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Fairmont Hotels Pick
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Bow Valley Grill |
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405 Spray Ave Banff Springs Hotel, Banff T1L 1J4 • 403-762-6860
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Description:
This expansive dining room is one of the hotel's largest, most popular venues. It's usually busy throughout the day, but it makes the most of its space by offering both a la carte and buffet dining. In the evenings, the menu focuses on Canadian fare, especially steaks and seafood. Appetizers include oyster mushroom chowder and Dungeness crab cakes; rotisserie options feature duck and chicken, succulent when roasted on a spit. Alberta beef is offered in several different cuts and comes with rich, accompanying sauces, and you'll also find pork chops and local trout on the menu. Reservations are a smart idea, especially if your time in Banff is limited. |
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User Rating: 9.625
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Clubhouse Restaurant and Lounge |
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(Restaurants - Lunch) |
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405 Spray Ave Banff Springs Hotel, Banff T1L 1J4 • 403-762-6860
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Distance:
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Description:
Its golf course location affords terrific views of the surrounding mountains and valleys, perfectly complementing a menu of local meats and fish. The restaurant is open throughout the day but is especially nice for a relaxing dinner removed from the main hotel. Plus, the sunsets are astounding. Entrees feature several different cuts of Alberta beef, including tenderloin and prime rib. Pork and lamb are also available, and fish caught in local waters are fresh and delicate in flavor. Transportation between the hotel and clubhouse runs every half-hour. |
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Balkan |
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120 Banff Ave, Banff T1L 1B1 • 403-762-3454
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Distance:
~0.985 km * |
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Description:
Dotted with classical busts and ethnic accents, this family-owned restaurant shakes up the dining scene with its authentic Greek cuisine. Those craving traditional dishes will be pleased by broiled calamari, dolmades, moussaka and souvlaki. They're made with care, just as you'd expect. Other options include stuffed peppers, grilled salmon, Greek ribs, lemon chicken and several different pasta dishes. The house specialty, roast lamb, is fantastic, as are the broiled lamb chops and Balkan steak. Lunch specials are ideal if you've already got dinner plans but develop an insatiable desire for spanakopita during the day. Special Greek fun nights include belly dances and live music – OPA! |
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Jump Start |
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206 Buffalo St, Banff T1L 1A9 • 403-762-0332
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Distance:
~0.996 km * |
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Description:
This busy cafe near the post office serves a lot of people each day. Many of them come for a coffee to go or for a quick bite in the midst of hiking and sightseeing. The interior is simple, with terra cotta-colored walls and bar-height tables and chairs. The menu is more elaborate, with brownies, cookies, cakes, and freshly-scooped ice cream. More substantial items include soups, sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls and lasagna. To quench your thirst, you'll find juices, bottled water, sodas, and delicious fresh-fruit milkshakes. Easy to get in and out of in a hurry. |
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Fairmont Hotels Pick
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Maple Leaf Grille |
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137 Banff Ave, Banff T1L 1C8 • 403-760-7680
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Distance:
~1.021 km * |
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Description:
Full of local character, this wonderful restaurant is a fashionable study in wood, stone, leather, copper and wrought iron. Dining areas and bars upstairs and down accommodate a multitude of guests, who come for the great food, beer and spirits. Representative dishes include flat bread pizzas and lamb burgers; you'll also find cider braised duck, grilled venison loin, beef tenderloin, and roasted breast of chicken. Seafood is available as well, as is a substantial wine list. Patrons frequently come for a good meal and then hang out drinking and socializing later in the evening. An upscale neighborhood bar. |
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User Rating: 10
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Bruno's Cafe & Grill |
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304 Caribou St, Banff T1L 1B6 • 403-762-8115
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Distance:
~1.159 km * |
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Description:
An easy-going coffee house vibe runs through this brightly-colored place, whose windows open onto the street. Regulars spend hours at a table, nursing coffee drinks and savory dishes. A host of espressos, lattes, chais and spiked coffees is available, and the juice bar serves a variety of your favorite libations. Beer, wine, sodas, milkshakes and floats complete the beverage list. Breakfast includes omelets, bagels, pancakes and traditional fare. There are also burgers, wraps, pizzas, salads and a tempting selection of appetizers and desserts. Come to pick up something quick at the counter, or join the locals and stake out a table of your own. Internet access too. |
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Muk-a-Muk Bistro & Lounge |
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1 Juniper Wy Juniper Hotel, Banff T1L 1E1 • 403-762-8331 • 403-762-2281
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Distance:
~1.160 km * |
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Sporting contemporary mountain ambience with leather chairs, a stone fireplace, abundant wood, and a big patio with views of the Bow River Valley, Muk-a-Muk (a Native American word for feast), presents an intriguing menu of regionally influenced dishes that utilize the best produce available. You might start with organic greens dressed with a vinaigrette of Inuit berry tea and lemon, sweet potato crab cakes with milkweed pod and juniper-gin mayo, smoked elk with apple-red onion chutney, or wild game terrine with bannock and red currant jelly. Main course selections have included dark ale braised bison short ribs with wild blueberries and AAA Alberta steak with chipotle-basil-roasted garlic butter. Deliciously different. |
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Fairmont Hotels Pick
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Sushi House Banff |
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304 Caribou St, Banff T0L 0C0 • 403-762-4353
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Distance:
~1.160 km * |
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Service is largely mechanized at this kaiten sushi bar, where small train cars circle the dining room, laden with sushi of all formulations. Diners look for their favorites and pluck the dishes from the train, selecting as many or as few as they want. Color-coded plates then indicate to the servers the prices of each selection, and they tally up the cost and present the bill. The most popular rolls and choices are constantly supplied to the train, but customers are free to make requests to the chef as well. The whole experience is as much entertainment as it is dining, and if you get carried away by the novelty, you may find yourself with quite a hefty tab. So eat well, but eat carefully. |
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User Rating: 9
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Evelyn's Coffee Bar |
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201 Banff Ave, Banff T1L 1A4 • 403-762-0352
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Distance:
~1.175 km * |
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Description:
For a quick bite and real hometown flavor, Evelyn's is tops. Charming Victorian decor with honey-toned woodwork, dried flowers and teapots welcomes visitors into the small shop. The place is a Banff favorite for picking up a terrific cup of coffee and something sweet. Lunch is also popular, and you'll find soups, sandwiches, muffins, and daily specials on order. To get a real taste of the town, sit and enjoy yourself inside or at the single outside table. However, if you've got places to be or appointments to keep, they're happy to pack something for you to take along. It's often busy, but the lines move fast, especially if you get a coffee to go. |
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User Rating: 7.4
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Grizzly House |
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207 Banff Ave, Banff T1L1B4 • 403-762-4055
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Distance:
~1.182 km * |
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Once you enter beneath the steeply-pitched portico, you're in a different world, by virtue of the eclectic decor and the fact that each table has a telephone – just-because. Fondue is the attraction here, either cheese fondue or foods cooked at the table in oil. Another social option is hot-rock cooking. The choices are legion: opt for something tame like beef, chicken and scallops, or venture to wild boar, alligator, rattlesnake and frog legs. There are all sorts of combination dinners too, and steaks are available for those who want the cooking done for them. For dessert, the chocolate fondue is a must, and since you dip into it with fruit, the calories are cut in half! |
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User Rating: 8
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