2 Best Restaurants in Alberta, Canada

The Edmonton emigrant of a successful Vancouver chain, Browns is a widely popular place with consistently good food, good service, and good vibes. The combination keeps the locals in the neighborhood coming back again and again, and that is high praise, though a generous happy hour doesn’t hurt either.

Offering panoramic views from the top of an otherwise nondescript office building, Major Tom is one of Calgary's perennially popular and lauded restaurants, where reservations are essential almost year-round. The wide-ranging menu offers Alberta lamb and beef, but also excellent pastas, and perhaps the standout dish, a crispy roast chicken. Cocktails are taken seriously here, and the bar menu is longer than the food menu, including some interesting dessert cocktails. If you were ever tempted to try that 1970s favorite, the Grasshopper, this would be the place.