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What do you do when there’s little time for lunch but you have no desire for fast food? Your quest for a fast and fabulous midday meal isn’t so hard to satisfy. Here are some great ideas for a delicious, but quick, lunch.
Calgarians love brunch. And, given our long Prairie winters, we also pop our corks for restaurant patios from spring thaw to fall freeze-up. Put the two together and controlled culinary chaos ensues. These restaurants offer that rare and sought-after combo of pleasant outdoor seating and great brunch munching.
Calgary is certainly the place to eat world-renowned Alberta beef. In recent years, however, the city has expanded its already substantial meat repertoire, embracing rotisserie meats, Latin American meats, barbecue meats and… well, you get the picture.
Going out for ice cream should always be a special event. These Calgary parlours and stands make ordering a bowl or cone just that. [Photo courtesy of Village Ice Cream]
A hot cup of joe and the warm and sociable surroundings of Calgary’s independent coffee shops are real productivity boosters for work and study. Most coffee shops welcome laptop tappers, but don’t abuse the privilege with five-hour, one-coffee sittings — you’ll ruin it for the rest of us!
Like a drinkable dairy cocktail, minus the hooch, a well-crafted milkshake is a thing to savour. These city establishments serve their own unique shake recipes in a long list of flavours from good old vanilla to exotic fruit concoctions.
A beloved Calgary Stampede tradition, the city fairly sizzles with outdoor pancake breakfasts for the duration of this Wild West fest. This list featuring some of the very best free Stampede morning meals is but a small sample of such flap-jackin’ events. Calgary Stampede runs July 8 to 17, 2016.
Deliciously living up to its name, Calgary's International Avenue features a diverse selection of globally inspired restaurants. On this lengthy stretch of 17th Avenue Southeast, take a meal-time holiday at Vietnamese, Indonesian, Caribbean, Ethiopian and Portuguese eateries (for starters), and at reasonably prices.
Sometimes Saturdays and Sundays get off to a slow start. As a result, the usual lunchtime may pass you by, leaving you out and about on the weekend with a mid-afternoon hankering for food. While options can be somewhat limited, these restaurants keep afternoon hours on weekends and lend themselves to lackadaisical lounging and late lunches.
If your favourite brunch spot is booked solid on Father’s Day, treat dad to dinner out instead. Below is a selection of dining destinations just right for Father’s Day feasting, some of which present Father’s Day menus and/or Sunday specials that Dad will dig.
Calgary has developed a serious thirst for craft beer. These brew pubs satisfy with a huge array of suds created by microbreweries from Alberta to Belgium. Typical of these better beer spots, the suds-friendly food is a tasty notch above the pub-fare norm. [Craft beer at National on 17th. Photo © Yellow Pages / Pages Jaunes]
Steak may be the city’s signature dish, but vegetarian and vegan eating is easier to come by than ever in Calgary. Though few restaurants purport to be veg-only, many, including a few on this list, take care to serve their veg-lovin’ clientele very well.