Top Ten Restaurants 2011
It is that time of year again where we select our favorite restaurants. For 2011 several of 2010′s top picks made the list again, although in a somewhat different order. While last years list focused on foodie havens, this years list is all about restaurants that simply blew us away. It was the combination of the menu, the atmosphere, and the people, that filtered the results.
This year we also ranked our top three favorite food trucks, as well as added a “best…” category. Enjoy.
2011 Top Ten Restaurants
- Petite – amazing new location, even more amazing food
- The Catch – phenomenal new menu and renovation
- Notable – most amazing wood burning grill
- Taste – tasty creations from Calgary’s best small restaurant
- The District – yet again, best food for the money & great beer
- Without Papers – Inglewood’s trendy little pizza place
- Sushi Haru – best sushi in Calgary, in Airdrie
- Tango Bistro – amazing lunch menu
- Charcut – home of Top Chef’s Connie
- Model Milk – coolest table in the city
Top Three Food Trucks
- Fries & Dolls
- Perogy Boyz
- Fiasco Gelato
Best Burger – Five Guys
Best Poutine – Fries & Dolls
Best Steak – Petite
Best Tapas Menu – Taste
Best Mexican Food – Ox & Angela
Best Venue – Charcut
Best Service – Double Zero
Biggest Wow Factor – Notable – over wood burning coals
Best Food for the Money – The District
Best Lunch Menu – Tango Bistro
Best Furniture – Model Milk’s steel beam expandable table
Best New Menu – The Catch
Top 10 Restaurants 2010
Gilchrist has his favorites, well we have ours too! Ours, well they have less to do with name dropping, and more to do with how good the food is. Furthermore, when we review a restaurant, they simply don’t know who we are, so we get the real deal, the real service, the real food, not the more cautiously prepared food they serve to the critics. These are the restaurants that touched our souls, tantalized our palates, and made us crave more, and more and more in 2010.
10. Codo Vietnamese – Phenomenal Pho
9. Sushi Haru – Amazing Sushi
8. Vin Room – Well selected wines
7. Tango Bistro – Perfect plates
6. A Ladybug Bakery and Cafe – Crazy Crepes
5. Bagolac Saigon – Even better Pho
4. La Belle Patate – Montreal in the Mountains
3. Famoso – Positively the best Pizza
2. Petite – The best Chef
1. The District – Dollar for dollar, absolutely the best food in Calgary
Oh, and of all the restaurants we went to all year long, our absolute favorite even though it isn’t in Calgary, San Francisco’s Sebo run by the incredible Michael Black. If you are in San Fran, check it out, it will be the most unique sushi experience you ever have.
