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 the city’s diverse culture and brings to light the steady growth of local producers. The newest exciting find featured on the menu is Snow Beef. Producers Ian and Nicole Crosbie have crossed their Holstein heifers with Wagyu. The...
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 the natural setting of the Bow River Valley, the restaurant has the feel and nostalgic appearance of an old Rocky Mountain fishing lodge with an open-hearth fieldstone fireplace and panoramic views of the park and...
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 steak house as grown into a full-fledged restaurant group with veteran Food Day Canada chef Todd Clarmo now overseeing the food service. With his influence the Bauer Kitchen’s menu is going to become more and more local in its...
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 right beside the old Welland Canal. The location could hardly been better. “We couldn’t believe there were no restaurants directly on the canal and as the saying goes…..”necessity is the mother of invention”. We view the canal and...
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 overlook Wascana Lake topped with the beautiful blue prairie Sky. Although the menu of these award winning chefs is has a strong global influence they are fiercely proud of the local seasonal ingredients that have helped him...