Tourism Winnipeg

The Common and food hall at The Forks: Laurie Brand Vera Pizzeria: Terik Cabildo 43 www.tourismwinnipeg.com Winnipeg Itineraries For You Foodies Winnipeggers have always known that this city punches way above its weight when it comes to great dining. But it's only recently that the rest of the world is starting to take notice. We're a city that was once seemingly only celebrated for our fantastic ethnic hole-in-the-wall restaurants and our haute fine- dining establishments — both of which we still have in spades. However, all that has changed in the last decade. 2015 saw enRoute — Air Canada's inflight magazine, which has become a standard bearer for Canadian cuisine — proclaim Winnipeg as "Canada's most overlooked food destination." The enRoute article noted many of our newest restaurants and nationally acclaimed rooms, all of which are helmed by chefs with a diverse array of culinary chops. It came on the heels of an article in the New York Times where travel writer Elaine Glusac marvelled at the meal she was served the previous winter at RAW:almond, an annual pop-up restaurant (and national award-winning tourism endeavour) where haute five-course meals are served in a large tent on the frozen ice of the Assiniboine River. Winnipeg is a city with more than 1,100 restaurants and where over 100 languages are spoken, so it should come as no surprise that a world of flavours is represented in our restaurants. Throughout downtown and in the surrounding neighbourhoods you'll now find a culinary scene that is budding with craftsmanship where fashionable foodies can be found sipping craft cocktails and raving over share plates. There are brilliant little tapas bars, Neapolitan pizza joints who know their dough, farm-to-table bistros that harness the city's surrounding fertile lands, and unexpected, exemplary Japanese, Vietnamese, Cantonese and Thai restaurants. You'll find plates so pretty you'll surely want to Instagram them — like we do at @tourismwinnipeg — just as a lot of the visiting foodies do too. The Forks, Winnipeg's most-popular tourist attraction, has also recently renovated its centre court, creating a European-style wine and beer kiosk called The Common — a first of its kind in Canada. At this handsome public area you can now get wine and beer on tap before walking about the market shopping or sampling food from new kiosks that showcase Argentinian empanadas, high-grade inventive sushi, and lamina — hand- pulled Chinese noodles that are made right before your eyes. You'll also find hip new brunch spots, excellent wine bars that are nestled in the exposed brick and beam settings of our Exchange District heritage buildings, along with one of the city's newest trends — newish Jewish delis that celebrate our old school delicatessen history. Simply put, no matter what you are looking for, your tastebuds are going to find it (and love it) in Winnipeg. Be sure to visit pegcitygrub.com and tourismwinnipeg.com/eat to learn more about Winnipeg's incredible culinary scene.

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