Packed again. Must be a pretty good spot.
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Calgary Restaurant Thread
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Mountain Man
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Went to the Brewhouse in University District for the game last night, decent place, way overpriced! A pub burger shouldn't be $22 unless it's huge!
potatopizzafan
Active Member
Thats outrageous, one of the many reasons the Ship is so successful is reasonable prices. $12 for a ship burger and fries
Mountain Man
Senior Member
El Furniture Warehouse on Stephen Ave doesn't have a single food item over $10, it's great! Better burger than the Brewhouse burger too and definitely on par with the Ship Burger.
artvandelay
Active Member
This is such a great redevelopment and it really came out of nowhere. It shows that there is hope for adaptive reuse of even the most bland corporate spaces.
Now let's see the same thing at the TransAlta HQ and the main floor of Manhattan Lofts converted back to retail.
JoeUrban
Active Member
This is awesome, that office park was so dead and now it's full of people. I can also see some cross-pollination between that patio and the porch/yard of Civic Tavern , formerly Hop in Brew
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Just went here at lunch, this may become my favourite place downtown right now!
Might be a good place to do a forum meet up sometime. Can easily bike to it too
ByeByeBaby
Active Member
The Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list came out for 2022; Calgary was well represented:
10. River Café (St. Patricks Island / Eau Claire)
12. Major Tom (Stephen Ave / Downtown Commercial Core) *
18. D.O.P. (1st St / Beltline)
22. Shokunin (4th St / Mission)
36. Eight (Alt Hotel / Downtown East Village) *
63. Nupo (Alt Hotel / Downtown East Village) *
72. Ten Foot Henry (1st St / Beltline)
82. Lulu Bar (17th Ave / Beltline)
86. Jinbar (4th St NE / Bridgeland) *
87. Orchard (10th Ave (SODO) / Beltline) *
98. Foreign Concept (1st St / Beltline)
The restaurants with asterisks were on the Best New (past two years) Restaurants list; Major Tom was the Best New Restaurant in Canada.
Because of COVID related travel restrictions, it seems that they might not have had the full slate of judges they might normally; the 'prairies' section also had restaurants in Saskatoon and Winnipeg, but none in Edmonton.
Also from the 50 best bars list (which did have Edmonton locations):
12. Proof (1st St / Beltline)
30. Betty Lou’s Library (17th Ave / Beltline)
34. Paper Lantern (2nd Ave SE / Chinatown)
38. Ship & Anchor Pub (17th Ave / Beltline)
10. River Café (St. Patricks Island / Eau Claire)
12. Major Tom (Stephen Ave / Downtown Commercial Core) *
18. D.O.P. (1st St / Beltline)
22. Shokunin (4th St / Mission)
36. Eight (Alt Hotel / Downtown East Village) *
63. Nupo (Alt Hotel / Downtown East Village) *
72. Ten Foot Henry (1st St / Beltline)
82. Lulu Bar (17th Ave / Beltline)
86. Jinbar (4th St NE / Bridgeland) *
87. Orchard (10th Ave (SODO) / Beltline) *
98. Foreign Concept (1st St / Beltline)
The restaurants with asterisks were on the Best New (past two years) Restaurants list; Major Tom was the Best New Restaurant in Canada.
Because of COVID related travel restrictions, it seems that they might not have had the full slate of judges they might normally; the 'prairies' section also had restaurants in Saskatoon and Winnipeg, but none in Edmonton.
Also from the 50 best bars list (which did have Edmonton locations):
12. Proof (1st St / Beltline)
30. Betty Lou’s Library (17th Ave / Beltline)
34. Paper Lantern (2nd Ave SE / Chinatown)
38. Ship & Anchor Pub (17th Ave / Beltline)
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Mountain Man
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Guess I'm going to have to check out Major Tom!
I don't get out enough. I've only been to one of those listed restaurants recently (Ten Foot Henry), and have been to River Cafe, but not for about 10-15 years.
4 in the top 22, and 11 in the top 100. That's a good representation.
4 in the top 22, and 11 in the top 100. That's a good representation.
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Alex_YYC
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I’ve been thinking of trying out Major Tom. Mostly for the view, but it appears the food is not too bad either
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I've only been to the Ship and River Cafe, I also need to get out more, and I consider myself a bit of a foodie!
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
That might be our best showing ever. The last time they released the top 100 list we had 10 of them. By comparison - as they’re identical in population to us - that year Ottawa had 3 and Edmonton had 1
Mountain Man
Senior Member
They are setting up a temporary sidewalk for pretty much all of the strip of 1 St between 12th and 13aves. Look for that whole stretch to be patios (except St James, their patio is on 13th). This city should do this on more streets. I was going to take a picture but there were some tweakers harassing people so I didn't linger lol.