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No. 48: Agrius

732 YATES STREET, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA AGRIUSRESTAURANT.COM 778-265-6312 ALL GREAT MEALS BEGIN WITH THE BREAKING OF BREAD, DIETARY TRENDS BE DAMNED. At Agrius in downtown Victoria, a superlative basket filled with crusty wheat loaf, chewy boule and dense dark rye…

No. 47: Damas

1201 VAN HORNE AVENUE, MONTREAL, QUEBEC RESTAURANT-DAMAS.COM 514-439-5435 DAMAS OPENED IN MODEST QUARTERS ON PARK AVENUE IN 2010 AND WAS THRIVING THERE BEFORE THE WAR IN SYRIA PIQUED LOCAL INTEREST IN THAT TRAGIC COUNTRY’S EXTRAORDINARY CULINARY CULTURE. Then, in 2015,…

No. 46: Fairouz

343 SOMERSET STREET WEST, OTTAWA, ONTARIO FAIROUZ.CA 613-422-7700 WITH ITS MODERN, SOPHISTICATED TAKE ON THE CUISINE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, FAIROUZ IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO OTTAWA’S FOOD SCENE IN YEARS. It honours the long-gone Lebanese…

No. 44: Jun I

156 LAURIER AVENUE WEST, MONTREAL, QUEBEC JUNI.CA 514-276-5864 THE FINEST JAPANESE RESTAURANTS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS RIGIDLY TRADITIONAL, BUT JUNICHI IKEMATSU’S MODERN JAPANESE RESTAURANT IS AN EXCEPTION. His cuisine is a hybrid that reflects his own unusual culinary background: despite being…

No. 41: Wolf in the Fog

150 FOURTH STREET, TOFINO, BRITISH COLUMBIA WOLFINTHEFOG.COM 250-725-9653 PERCHED OVER A SURF SHOP ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FISHERMAN’S WHARF, WOLF IN THE FOG COULDN’T BE ANY MORE HOLISTICALLY ALIGNED WITH THIS COOL, HIPPIE-COMMERCIALIZED OUTPOST ON THE REMOTE, WEATHERED EDGE…

No. 3: Joe Beef

2491 NOTRE DAME STREET WEST MONTREAL, QUEBEC JOEBEEF.CA 514-935-6504 THE HUMBLE 30-SEAT BACK-TO-BASICS CULINARY OUTPOST THAT CHEFS DAVID MCMILLAN AND FRED MORIN OPENED ON A SKETCHY STRETCH OF NOTRE DAME WEST IN 2005 HAS OVER THE INTERVENING YEARS DOUBLED ITS…

No. 4: Le Vin Papillon

2519 NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, MONTREAL, QUEBEC VINPAPILLON.COM 514-439-6494 THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE JOE BEEF AND LIVERPOOL HOUSE CLAN MAY BE CALLED LE VIN PAPILLON, BUT IT COULD BE NAMED JOE VEGETABLE. For its menu—conceived by chef Marc-Olivier Frappier—is largely centered around roots…

No. 45: Park

378 VICTORIA AVENUE, MONTREAL, QUEBEC PARKRESTO.COM 514-750-7534 IN NOVEMBER 2016, A FIRE SEVERELY DAMAGED THE WESTMOUNT BUILDING WHERE PARK IS LOCATED, FORCING THE RESTAURANT TO CLOSE. Chef-owner Antonio Park took the opportunity to redesign his first establishment—he also own Jatoba…

No. 16: Buca

604 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO, ONTARIO BUCA.CA 416-865-1600 NO ITALIAN RESTAURANT OF RECENT MEMORY HAS COME CLOSE TO MATCHING THE CULINARY IMPACT OF THIS ORIGINAL BUCA, NAMED FOR THE FORMER BOILER ROOM IT NOW OCCUPIES. When it opened in 2009,…

No. 1: Alo

The alo experience begins with a discreet doorway on a gritty stretch of downtown toronto.

No. 6: Hawksworth Restaurant

801 WEST GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA  HAWKSWORTHRESTAURANT.COM 604-673-7000 LIKE ALL GREAT HOTEL RESTAURANTS, HAWKSWORTH, SITUATED IN THE ROSEWOOD HOTEL GEORGIA, MUST BE MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE. Settle in for lunch here at the granite bar, or on a…

No. 7: Buca Yorkville

53 SCOLLARD STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO BUCA.CA 416-962-2822 THIS SLEEK, SPARE YORKVILLE SPACE WAS OUR 2015 BEST NEW RESTAURANT. All subsequent visits remind us why it has maintained a spot in the top 10 each year since. Chef Rob Gentile’s idea…

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