Yukon Territory
Offering good home-style cooking with options to sit inside or out, Kathy's is popular with locals.
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Winnipeg
A delightful cafe specializing in all sorts of decadent baked goodies and light meals.
Nova Scotia
This bakery is famous for its hearty bread. Sandwiches are made on thick slabs of it.
Whitehorse
The Fireweed Community Market draws vendors from the region; the berries are fabulous.
Labrador
Fresh doughnuts, pies, breakfast dishes and pizzas are served at this small bakery.
Okanagan Valley
The market draws more than 100 vendors. It's just west of Hwy 97.
Vancouver
Colonizing what used to be an old paper tag factory, this tiny bakery produces what may be Vancouver's finest sourdough loaf. Using ingredients sourced…
North Shore
Friendly and funky, with eye-popping surfer and tiki decor, this is the most laid-back of the side-by-side, patio-fronted restaurants calling your name at…
Vancouver
The detailed, Parisian-look interior of this chocolate-lovers' hangout (Western Canada first branch of a popular Quebec mini-chain) is enough to entice…
Vancouver
A budget dining option that's very busy in summer; you could auction off your table to the highest bidder when you're ready to depart (just kidding)…
Vancouver
A buzzing seafood joint where Vancouver locals like to be seen scoffing a wide array of aquatic treats. Knowing reinventions of the classics include prawn…
Lower Mainland
Richmond has several popular Asian shopping malls. While this isn't the biggest, Parker Place has an authentic feel, with a food court that evokes a…
Vancouver
The more popular of two side-by-side pizza joints (hence the lineups). The generously topped thin-crust slices here are the perfect way to salve your…
Québec City
For a snack on the go, locals favor this humble stand inside Marché du Vieux-Port, with its ever-changing array of delectable homemade sausages. Four to…
Montréal
On a leafy street near McGill University, students, professors and the odd neighborhood regular not associated with the university flock to this charming…
Vancouver
The booze (beer, cocktails and tequila) is just as important as the food (Latin American street nosh) at this buzzing, patio-fronted hangout. Snag a…
Vancouver
Aiming to convert meat-eaters into herbivores is the stated aim of this small vegetarian burger bar, which means hearty, meat-esque dishes such as grilled…
Montréal
In business for seven decades, this enormous 'shack' 45-minutes north of Montréal serves a set menu that includes ham, bacon, sausages, oreilles de crisse…
Montréal
Above Sparrow – Cardinal's food-focused sibling – you'll find a two-story tearoom set with a glittering chandelier, velvet couches, framed artwork and…
Montréal
Wilensky’s feels like walking onto a 1950s Hollywood movie set. Rickety wooden stools line the counter and photographs from the 1930s festoon the walls…
Gastown & Chinatown
It's the glass cabinets of Chinese cakes and savory snacks that lures most people into this orange-accented Chinatown fixture; pop in for well-priced pork…
Eastern Townships
Best known for its scrumptious maple pies, this bakery in an attractive old brick-walled general store in central Frelighsburg does double duty as a…
Montréal
Trì Dư prepares superb sushi and sashimi plates, along with inventive salads and soups with a hint of his home country of Vietnam in this hip, vintage…
Vancouver
West Coast seafood dominates at this slick, high-ceilinged restaurant-with-a-view near Granville Bridge. The fresh oysters are popular and they're best…
Vancouver
In the heart of Olympic Village, this popular neighborhood haunt serves gourmet comfort nosh such as Cajun chicken burgers and pineapple-and-pulled-pork…
Vancouver
Take a seat beneath the giant wooden spoon and fork paintings at this laid-back joint and tuck into satisfying Thai comfort grub. The papaya salad and…
Whistler
Offering small plates ($6 to $16) for nibblers and main dishes for starving skiers, the chefs at this casual upstairs spot advertise their work as 'modern…
Fairview & South Granville
Pull up a black-laquered chair and dive into the menu at this Hong Kong–style hot-pot spot. It's a surprisingly large, long-established place that is…
Gastown & Chinatown
This moodlit, bi-level joint is a carnivore's dream. Find a table among the chattering classes – or better still at the communal long table downstairs –…
Gastown & Chinatown
Snag a seat at the U-shaped central table in this warmly aromatic restaurant and watch the chef prepare mouthwatering dinner dishes. You'll feel like you…
Montréal
This sweet bakery has delectable pastries, tasty sandwiches (including an egg-and-cheese breakfast option) and a tempting selection of loaves. At…
Gastown & Chinatown
Looking like an explosion in a paint factory, this friendly, rainbow-hued hole-in-the-wall is tucked along a cobbled back alley that looks a lot grittier…
Calgary
Its motto is 'the drive-in you can't drive by' and clearly, the crowds agree. It's packed, offering a largely-unchanged-since-1962 menu of super-thick…
Montréal
This self-consciously hip restaurant is a magnet for the young, postparty brunch crowd. More than a dozen different types of omelets, plus all the…
Vancouver
This slightly hidden cafe on Railspur Alley is a smashing coffee stop but it also serves good-value all-day breakfasts – go for the chorizo-egg-and-cheese…
Banff Town
While other joints stop serving breakfast at 11am, greasy-spoon-meets-pub Bruno's keeps going all day, replenishing the appetites of mountain men and…
North Shore
The house-baked German-style breads here are about as far from factory-made products as possible. Be sure to pick up an ancient grains loaf (it'll keep…
Vancouver
Vancouver's quirkiest vegetarian resto-bar serves meat-free burgers and smokies that carnivores love just as much. Coconut 'bacon' and veggie 'pulled pork…
