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Air Canada's Best New Restaurants 2024 Longlist is Unveiled, Showcasing the Best of New Culinary Talent across Canada
MONTREAL, Sept. 10, 2024 /CNW/ - The 30 nominees for Air Canada's Best New Restaurants 2024 were unveiled today, celebrating new culinary talent across Canada. Since 2002, Air Canada has championed the country's distinct culinary scene through the longest running Canadian restaurant ranking and its signature program, Air Canada's Best New Restaurants. The 2024 highly anticipated longlist is out today on CanadasBestNewRestaurants.com.
These 5 Vancouver spots are finalists for Canada's Best New Restaurants of 2024
This could be a banner year for Vancouver restaurants, with five local spots (and a sixth in the Metro region) making the "long list" of finalists for one of the nation's most respected dining awards.
Air Canada's Best New Restaurants (a name tweak from past years when its publication, EnRoute, presented the awards) issued its list of contenders for the 2024 roster on Tuesday (Sept. 10).
Behind the Counter of Canada’s Top Restaurants
In an ever-evolving restaurant industry, few things are sacred enough to remain constant. Yet, amongst industry veterans, conversations centred around where we eat and where we need to try feel impervious to change. As someone who spends most of my time sitting at a bar or getting my wine glass filled at a restaurant, I find myself repeatedly answering the same three questions: is Toronto’s Dundas West area actually any good (and, if so, where do I go)? What happened to the time-honoured steakhouse? And what is it about Montreal restaurants that make them so renowned? Fortunately, those at the control panel of Canadian dining culture are eager to answer. After speaking with them, here’s what I found.
24 Best Restaurants in Toronto
As one of the most culturally diverse cities on the planet, Toronto evades categorization. While restaurants in other cosmopolitan cities like Paris or Tokyo have iconic, immediately identifiable cuisines, Canada’s largest city manages to remain a moving target. Some would say its strong suit is the diversity of cuisines; others would point out the Canadian influence across all categories, which emphasizes foraged ingredients and provincially sourced meats and produce.
How much should you tip at restaurants in Canada?
“Tip-flation” is driving up tip amounts at restaurants, cafés and other businesses. Are they asking too much? Here’s what to consider when you pay. Sixty-two percent of Canadians say they’ve been asked to leave larger tips in recent years, according to an Angus Reid survey from early 2023. This is what’s known as “tip-flation.” Canadians are accustomed to seeing tipping rates start at around 10%, but if you’ve been handed a payment terminal with suggested tip amounts between 18% and 25%, you’ve seen tip-flation in action.
How Canada’s bar & beverage scene is evolving in 2023
The bar and beverage scene is definitely still catching up and recovering from the impact of the pandemic. A lot of decisions made in physical spaces were reactionary to the ever-changing restrictions and challenges that bars and restaurants have faced. The bar industry was forced to reimagine ways to serve—from bottle shops and take-out programs to virtual experiences, bars and restaurants often had to pivot to new business models despite limitations from spaces that weren’t always designed to meet those needs.
3 international restaurant concepts that are coming to Canada soon
While we love, and I mean love, our local eateries, we can’t help but notice some seriously buzz-worthy food and beverage brands entering Canada’s food chat this year. Check out these international restaurant concepts that opened in Canada for the first time ever, or will do so imminently.
These new takeout restaurants have been named the best in Canada
November has been an exciting month for foodies! Not only did we get enRoute’s highly anticipated list of best new restaurants in Canada, but we also got the publication’s collection of top new takeout spots for 2022! This month, the prestigious publication released its picks for Canada’s best spots overall – but they really broke it down for us this time around.
Here's a look at Canada's top 10 best new restaurants
As with Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list, which returned in June after a two-year pandemic hiatus, Toronto and Calgary had a strong showing. Three of the restaurants in the Top 10 are in Toronto (Restaurant 20 Victoria, MIMI Chinese and, in seventh place, Fonda Balam); two in Calgary (Một Tô and Major Tom, eighth).
Canada's restaurants look to raise prices amid inflation, global challenges
According to a new report from Restaurants Canada, some restaurant owners are looking to increase their prices by 10 to 15 per cent by the end of this year. The overall goal is to offset the cost of things like soaring inflation, a lack of staff — which sometimes doesn’t allow businesses to operate normally — and the pandemic.
Here are the Toronto restaurants that now have a Michelin star
Just over a dozen Toronto restaurants have been bestowed with prestigious Michelin stars—making them the first Canadian eateries to receive the global recognition. At a special presentation held at Evergreen Brick Works Tuesday night, Michelin’s international director Gwendal Poullenec revealed that 13 restaurants would be featured in the guide.
River Café: Calgary restaurant reopening after evacuation and closure
River Café, the award-winning and top-rated restaurant in Canada, made the difficult decision this week to close because of the weather. River Café will open its doors again on Saturday, June 18, 2022 for full dinner service after evacuation and closing to ensure survival as flood waters were rising.
What the restaurant industry needs to reset, recover and thrive
If the past two years have shown Torontonians anything, it’s that our restaurant industry is resilient. Moving with ingenuity and agility, restaurants pivoted to ever-changing public health protocols and worked alongside their vendors and partners to bring Torontonians the comfort of an incredible meal.