Each year, we ask Avenue readers to vote for their favourite restaurants in Calgary in our Best Restaurants readers’ choice ballot. These are some of their favourite places in the city.
Winner
Red’s Diner
Red’s Diner is a popular brunch destination in the city. The restaurant sports a rustic-chic interior where you can enjoy breakfast classics all day like the 58th Avenue eggs Benedict made with beef brisket and fried onions, hash plates, avocado toast, buttermilk buckwheat pancakes and more.
Multiple locations, redsdiner.com, @redsdineryyc
Runners-up
Blue Star Diner
Blue Star Diner is committed to delicious food made with ingredients from local suppliers. The community-focused diner is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and its location in the heart of Bridgeland means it’s walking distance to unique storefronts and local parks when you’re done eating. Swing by for brunch and enjoy eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and avocado or the warm Journey Bowl with Thai green curry and brown rice.
809 1 Ave. N.E., 403-261-9998, bluestardiner.ca, @bluestar_yyc
Diner Deluxe
With two Calgary locations in Mahogany and Marda Loop (plus one in Kelowna), Diner Deluxe offers a modern diner experience that focuses on freshly made breakfast dishes and warm comfort foods that are sure to delight guests. Order a deluxe burrito, French toast or try the homestyle picnic plate and have your fill of fried chicken, fries, coleslaw and gravy.
106 Mahogany Centre S.E., 587-482-9979; 2252 33 Ave. S.W., dinerdeluxe.com, @dinerdeluxe