Calgary Readers’ Choice Awards food and drink winners unveiled

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Here are the food and drink winners in the 2025/26 Calgary Readers’ Choice Awards for the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun.

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Favourite African Restaurant
Gold: Safari Grill
Silver: Sultan’s Tent
Bronze: Marathon Ethiopian Restaurant

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Favourite Bakery
Gold: Glamorgan Bakery
Silver: Lina’s Italian Market
Bronze: Lakeview Bakery

Favourite Banff Restaurant
Gold: Grizzly House
Silver: Park Distillery Restaurant & Bar
Bronze: Magpie & Stump

Favourite Barbecue Restaurant
Gold: Big T’s BBQ & Smokehouse
Silver (Tie): Big Sky BBQ, Hayden Block Smoke & Whiskey
Bronze: The Palomino

Favourite Breakfast/Brunch Spot
Gold: Red’s Diner
Silver: Bro’Kin Yolk
Bronze: Diner Deluxe

Favourite Restaurant in Canmore
Gold: Grizzly Paw Pub & Brewing Company
Silver: Iron Goat Pub & Grill
Bronze: Crazyweed

Favourite Caribbean Restaurant
Gold: The Roti Hut
Silver: Lloyd’s
Bronze (Tie): Simply Irie Caribbean Cuisine, Ricardo’s Hideaway

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Favourite Chicken Restaurant
Gold: Chicken on the Way
Silver: Cluck N Cleaver
Bronze: Nando’s

Favourite Chinese Food Restaurant
Gold: Silver Dragon Restaurant
Silver: Ginger Beef Bistro House
Bronze: New Dynasty Restaurant

Favourite Cocktail Bar
Gold: Burwood Distillery
Silver: Proof
Bronze (Tie): Confluence Distilling, Shelter

Favourite Coffee Shop
Gold: Good Earth Coffeehouse
Silver: Analog Coffee
Bronze: Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters

Favourite Craft Brewery
Gold: Village Brewery
Silver (Tie): Cold Garden, Tool Shed Brewery
Bronze: Trolley 5

Favourite Dessert Spot
Gold: Village Ice Cream
Silver: Made by Marcus
Bronze: Lina’s Italian Market

Favourite Dim Sum Restaurant
Gold: Silver Dragon
Silver: Ginger Beef Country Hills
Bronze (Tie): T.Pot China Bistro, Regency Palace

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Favourite Diner
Gold: Red’s Diner
Silver: Diner Deluxe
Bronze: Blue Star Diner

Favourite Distillery
Gold: Eau Claire Distillery
Silver (Tie): Burwood Distillery, Bridgeland Distillery
Bronze: Two Rivers Distillery

Favourite Family Restaurant
Gold: The Keg
Silver: Nick’s Pizza and Steakhouse
Bronze: Earls

Favourite Food Truck
Gold: Perogy Boyz
Silver: Waffle & Chix
Bronze: Taiko Taco

Favourite French Restaurant
Gold: Cassis Bistro
Silver: Fleur de Sel
Bronze: The Eden

Favourite Greek Restaurant
Gold: Broken Plate Greek Restaurant
Silver: Santorini Greek Taverna
Bronze: Paros Greek

Favourite Hamburger Restaurant
Gold: Peter’s Drive-In
Silver: Boogies Burger
Bronze: Fatburger

Favourite Hidden Gem Restaurant
Gold: White Elephant Thai Cuisine
Silver: The Himalayan
Bronze: Flores & Pine

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Favourite Ice Cream Shop
Gold: Village Ice Cream
Silver: Made by Marcus
Bronze: Mackay’s Ice Cream (Cochrane)

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

Favourite Italian Restaurant
Gold: Chianti Cafe
Silver: Mercato
Bronze: Rea’s Italian Cucina

Favourite Korean Restaurant
Gold: Seoul BBQ Korean Restaurant
Silver: GOGI Korean BBQ
Bronze: Korean Village Restaurant

Favourite Late Night Spot
Gold: Ship & Anchor
Silver (Tie): Silver Dragon Restaurant, U and Me
Bronze: Barrio Fiesta

Favourite Mexican Restaurant
Gold: Salt & Pepper
Silver: Native Tongues Taqueria y Mezcaleria
Bronze: Anejo

Favourite Mediterranean Restaurant
Gold: The Casbah Restaurant
Silver: Aida’s Bistro
Bronze: Damascus Fine Mediterranean Foods

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Favourite Middle Eastern Restaurant
Gold: Jerusalem Shawarma
Silver: Cedars Deli
Bronze: Aida’s Bistro

Favourite Patio
Gold: River Cafe
Silver: Ship & Anchor
Bronze: Canadian Brewhouse

Favourite Pizza Restaurant
Gold: Una Pizza & Wine
Silver: Spiros Pizza on 17th
Bronze: Gus’ Pizza

Favourite Pub
Gold: Ship & Anchor
Silver: Kensington Pub
Bronze: Craft Beer Market

Favourite Ramen Restaurant
Gold: Kinjo Sushi & Grill
Silver: Shiki Menya
Bronze: Jinya

Favourite Shawarma/Donair Restaurant
Gold: Jerusalem Shawarma
Silver: Jimmy’s A&A Mediterranean Deli
Bronze: Pita Grill

Favourite Seafood Restaurant
Gold: Joey’s Only
Silver: Rodney’s Oyster House
Bronze: Big Fish

Favourite Steak House
Gold: The Keg
Silver: Caesar’s Steakhouse
Bronze: Cattle Baron

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Favourite Sushi Restaurant
Gold: Kinjo Sushi & Grill
Silver: Globefish
Bronze: Sushi Bar Zipang

Favourite Thai Restaurant
Gold: White Elephant Thai
Silver: Spicy Hut
Bronze: Jurees Thai Place

Favourite Vegetarian Restaurant
Gold: Ten Foot Henry
Silver: The Coup
Bronze: Vegan Street Plates & Pours

Favourite Vegan Restaurant
Gold: The Coup
Silver: Hearts Choices
Bronze: Vegan Street Plates & Pours

Favourite Vietnamese Restaurant
Gold: Oriental Phoenix
Silver: Pho Huong Viet
Bronze: Golden Bell Vietnamese Restaurant

Favourite Wings Restaurant
Gold: Mug Shotz Sports Bar & Grill
Silver: Regal Beagle Pub
Bronze: Buffalo Wild Wings

Best Overall Restaurant
Gold: The Keg
Silver: Karma Fine Indian Cuisine
Bronze: River Cafe

Best New Restaurant
Gold: Bang Bang Banh Mi
Silver: The Sweatered Hen
Bronze: Sumaq on 17

The Calgary Readers’ Choice Awards were created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division.

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