BC’s 21 best outdoor restaurant patios to eat at this May long weekend

If you’re looking to dine at a Metro Vancouver restaurant with a top-notch outdoor patio this long weekend, you’re in luck.

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If you’re looking to dine at a Metro Vancouver restaurant with a top-notch outdoor patio this long weekend, you’re in luck.

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Nine local hot spots have made it to the list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining published by online reservations platform OpenTable.

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, Gotham Steakhouse and Bar, Homer Street Cafe & Bar, Joe Fortes Vancouver, Miku Restaurant, Minami Restaurant, Provence Marinaside, Tableau Bar Bistro, and The Victor at Parq Vancouver were the nine downtown eateries that earned top honours.

Langley’s Haven Kitchen + Bar and ATLAS Steak + Fish at Cascades Casino and Hart House Restaurant in Burnaby rounded out the Metro Vancouver patio highlights.

This year’s list, compiled by diner reviews, features 21 restaurants in B.C., 62 in Ontario, 15 in Alberta and two in Quebec.

Additional B.C. restaurants to make the list include Kelowna eateries BLOCK ONE Restaurant at 50th Parallel Winery, Home Block at CedarCreek Estate Winery, DunnEnzies Pizza and Old Vines Restaurant at Quails’ Gate Estate Winery, as well as Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate in West Kelowna. Finn’s Seafood, Chops and Cocktails in Victoria, Shaughnessy’s Cove in Summerland, The Dining Room at The Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, and Unsworth Restaurant in Mill Bay also made it onto the list.

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With restaurant booking up 61 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to the news release, reservations for the long weekend are probably recommended.

“As the first summer and patio season in two years without lockdowns or restrictions, the energy and excitement from Canadians is palpable,” said Matt Davis, the country director at OpenTable Canada, in the release.

Check out the full list of Canadian restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, below.

• Allen’s — Toronto
• Alloy — Calgary
• Amal Restaurant — Toronto
• ANEJO Restaurant — Calgary
• ATLAS Steak + Fish — Cascades Casino Langley, B.C.
• Auberge du Pommier — Toronto
• Bar George — Montreal
• Bar Lupulus — Ottawa
• Beertown Public House — Cambridge, Ont.
• BLOCK ONE Restaurant at 50th Parallel Winery — Kelowna, B.C.
• Blu Ristorante — Toronto
• Bonterra Trattoria — Calgary
• Borealis Grille & Bar — Kitchener, ON (dog friendly)
• Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar — Vancouver
• Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant — Calgary
• Bricks and Barley — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
• Bridgette Bar — Calgary
• Bymark — Toronto
• Cafe Amore — St. Catharines — St. Catharines, Ont.
• Cambridge Mill — Cambridge, Ont.
• Cano Restaurant — Toronto
• Capeesh Kitchen & Cellar — Paris, Ont.
• Capocaccia Trattoria — Toronto
• Carisma — Toronto
• CattleBaron Steakhouse & Bar — South — Calgary
• Chairman’s Steakhouse — Calgary
• Charcoal Steak House — Kitchener, Ont. (dog friendly)
• Chop Steakhouse & Bar — Vaughan — Woodbridge, Ont.
• Crossroads Restaurant — Rosseau, Ont.
• Cucci Ristorante — Oakville, Ont.
• Dolcetto — London, Ont.
• DunnEnzies Pizza — Kelowna, B.C. (dog friendly)
• Earls Kitchen + Bar — Burlington — Burlington, Ont.
• Earth to Table: Bread Bar — Guelph — Guelph, Ont.
• Electric Diner — Hamilton, Ont.
• Elora Mill Restaurant — Elora, Ont.
• Farm & Fire — Banff, Alb.
• Finn’s Seafood, Chops and Cocktails — Victoria, B.C.
• Giulietta — Toronto, Ont.
• Golf’s Steak House & Seafood — Kitchener, Ont.
• Gotham Steakhouse and Bar — Vancouver
• Hart House Restaurant — Burnaby, B.C.
• Haven Kitchen & Bar — Langley, B.C.
• Hemingway’s — Toronto, Ont. (dog friendly)
• Home Block at CedarCreek Estate Winery — Kelowna, B.C.
• Homer Street Cafe & Bar — Vancouver
• Il Postino — Unionville, Ont.
• Italian Farmhouse Restaurant & Bar — Bragg Creek, Alb.
• Joe Fortes Vancouver — Vancouver
• Ki Modern Japanese + Bar — Toronto — Toronto
• Kitchen76 at Two Sisters Vineyards — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
• Lake House Restaurant — St. Catherine’s, Ont.
• Lee — Toronto
• Locale King City — King City, Ont.
• LOV King West — Toronto
• Lulu Bar — Calgary
• Maison Selby — Toronto
• Mettawas Station Mediterranean Restaurant — Kingsville, Ont.
• Miku Restaurant — Toronto
• Miku Restaurant — Vancouver
• Miller Tavern — Toronto
• Minami Restaurant — Vancouver
• Minami Restaurant — Toronto
• Modavie — Montreal
• Patria — Toronto
• Provence Marinaside — Vancouver (dog friendly)
• Puddicombe House — New Hamburg, Ont.
• Quails’ Gate Estate Winery — Old Vines Restaurant — Kelowna, B.C.
• Rapscallion & Co. — Hamilton
• Riviera — Ottawa, Ont.
• Sassafraz — Toronto
• Shaughnessy’s Cove — Summerland, B.C.
• Shook Kitchen — Toronto
• Sofia — Toronto
• Sole Restaurant — Waterloo, Ont.
• Starbelly Open Kitchen + Lounge — Calgary (dog friendly)
• Stillwaters Plate and Pour — Brantford, Ont.
• Studebaker Pub and Diner — Burlington, Ont. (dog friendly)
• Tableau Bar Bistro — Vancouver
• Terrace Restaurant, Mission Hill Family Estate — West Kelowna, B.C.
• Terroni Price — Toronto, Ont.
• The Bauer Kitchen — Waterloo, Ont.
• The Bison Restaurant — Banff, Alb.
• The Butchart Gardens — The Dining Room — Brentwood Bay, B.C.
• The Good Earth Vineyard And Winery — Beamsville, Ont. (dog friendly)
• The Keg Steakhouse + Bar — Oshawa — Oshawa, Ont.
• The Lake House — Calgary
• The Mule — Hamilton, Ont.
• The Nash — Calgary
• The Restaurant at Redstone — Beamsville, Ont.
• The Sandbar Waterfront Grill — Lakeshore, Ont.
• The Victor — Parq Vancouver
• The Winery Restaurant at Peller Estates — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
• Three Bears Brewery — Banff, AB (dog friendly)
• Trattoria Timone — Oakville, Ont.
• Treadwell Farm-to-Table Cuisine — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. (dog friendly)
• Trius Winery Restaurant — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
• Unsworth Restaurant — Mill Bay, B.C.
• Vineland Estates Winery Restaurant — Vineland, Ont.
• Wildcraft — Waterloo, Ont.

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