ManyFest: Downtown Winnipeg BIZ Segovia: Peg City Grub
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2016 SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS & ITINERARIES GUIDE
Winnipeg
Culinary Trails
2015 saw enRoute, Air Canada's travel magazine, proclaim
Winnipeg as "Canada's most overlooked food destination,"
in an article that noted many of our newest restaurants.
It highlighted rooms like Segovia, our celebrated tapas bar
where no reservations means you should get there early;
Enoteca, a small plates wine bar where the exquisitely plated
food saw it named as one of Canada's 10 best new restaurants
(enRoute 2015); and Deer+Almond, the Exchange District's
quirky, colourful restaurant that is co-responsible for the
now internationally celebrated Raw:almond winter pop-up
restaurant that brings some of North America's best chefs to
the frozen Red River in winter.
So without further ado, let's get into it, because we have a
serious amount of tasty times on today's menu.
BREAKFAST & BRUNCH
Every city needs a breakfast institution, and here in Winnipeg
that place goes by the name of Stella's. They took the city by
storm with house made breads and legendary jams, along with
all the eggs, bacon, waffles and huevos rancheros that one
would expect at a place that does breakfast right (it's also
open lunch and dinner). They now have eight locations across
the city, each one a great spot to take the kids to (even though
they don't bother with kid's menus).
Another rocking spot to take the kids to is The Park Café
at Assiniboine Park. Located in the attractive, architecturally
appealing Qualico Centre, The Park Café overlooks the park's
duck pond along with its expansive green space, while the menu
features an abundance of fresh healthy options along with a
kid's menu that is an absolute bargain.
If you are of the hip set, then the Tallest Poppy on Sherbrook
Street is where it's at for delicious things like fried chicken and
waffles — all while you sit in a room adorned with local art.
Other breakfast spots of note (which also carry over into
excellent lunching) include items from the lovely ladies of
Marion Street Eatery, whose hearty, on-point fare in
St. Boniface usually equates to line-ups on weekends; Falafel
Place in River Heights — a cash-only institution where massive
portions of garlicky Jewish delights served with eggs are top
notch; and the Oakwood Bistro on South Osborne — a
family-friendly kitschy joint where everything is made from
scratch and right on the money. Try the borscht and the
French toast.
As the lineups and frequent sold out signs at Bronuts (which
just opened in 2015) indicate, The Peg loves its doughnuts.
But before Bronuts, the OD in town (that's original doughnut,
"Cruller was the case that they gave me") was Oh Doughnuts,
whose gourmet, primarily organic ingredient based numbers
were available at cool coffee shops like Parlour. Anyway, they
now have their own shop at 326 Broadway, with the sexiest
looking doughnuts you can imagine.
LUNCH AROUND (LUNCH
AROUND, LUNCH UP, LUNCH UP,
AND GET DOWN…)
Spring and Summer time in The Peg means people will be out in
full force on the patios and food trucks will be found throughout
downtown (mainly on Broadway and at The Forks). Over 30 food
trucks ply their trade in downtown Winnipeg, with standouts
including wood fire pizzas from The Red Ember (North
America's second largest food truck), gourmet tater tots from
Tot Wheels, and Japanese hot dogs from Kyu Grill — all past
winners at ManyFest's Food Truck Wars, an annual competition
that sees Winnipeg's food truck fleet compete for the peoples
and judges' votes (September 9–11)
