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Culinary In the words of the Toronto Star, Winnipeg's "brag- worthy food scene mixes hipster, local, Indigenous, Jewish and French with assorted multicultural eats," pretty much nails it. Although, one thing they left out is our vibrant patio scene, which is surely where you'll want to spend a lot of your stay this spring-summer. For the highest concentration of patios in the city, take your taste buds to Corydon Avenue, an area that was once considered the city's Little Italy. Don't miss The Roost (651 Corydon Avenue), a second-floor-situated small plates and cocktail bar that features a patio perfectly nestled above the action on the street below. A few blocks away is where you'll find a few of the city's best restaurants, all within a stone's throw of one another. For starters there is The Grove (164 Stafford) — a popular neighbourhood haunt where the food goes way beyond standard pub fare. Two doors down is Close Company (256 Stafford Street), perhaps Winnipeg's smallest restaurant where the share plates are divine and the cocktails equally good, and Máquè (909 Dorchester Avenue) is just one more door over. This Asian small plates restaurant by nationally acclaimed chef Scott Bagshaw was long listed by Air Canada's enRoute magazine as one of Canada's best new restaurants (2016). All three spots have lovely little patios ideal for people watching below the neighbourhood's elm canopy. Osborne Street, Winnipeg's bohemian-chic neighbourhood, has recently been the scene of a restaurant renaissance, with some great new rooms opening in both Osborne Village proper and further down the road in South Osborne. The benchmark in the area remains to be Segovia Tapas Bar (484 Stradbrook Avenue), a Spanish restaurant with a quaint patio that is a perennial on "Canada's best restaurant" lists. While just around the corner and hidden in a basement is Sous Sol (22-222 Osborne — go behind the pink pet store), the city's most eclectic French restaurant and speakeasy featuring a menu of small plates by Gold Medal Plates Winnipeg winning chef Michael Robins. A few minutes away down South Osborne you'll find The Oxbow (557 Osborne Street) — a new joint venture between some of The Roost's owners and Bergman Farms, and Chaeban Ice Cream (390 Osborne Street) — a brand new spot owned by a Lebanese/Syrian couple that makes use of unique ingredients in its ice cream like rose water, beets, orchid powder, sour cream and ricotta cheese. Of course, you can't mention ice cream in Winnipeg — particularly in this neighbourhood — without talking about Bridge Drive-In (766 Jubilee Ave), the city's busiest ice cream shop where the soft serve creations are mountainous (they also have a food truck that you can regularly find downtown). Speaking of downtown, that's where you'll find the majority of the city's 50 or so food trucks, which regularly line up along Broadway from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. For a full list of them, go to PegCityGrub.com, our culinary resource that contains chef profiles, culinary news, and categorical restaurant reviews on only the best restaurants in the city. The Forks Market has also become one of the city's best destinations for foodies. All under one roof you can now find food kiosks from some of Winnipeg's best food trucks and restaurants, along with another outstanding new Scott Bagshaw restaurant called Passero, which serves modern Italian small plates along with a fine selection of wines. The Market also contains The Common, where you can grab a flight or glass and then proceed to go shopping almost anywhere on the Market's first floor. It's totally brilliant. 34 2018 SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS & ITINERARIES GUIDE WINNIPEG Segovia: William Au Bridge Drive In: Bryan Scott

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