Where to Eat YYC
Garden Variety
Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant Recognized as one of Calgary’s premier fine-dining establishments, Bow Valley Ranche’s new seasonal menu features many locally-sourced components. Try Executive Chef Bern Glatz’s, Sudo Farms Organic Beetroot Salad made with [...]
Alberta on the Plate 2022
Calgary restaurants take centre stage at this year’s Alberta on the Plate dine around event Forty Calgary restaurants and breweries are taking part in the fourth annual Alberta on the Plate dine around festival [...]
Command Central
Central Taps Things continue to heat up in the District at Beltline. In addition to the food hall featuring the likes of Modern Burger and Roy’s Korean Kitchen, this evolving downtown neighbourhood is now [...]
Beer Buddies
Tailgunner Brewing Company Tailgunner Brewing Company recently opened in the West Village Retail and Entertainment District. Owners Mike MacLeod and Cael Tucker have been friends since they were five, owning businesses together throughout. Award-winning [...]
Hold the cone!
Nothing pairs better with summer than ice cream and Foothills Creamery has launched a delicious array of six new ice cream flavours. Explore a variety of new flavour profiles – whether you’re a kid [...]
12 Iced Drinks to enjoy this Summer in Calgary
Find some shade and beat the heat when it's hot outside by sipping any of these 12 Iced Drinks to enjoy this Summer in Calgary. Nutella lovers can rejoice with [...]
Into the wild
The Dorian Hotel The Dorian Hotel is an experience unlike any other. Playing homage to Oscar Wilde’s book The Picture of Dorian Gray, the hotel is filled with design elements from that era, his [...]
Tastes like home
Summer has arrived and with-it come greener pastures, long hot days, al fresco dining, sizzling barbecues with friends, spontaneous picnics, enjoying the fruits and vegetables of the season and supporting local businesses. We’re tucking [...]
Stampede Round-up 2022
Got your cowboy hat and boots ready for The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth? We are set to party including all the Stampede fun off the grounds. Check out what’s happening at some of [...]
Gwailo Chinese
Gwailo New restaurant Gwailo quietly opened in Inglewood April 1, offering Hong Kong-adjacent cuisine under the direction of co-owners Jason Wankel and Chef Chris Wong. When Gorilla Whale closed, these two teamed up to [...]
The Watering Hole
The Beer Hall The Beer Hall at Symons Valley Ranch is a rustic and popular out-of-the-way eatery featuring a big-city collection of local craft beer, spirits and simple eats. Owners Jay Hickey and Kent [...]
Build it and they will come
Noble Pie Pizza Noble Pie pizza is back. For the last couple of years, pizza enthusiasts flocked to Eighty-Eight Brewing Company to try Mike Lange’s pop-up pizza, sometimes waiting for hours to get in. [...]
Kain Tayo Let’s Eat
A tour of Filipino food in Calgary As an archipelago nation made up of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines offers a cuisine just as plentiful that is by turns sweet, sour, salty and [...]
New Burger on the Block
Calgary has no shortage of burger spots, although there are only a handful who truly make the cut. Hi5 Burger is the brainchild of restauranteurs Ryan Turbide, Vince Wong and Mike Pigot, a dynamic [...]
Popup Passion
Owned and operated by Alexander Fraser, Garbanzo's is a pandemic-born pop-up restaurant offering an assortment of items on the menu. Garbanzo's started at the beginning of the pandemic and continues to grow offering Mediterranean [...]
Market Report: Fruit Tea and Indian Street Food
Grace Wong takes us on a tour of Saffron Street and their much loved Indian Street Food located in First Street Market. We wash it all down with tea from TeAmo Fruit Tea in [...]
Be a gold digger
Tomahawk Kitchen + Bar There’s no perfect time to open a restaurant, but owner and Chef Ravi Panchagnula was hopeful he found the right time when he debuted Tomahawk Kitchen + Bar in April. Calgary’s newest [...]
The Stars Aligned
Star Distilling Co. Mike Stanfield bought Halifax-based Starr Manufacturing, a business operating since 1861 and known for inventing the modern ice skate, from his father. He imagined a new path for the business and [...]
Mother’s Day Brunch Spots in YYC
Nothing says Mother's Day like brunch - especially when it's your treat. Here's what's on in Calgary for mother's day 2022. Calgary Zoo, ENMAX Conservatory Join the Calgary Zoo for [...]
Mexico in your kitchen
Salsita Mexican Food Market Thirteen years ago, Salsita, a boutique food market opened specializing in Mexican cuisine. Originally from Guyana and Venezuela, owner Jean Williams started as an employee and bought the market when [...]
Hand Pulled Noodles
Hidden Gem: Calan Beef Noodle When Calan Beef Noodle founder David Liu, arrived in Calgary as an international student from China, there were no hand-pulled noodle eateries to be found. This famous Chinese street [...]
Thanks Mom
Chef Mike Pigot (Craft, La Mano, Pigot’s Burger Club) and business partner James Martin launched a hot new spot in Victoria Park in January. An homage to their moms, Pat & Betty’s menu rounds [...]
Catch the Wave
Surfy Surfy Bar Surfy Surfy Bar, Concorde Group’s latest outing, set up shop in a totally tubular space in Chinook Mall. Located on the main floor beneath Double Zero, this sunny space is perfect [...]
Market Report: Chimney Cakes and Waffles
In this edition of Market Report, Grace Wang showcases traditional Hungarian treats called Chimney Cakes from Twisted Cafe and Iva Ivanova and Petar Ivanov of Waffles and Chix. Twisted Café [...]