Restaurant
1. Canoe
A weekday fine-dining restaurant on the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower, cooking seasonal Canadian ingredients with a tasting menu, à la carte dinner and city views.
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2. Schwartz’s Deli
Montreal's best-known smoked meat deli, serving its cured and smoked brisket sandwiches on Saint-Laurent Boulevard since 1928.
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3. St. Lawrence
Chef Jean-Christophe Poirier's Michelin-starred restaurant on Powell Street serves refined Québécois and French cooking, with maple running through a weekly-changing table d'hôte.
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4. Alo
Chef Patrick Kriss's Michelin-starred restaurant on the third floor of 163 Spadina Avenue, serving changing four-, six- and ten-course tasting menus of contemporary French cooking.
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5. Joe Beef
Little Burgundy restaurant opened in 2005 and named after a 19th-century tavern keeper, known for steaks, seafood and French bistro classics.
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6. Published on Main
A Michelin-starred restaurant on Main Street cooking seasonal British Columbia produce from local farms and foragers, with à la carte dishes and a Harvest Tasting Menu.
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7. Au Pied de Cochon
Martin Picard's Plateau restaurant, open since 2001, known for nose-to-tail Québécois cooking, a whole menu section devoted to foie gras and an energetic open kitchen.
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8. Quetzal
A Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant on College Street cooking over wood-fired grills and hearths, with house-made heirloom corn tortillas, a tasting menu and agave cocktails.
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9. Tojo’s
Opened by chef Hidekazu Tojo in 1988, Tojo's on West Broadway is known for seasonal omakase menus and as the home of the inside-out California roll.
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10. Kissa Tanto
Upstairs in a faded Chinatown building, Michelin-starred Kissa Tanto blends Japanese and Italian cooking in a room modelled on 1960s Tokyo jazz cafés.
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11. Pai Northern Thai Kitchen
A popular Thai restaurant on Duncan Street, run by chef Nuit and her husband, serving Northern Thai dishes such as khao soi alongside pad thai, curries and salads.
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12. Toqué!
Normand Laprise's fine-dining restaurant, founded in 1993 and a pioneer of cooking with local, seasonal Quebec produce, now in the Quartier international.
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13. Barberian’s Steak House
A family-run steakhouse on Elm Street since 1959, known for dry-aged steaks butchered in-house, a huge underground wine cellar and a long list of famous guests.
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14. Hoogan et Beaufort
Michelin-starred Rosemont restaurant in a converted 1904 brick industrial building, where chef Marc-André Jetté cooks almost everything over wood fire.
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15. Vij’s
Opened by chef Vikram Vij in 1994, this Cambie Street Indian restaurant is a Michelin Bib Gourmand pick and still welcomes walk-in guests every evening from 5:30pm.
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16. Blue Water Cafe
In a Yaletown heritage warehouse, Blue Water Cafe has served seafood, oysters and sushi for 25 years under executive chef Frank Pabst, with a garden patio and award-winning wine list.
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17. Enoteca Sociale
A Roman-style Italian restaurant on Dundas Street West since 2010, with house-made pasta, bread and charcuterie, a marble bar and a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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18. L’Express
Saint-Denis Street French bistro, a Montreal institution since 1980, open seven days a week until 1am, with classic bistro dishes and a cellar of about 11,000 bottles.
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19. La Banquise
Round-the-clock Plateau institution, founded in 1968, serving more than 28 varieties of poutine along with microbrewery beers.
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20. Miku
Miku introduced flame-seared aburi sushi to Vancouver in 2008 and serves it beside Canada Place, with views over Burrard Inlet and a waterfront patio.
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