Calgary Readers’ Choice Awards food and drink winners unveiled

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Here are the food and drink winners for the 2025/26 season. Calgary Readers' Choice for the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun.

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Favorite African restaurant
Gold: Safari Grill
Silver: Sultan's Tent
Bronze: Ethiopian restaurant “Marathon”

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Favorite bakery
Gold: Glamorgan Bakery
Silver: Lina's Italian Market
Bronze: Lakeview bakery

Favorite restaurant in Banff
Gold: Grizzly House
Silver: Park Distillery Restaurant and Bar
Bronze: Magpie and stump

Favorite BBQ restaurant
Gold: Big T's BBQ and Smokehouse
Silver (Tie): Big Sky BBQ, Hayden Block Smoke and whiskey
Bronze: Palomino

Favorite place for breakfast/brunch
Gold: Reda's Diner
Silver: Brokinsky yolk
Bronze: Deluxe Snack Bar

Favorite restaurant in Canmore
Gold: Grizzly Paw Pub and Brewing Company
Silver: Iron Goat Pub and Grill
Bronze: Crazy grass

Favorite Caribbean Restaurant
Gold: Roti's Hut
Silver: Lloyd's
Bronze (Tie): Caribbean cuisine Simply Irie, Ricardo's Hideaway

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Favorite chicken restaurant
Gold: Chicken on the way
Silver: Clack and Cleaver
Bronze: Nando

Favorite Chinese restaurant
Gold: Restaurant Silver Dragon
Silver: Ginger Beef Bistro House
Bronze: Restaurant New Dynasty

Favorite cocktail bar
Gold: Burwood Distillery
Silver: Proof
Bronze (Tie): Distillation Fusion, Shelter

Favorite coffee shop
Gold: Good Earth Coffee Shop
Silver: Analog coffee
Bronze: Phil and Sebastian coffee roasters

Favorite craft brewery
Gold: Village Brewery
Silver (Tie): Cold garden, brewery tool shed
Bronze: Trolley 5

Favorite dessert place
Gold: Country ice cream
Silver: Made by Marcus
Bronze: Lina's Italian Market

Favorite dim sum restaurant
Gold: Silver Dragon
Silver: Ginger Beef Country Hills
Bronze (Tie): Bistro T.Pot China, Regency Palace

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Favorite diner
Gold: Reda's Diner
Silver: Deluxe Snack Bar
Bronze: Blue Star Snack Bar

Favorite Distillery
Gold: Eau Claire Distillery
Silver (Tie): Burwood Distillery, Bridgeland Distillery
Bronze: Distillery “Two Rivers”

Favorite family restaurant
Gold: Barrel
Silver: Nick's Pizza and Steakhouse
Bronze: Earls

Favorite food truck
Gold: Perogie Boys
Silver: Varl and Cheeks
Bronze: Taiko Taco

Favorite French restaurant
Gold: Cassis Bistro
Silver: salt flower
Bronze: Eden

Favorite Greek restaurant
Gold: Greek restaurant “Broken Plate”
Silver: Greek tavern Santorini
Bronze: Paros Greek

Favorite hamburger restaurant
Gold: Peters Drive-In
Silver: Boogie Burger
Bronze: fatburger

Favorite Hidden Gem Restaurant
Gold: White elephant, Thai cuisine
Silver: Himalayan
Bronze: Flores and Pine

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Favorite ice cream shop
Gold: Country ice cream
Silver: Made by Marcus
Bronze: Mackay's Ice Cream (Cochrane)

Favorite Indian Restaurant
Gold: Karma Fine Indian Cuisine
Silver: Taj Mahal Restaurant
Bronze: Moti Mahal

Favorite Italian restaurant
Gold: Cafe Chianti
Silver: Market
Bronze: Italian cuisine Ri

Favorite Korean restaurant
Gold: Korean BBQ restaurant in Seoul
Silver: GOGI Korean BBQ
Bronze: Korean village restaurant

Favorite late night spot
Gold: Ship and anchor
Silver (Tie): Silver Dragon Restaurant, You and Me
Bronze: Party next door

Favorite Mexican Restaurant
Gold: Salt and pepper
Silver: Native languages ​​Taqueria and Mescaleria
Bronze: Old

Favorite Mediterranean restaurant
Gold: Restaurant Kasbah
Silver: Bistro Aida
Bronze: Damascus Fine Mediterranean cuisine

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Favorite Middle Eastern restaurant
Gold: Jerusalem Shawarma
Silver: Cedars Delhi
Bronze: Bistro Aida

Favorite yard
Gold: River Cafe
Silver: Ship and anchor
Bronze: Canadian brewery

Favorite pizzeria
Gold: Una Pizza and Wine
Silver: Spiros Pizza on 17th
Bronze: Gasa's Pizza

Favorite pub
Gold: Ship and anchor
Silver: Kensington Pub
Bronze: Craft beer market

Favorite ramen restaurant
Gold: Kinjo Sushi and Grill
Silver: Shiki Menya
Bronze: Care

Favorite shawarma/donair restaurant
Gold: Jerusalem Shawarma
Silver: Jimmy's A&A Mediterranean Deli
Bronze: Pita Grill

Favorite seafood restaurant
Gold: Only Joey
Silver: Rodney's Oyster House
Bronze: Big fish

Favorite steakhouse
Gold: Barrel
Silver: Caesar's Steakhouse
Bronze: Baron Baron

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Favorite sushi restaurant
Gold: Kinjo Sushi and Grill
Silver: Ball fish
Bronze: Sushi bar Zipang

Favorite Thai restaurant
Gold: White elephant Thai
Silver: Spice hut
Bronze: Juris Thai Place

Favorite vegetarian restaurant
Gold: Ten Foot Henry
Silver: Coup
Bronze: Vegan street plates and drinks

Favorite vegan restaurant
Gold: Coup
Silver: Choice of Hearts
Bronze: Vegan street plates and drinks

Favorite Vietnamese restaurant
Gold: East Phoenix
Silver: Pho Huong Viet
Bronze: Golden Bell Vietnamese restaurant

Favorite restaurant Wings
Gold: Mug Shotz Sports Bar and Grill
Silver: Regal Beagle Pub
Bronze: Buffalo Wild Wings

Best restaurant overall
Gold: Barrel
Silver: Karma Fine Indian Cuisine
Bronze: River Cafe

Best new restaurant
Gold: Bang Bang Ban Mi
Silver: Chicken in a sweater
Bronze: Beautiful on

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