The people behind the 50 Best websites have come out with a list of the 50 top restaurants in North America. And there’s a ton of Canadian content, including two of the top three! Coming out on top overall was Smyth in Chicago, followed by Eight in Calgary and Pearl Morissette in Niagara wine region, Ontario. That’s two Canadian restaurants on the podium, which is quite something. Here’s the top 20 for 2027 Smyth, Chicago Eight, Calgary Pearl Morissette, Lincoln, Ontario Dakar NOLA, New Orleans Mon Lapin, Montreal Albi, Washington D.C. Atomic, New York City Quetzal, Toronto Taniere 3, Quebec Read more
Golden Gate Park
SAN FRANCISCO – The walk-in gingerbread house at the Fairmont Hotel was a big hit. Likewise the barking sea lions at Pier 39. But the thing that our almost-four-year-old grandson loved the most about his first-ever visit to San Francisco was the same thing as many visitors; the cable cars. As someone who grew up a half-hour from the city, I have been in San Francisco hundreds of times. But yesterday marked only the second time I had visited with a grandchild, and the first time with one who could walk and talk and understand what they were looking at Read more
