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    Coast

    Vancouver

    A buzzing seafood joint where Vancouver locals like to be seen scoffing a wide array of aquatic treats. Knowing reinventions of the classics include prawn…

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    Fire Pizza

    Vancouver

    The more popular of two side-by-side pizza joints (hence the lineups). The generously topped thin-crust slices here are the perfect way to salve your…

  • So-Cho Le Saucissier

    Québec City

    For a snack on the go, locals favor this humble stand inside Marché du Vieux-Port, with its ever-changing array of delectable homemade sausages. Four to…

  • Lola Rosa

    Montréal

    On a leafy street near McGill University, students, professors and the odd neighborhood regular not associated with the university flock to this charming…

  • El Camino's

    Vancouver

    The booze (beer, cocktails and tequila) is just as important as the food (Latin American street nosh) at this buzzing, patio-fronted hangout. Snag a…

  • Tera V Burger

    Vancouver

    Aiming to convert meat-eaters into herbivores is the stated aim of this small vegetarian burger bar, which means hearty, meat-esque dishes such as grilled…

  • Cabane à Sucre Bouvrette

    Montréal

    In business for seven decades, this enormous 'shack' 45-minutes north of Montréal serves a set menu that includes ham, bacon, sausages, oreilles de crisse…

  • Cardinal Tea Room

    Montréal

    Above Sparrow – Cardinal's food-focused sibling – you'll find a two-story tearoom set with a glittering chandelier, velvet couches, framed artwork and…

  • Wilensky's Light Lunch

    Montréal

    Wilensky’s feels like walking onto a 1950s Hollywood movie set. Rickety wooden stools line the counter and photographs from the 1930s festoon the walls…

  • Les Sucreries de l’Érable

    Eastern Townships

    Best known for its scrumptious maple pies, this bakery in an attractive old brick-walled general store in central Frelighsburg does double duty as a…

  • Tri Express

    Montréal

    Trì Dư prepares superb sushi and sashimi plates, along with inventive salads and soups with a hint of his home country of Vietnam in this hip, vintage…

  • Sandbar

    Vancouver

    West Coast seafood dominates at this slick, high-ceilinged restaurant-with-a-view near Granville Bridge. The fresh oysters are popular and they're best…

  • Tap & Barrel

    Vancouver

    In the heart of Olympic Village, this popular neighborhood haunt serves gourmet comfort nosh such as Cajun chicken burgers and pineapple-and-pulled-pork…

  • 21 Steps Kitchen & Bar

    Whistler

    Offering small plates ($6 to $16) for nibblers and main dishes for starving skiers, the chefs at this casual upstairs spot advertise their work as 'modern…

  • Bob Likes Thai Food

    Vancouver

    Take a seat beneath the giant wooden spoon and fork paintings at this laid-back joint and tuck into satisfying Thai comfort grub. The papaya salad and…

  • Hof Kelsten

    Montréal

    This sweet bakery has delectable pastries, tasty sandwiches (including an egg-and-cheese breakfast option) and a tempting selection of loaves. At…

  • Peter's Drive-In

    Calgary

    Its motto is 'the drive-in you can't drive by' and clearly, the crowds agree. It's packed, offering a largely-unchanged-since-1962 menu of super-thick…

  • L’Avenue

    Montréal

    This self-consciously hip restaurant is a magnet for the young, postparty brunch crowd. More than a dozen different types of omelets, plus all the…

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