New Brunswick
Once upon a time, this was a golf clubhouse where the owner began making homemade pies for his golfers. The golf course closed but the pizza oven didn't…
Must-see restaurants in Canada
Québec
One of the best restaurants on the Côte-de-Beaupré, the 'Baker's Inn' serves traditional Québécois specialties like tourtière (meat pie), ham hocks and…
Tofino
This low-ceilinged designer 'shed' has kept expanding over the years, but has never lost its welcoming locals' hangout feel. The perfect spot to grab…
Ottawa
The first restaurant in Ottawa’s Chinatown, Shanghai is now run by the artistic children of the original owners. The food is great – modern Chinese…
Edmonton
This bistro serves fresh salads, wraps, panini and pasta, but its risottos are the coup. Mornings bring breakfast pizzas and crepes with fillings like elk…
Victoria
Don't miss the smoky, coconutty chowder at this tiny Indian- and French-influenced seafood restaurant, but make sure you add a tartine open-faced sandwich…
Québec City
Considered by many Québécois to be the best Italian restaurant in town, this wonderful place on the edge of St-Roch mixes traditional dishes like vitello…
Vancouver Island
In an immaculately restored 1906 heritage building, the ever-changing seasonal menu here fuses local ingredients with subtle European influences. For…
Northern Ontario
Nestled among the lakefront motels, this lovely little bistro, built in 1934, serves a range of dishes including salads, pastas, venison burger, rainbow…
Gros Morne National Park
Escape the tyranny of fried food and head to Jack's, the outpost for an artsy crowd into locally sourced fare. There's a vintage-but-hip vibe, and Gros…
New Brunswick
The Swiss chef-owner makes wonderful use of local bounty in this warm, art-filled dining room. The ever-changing menu might include local ingredients such…
Vancouver Island
Occupying a decommissioned wooden church, this smashing fry-joint serves cod, salmon and halibut in three different styles (beer-battered recommended),…
Tofino
One of BC's most celebrated food trucks, Tacofino serves the best fish tacos in the region from a disheveled metallic machine with the Virgin of Guadalupe…
Halifax
Proper, formal Canadian fine dining in the heart of downtown is on offer at Chives, one of the city's longest-running restaurants. Seasonally driven,…
Montréal
Young waitstaff traverse an airy space and a shaded back porch, bringing out plates topped with artful arrangements of haute Québécois cuisine: farm deer…
New Brunswick
Handmade pasta in all of its variations, rich sauces and the option to add some butter-poached lobster, roasted chicken breast or other scrumptiously…
Whistler
Making good use of an old train station, this is Pemberton's most cherished coffee stop and French-style bakery where you can supplement the caffeine with…
Halifax
Halifax's roster of vegan restaurants is growing fast, but enVie is one of the first and best. It serves exactly the kind of food you'd want: delicious…
Calgary
This hybrid cafe-bar, which alters its personality depending on the clientele and the time of day, is a thoughtful, community-led business. The crux of…
Newfoundland & Labrador
This supermarket – yes, supermarket! – has an attached hot kitchen that is not playing around. Their cheeseburgers are fantastic, the french fries are…
Edmonton
Three Boars is part of the burgeoning farm-to-table food movement, using local suppliers to create gourmet food. It specializes in small plates, fine…
Banff Town
With rib eye in citrus-rosemary butter and peppercorn New York strip loin on the menu, Saltlik is clearly no plain-Jane steakhouse knocking out flavorless…
Whistler
On the edge of Creekside and accessible just off Hwy 99, the menu at this locals' favorite includes highlights such as venison tenderloin and duck two…
Québec City
The brainchild of top chef François Blais, this place draws a crowd for business lunches, when reasonably priced specials pop up on the iPad menu. New…
Montréal
The name of this bakery – challenging even for some French speakers – comes from its famous Breton cake (flaky on the outside, rich and tender on the…
Calgary
Model Milk's revolving menu changes before the ink's even dry, but your choices are always great at this former dairy turned hip restaurant. Look for…
Québec City
Don't be fooled by the title: there's more than plain bagels ($3.60) at this cute neighborhood nook in situ since 1987. More accurately, imagine bagels…
British Columbia
Superb pastries both sweet and savory are served here along with organic coffee. Safeguarded behind a glass partition, you can admire pistachio-cream…
Plain of Six Glaciers Teahouse
Lake Louise
Constructed in 1927 as a way station for Swiss mountaineering guides leading clients up to the summit of Mt Victoria, this twin-level log chalet looks…
Vancouver Island
Adding the welcome aroma of baking bread to the oily harbor smells, True Grain is part of a three-shop island chain. From sourdough to raisin, the bread…
St-Pierre & Miquelon
As French restaurants go, this one is wonderfully old-school, serving a master class in stick-to-your-ribs rural classic cuisine: steak in Roquefort sauce…
Montréal
One of Montréal’s famed bagel bakeries – people flood in here around the clock to scoop them up the minute they come out of the oven. Classic sesame- or…
Nova Scotia
Come chat with the friendly baker, a font of local knowledge, at this wonderful country bakery, which boasts rustic fresh breads and baked goods free from…
Nova Scotia
New owners have brought fresh flavors to this downtown bistro, pretty much the pick of Parrsboro's eating places. Steak-frites, handmade burgers, slow…
The Laurentians
This artsy spot attracts a very Val-Davidian crowd of beards – some hippie-esque, some hipster-esque, some lumberjack-y. Everyone enjoys the funky…
New Brunswick
Fashionable and just classy enough to not feel like a pub, this place has a stellar, seasonal menu with locally sourced produce and nearly everything made…
Prince Edward Island
Recently relocated to a creekside spot, this popular seafood diner is a brilliant place for brunch, lunch or dinner, with local specialties such as…
Tofino
A Tofino fixture for almost 70 years, this local legend has never rested on its laurels. Start your evening with a cocktail, then launch your voyage into…
Québec City
Catering to a young, informal clientele, this straight-ahead noodle house specializes in delicious ramen soups filled with pork, fish, tofu and loads of…
St John's
A lot of restaurants give lip service to 'local and sustainable,' but this one is spot-on and devilishly good. The blackboard menu changes daily. Think…
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