Top 10 Canadian restaurants

What’s a holiday trip without experiencing a taste of the local cuisine and delicacies? For a tourist who’s just landed in a new destination, the excitement of seeing all the sights and visiting the top local attractions may all be gone when one is exhausted and starving.

For a popular destination such as Canada, it’s good to do a bit of research about good dining destinations especially if you’re completely new to a certain province. Browsing through restaurant guides such as enRoute and online directories such as Canada 411 can surely help.

Aside from personal websites and blogs with posts (including those mouth-watering food photos) about an author’s dining out at a certain restaurant, I also enjoy browsing through online reviews as they are more detailed and descriptive. For instance, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine presents a compilation of the top ten best new Canadian restaurants which offers good dining information for tourists planning to visit Canada.

Check out these top ten picks for the best new Canadian restaurants:

Cibo (900 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC)
604-602-9570

The Black Hoof (928 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON)
416-551-8854

RUSH (100–207 9th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB)
403-271-7874

Atelier (540 Rochester St., Ottawa, ON)
613-321-3537

Murray Street (110 Murray St., Ottawa, ON)
613-562-7244

Cabane à Sucre Au Pied de Cochon (11382, rang de La Fresnière, Saint-Benoît de Mirabel, QC)
450-258-1732
Seasonal

Ship to Shore (2684 Rte 20, Darnley, PEI)
902-836-5475
Seasonal

Pizzeria Libretto (221 Ossington Ave., Toronto, ON)
416-532-8000

Culina Highlands (6509 112th Ave. NW, Edmonton, AB)
780-477-2422

La Salle à manger (1302, av. du Mont-Royal E., Montréal, QC)
514-522-0777

These restaurants are worth checking out. You might want to try Cibo’s crispy lamb’s tongue, The Black Hoof’s cured meats, RUSH’s beef tenderloin, or some of the sweet desserts from Cabane à Sucre Au Pied de Cochon.