Fast Food restaurants in Canada
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VJ's Drive-In
Across from Union Station, VJ's is a fave for take-out fixes. There may be a line at lunchtime, but overstuffed chili dogs, greasy cheeseburgers and bronze-hued fries consistently voted the best in Winnipeg won't disappoint. Seating is limited to outdoor picnic tables.
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Pirate Chips
Locals originally came here for the best fries in town – the curry topping is recommended – but they keep coming back for the funky ambience and quirky pirate-themed decor. It's an excellent late-night hangout: you can even indulge in poutine and deep-fried chocolate bars – although preferably not together.
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Chez Ashton
For a break from fine dining, head to Chez Ashton, a Québec City fast-food institution with dozens of restaurants across town. Some Québec City boosters swear it’s the best poutine in the province (Montrealers, of course, would quickly dismiss such an idea). Though poutine is the draw, Ashton also whips up burgers and roast beef sandwiches.
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Le Chien Chaud
'Gourmet hot dogs' sounds like a greasy joke, but these ones are rather delicious. With more varieties of tube-steak than anyone previously thought possible, Le Chien Chaud can even cater to vegetarians.
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La Casa Gelato
If you've been skiing, cycling, kayaking or just on your feet all day exploring the neighborhoods, it may be time to cool down with an ice-cold treat. A visit to Vancouver's fave ice-cream joint should hit the spot, although you'll likely get brain-freeze trying to choose from the bewildering kaleidoscope of flavors – 508 at last count. All the usual suspects are available, but if you're feeling adventurous try the garlic or hot chili varieties.
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Market Square
Anchoring the market district, this sturdy brick building is the perfect place to stop when hunger strikes. Aside from the fresh produce and cheese, there's an array of international takeaway joints offering falafel, spicy curries, flaky pastries, sushi (the list goes on). For dessert, don't miss the stand at the corner of William and George Sts selling beavertails – Ottawa's signature sizzling flat-dough dish.
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Restaurant Rapido du Plateau
If you're partying late on the Plateau you will probably end up here at least once. Is the food good? Impossible to say. By the time people end up here, that's kind of a moot point and they aren't really in the condition to recall what they ate anyway. Whatever. Good or bad, most Montrealers have fond memories of watching the sun come up while tucking into a hamburger steak here at some point in their youth.
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Frites Dorées
If you can deal with the low-life area and derelict regulars muttering about alien invasions at the table next to you, this place does a classic toasté all dress hotdog (relish, mustard and onion, topped with chopped cabbage and on a toasted bun). A city institution, immortalized by renowned Canadian photographer Gabor Szilasi in a one of his classic photos.
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Paul Weber
Just 12km north of Orillia on Hwy 11, this legend ary grill-hut lures passers-by with cheap eats and a shmancy sky bridge to nab commuters on the far side of the highway. Endless lines of lip-lickers form for food, as though the burgers and fries have curative powers, which, of course, is the opposite of the truth. Now if only angioplasties were as cheap as the food…
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Tim Hortons
Before you send us hate mail for putting Timmy's in the guidebook, know this: Tim Horton was born in Cochrane and this link of his famous donut chain (started by his wife in his memory) is the busiest branch in the entire country. Truckers line up in droves at all times of the day (it's open 24 hours) to snag some sugary goodness from the remarkably efficient cashiers.
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St Hubert
Hubert must be the patron saint of poultry because these chicken fillets are divine. Dunk these morsels of breaded goodness in the homemade gravy to understand why the restaurant became a franchise. It's situated across the road from the Canada Science & Technology Museum, about 5km from the downtown core.
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Flying Saucer
For extraterrestrial fast food, you can't go past this diner on the Lundy's Lane motel strip. Famous $1.59 breakfasts are served until noon (eggs, fries and toast), but heftier meals in the way of steaks, seafood, fajitas, burgers and hot dogs are also on-board. Take-out is in the saucer to the left.
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Flying Saucer Drive-in
For extraterrestrial fast food, you can’t go past this diner on the Lundy’s Lane motel strip. Famous 99¢ breakfasts are served until noon (eggs, fries and toast), but heftier meals in the way of steaks, seafood, fajitas, burgers and hot dogs are also on-board.
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Papa Ceo
Nearly two dozen types of gourmet slices show off here, and they are all enormous – grab a chunky slab of 'bun giorno' (mozzarella, mushrooms, chicken, roast beef and corned beef) and retreat to the back tables where Italian Serie A soccer dances across TV screens.
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Deluxe Hamburgers
McDonald's has the golden arches; Deluxe has the golden arch. McDonald's has fast food; Deluxe offers swift service. Notice a pattern? So maybe the concept wasn't original, but this blast from the past is a local institution.
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Mrs B's Pizzas
The fire-engine-red facade lures the weary masses like the call of a siren, so bop in for a slice of greasy heaven and extinguish your hunger. There's a second location at 459 Second Line W.
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Sammy's Souvlaki
Bump elbows with taxi drivers and late-night beery hordes at Sammy's, serving take-out souvlaki, falafels, poutine, burgers and hot dogs. Burp…
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Ed's Express
Blessedly, this spartan fast-food eatery does better with its burgers, pizza and donairs than with its decor.
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Ches's
Ches's and its fish and chips are an institution in Newfoundland. No frills, just cod that will melt in your mouth.
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Chantmartin
Despite its truck-stop-like appearance and attached line of generic motel rooms, Chantmartin is a good, rapid stop for everything from poutine and pizza to crab, prawns and roast chicken.
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Sub on the Hub
Dispensing pizza and burgers from a take-out window in the recreation complex downtown, this place doesn't so much cook as heat things up.
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Scotia Square Mall Food Court
If you're not fussed about ambience, get surprisingly authentic Indian, Korean, Italian food and more for around $5 a plate at this food court. Favorites here are Ray's Falafel and Cafe Istanbul.
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Roundhouse Lodge
Handily located at the junction of several ski lifts, most powder hogs hit the Roundhouse at least once during their day atop Whistler Mountain. The giant, food-court-style approach delivers plenty of choice, so you shouldn't have any trouble stuffing your face with burgers, pizza and fish and chips. Alternatively, kick it up a notch with Steeps Grill, a full-service Roundhouse joint with great views and lip-smacking seafood chowder.
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