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The Wickaninnish Inn & The Pointe Restaurant, Tofino, B.C.
The Wickaninnish Inn was the long time dream of the McDiarmid family and is located in an area that is now an official UNESCO World Biosphere. It is also, according to the readers of Travel &...
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The Elora Mill Hotel & Spa, Elora, Ontario
Full disclosure…Elora is my village and I love the place. It’s defined by two rivers…the Grand and the Irvine which join at the base of a rock lookout we call Lovers’ Leap. These waterways run through...
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Rossmount Country Inn, St. Andrews, New Brunswick
Often it’s great innkeepers who want to share the successes of their friends. In this case, it was Bill Bennett of Langdon Hall in Ontario who guided me to Rossmount Inn, just outside the bustle of St....
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Oxbow @ Hotel Arts Kensington, Calgary
On the banks of Calgary’s meandering Bow River, the elegant boutique Hotel Arts Kensington exudes the motto of Relais et Chateaux…comfort, calm and best of all in my books, cuisine. Their new...
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L’Abattoir, Vancouver
L’Abattoir is arguably one of the most solidly creative and award-blessed restaurants in British Columbia. Lee Cooper is the soft-spoken chef with a boyish demeanour who not only grew up in the...
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Ruffino’s Pasta Bar and Grill, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
No matter where he’s been, Chef Ryan Crawford has celebrated Food Day Canada every year since its inception; once to the point of nearly getting arrested for doing a pop up restaurant at midnight on...
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micro bar • bites , Kelowna, British Columbia
The culinary cousin to RauDZ Regional Table, micro bar • bites in downtown Kelowna is an expansive 900 square feet of bar and small bites. Chef Butters jokes that the space is so small that “we don’t...
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Teatro, Calgary
When Chef Matthew Batey took on the position of Corporate Executive Chef of the well-established Teatro Group in Calgary, we knew things would take a really quick turn towards local ingredients. For...
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Vendome, Calgary
Celebrate Food Day Canada by checking out the recently renovated and re-opened Vendome in vibrant Sunnyside, Calgary! From drinks on the west facing patio to delicious coffees, Vendome has the perfect...
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Queen’s Landing, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
One of the jewels in the Vintage Hotels crown, Queen’s Landing is on the waterfront in this history-rich community. Much of the story of modern Canada was solidified here with the battle of Queenston...
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Sunny’s – A Modern Diner, Kelowna, British Columbia
RauDZ Creative Concepts Ltd. (RCC), owned by the dynamic team of Audrey Surrao and Chef Rod Butters are adding to their restaurant portfolio a modern diner they have named Sunny’s. Sunny’s is on...
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Dosanko, Vancouver
The Japanese culture in British Columbia is centuries old. They came as fishing families and stayed. In Vancouver, the restaurants that sprang up were largely sushi places. Real Japanese cooking was...
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Park Grocery Deli & Bar, Guelph, Ontario
Park Grocery opened in 1890 on what was then the northern extremities of the City of Guelph on the southern edge of Wellington County. Located on the main road north towards Owen Sound (now Highway...
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Founders House Dining and Drinks, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
The region around Annapolis Royal and Founders House is steeped in very early Canadian history with Fort Anne, Canada’s first administered National Historic Site, within sight. For someone who loves...
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George, Toronto
Lorenzo Loseto is one of Canada’s culinary giants. He has won many awards including Canada’s National Gold Medal Plates. James Chatto, the culinary scribe and organizer of Gold Medal Plates,...
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Borealis Bar and Grille, Kitchener, Ontario
It may be the Flying Monkey Hoptical Illusion…or one of the other 18 beers/ales on tap at the new Kitchener location of Borealis. Or it may be the Barrie Brothers asparagus-corn chips with house made...
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Euston Park Social Beer Garden, Moncton, New Brunswick
“The best journey you take is home.” And home they came. New Brunswickers Chef Gene and Susan Cormier decided to plant a shipping container in an area 0f Moncton that needed a neat beer garden with...
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Skye Café & Bistro, Regina, Saskatchewan
The dynamic husband and wife team of Chefs Milton Rebello and Louise Lu have named Skye Café & Bistro after their daughter who is “super proud of her restaurant”. The dining room and the patio...
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Taris On the Water, Welland, Ontario
Owners Leda and Tom Laborie built Taris on the Water armed with great enthusiasm and, dare we say, real vision. There could hardly be a niftier location right beside the magnificent iron Bridge #13...
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Bauer Kitchen, Waterloo, Ontario
Fine restaurants were few and far between in the early days of Kitchener Waterloo dining. If you wanted to celebrate or for a tremendous meal, you’d head to the Charcoal Steak House. The venerable...
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River Café, Calgary
Located in the middle of Prince’s Island Park, on the lagoon where the Bow River passes though downtown Calgary, River Café has featured “Seasonal Canadian Cuisine” since the mid-1990s. Inspired by...
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Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar, Regina, Saskatchewan
When it comes to developing new dishes for this great Regina-based restaurant, Chef, and owner Jonathan Thauberger blends classic culinary techniques with local products to create dishes that reflect...
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RauDZ Regional Table, Kelowna, British Columbia
When Relais Gourmande veterans, Chef Rod Butters and business partner Audrey Surrao, launched RauDZ Regional Table in Kelowna, it was clear that the city was ready for such a culinary experience. They...
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The Paisley Notebook Pop-Up, Kelowna
In spite of her apparent youth, Aman Dosanj is a veteran of the Kelowna food scene. Her family had one of the most interesting restaurants that city’s ever seen. Poppadoms was pure Indian in style but...
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Food Day Canada 2021 Chefs & Restaurants Map
Looking for places to dine Canadian on Food Day? July 31, 2021 is coming up fast. To help plan your day, we are mapping the locations of our amazing chefs & restaurants who are showing us “Canada...
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