Well Seasoned Calgary

By Karen Anderson

Each season in Calgary brings its own burst of activities that fuel appetites for local fare. Alberta’s seven signature foods - beef, bison, canola, honey, Red Fife wheat, root vegetables and saskatoon berries - all thrive on farms and ranches within an hour of town. From spring shoots to winter roots these are the basis of the foods enjoyed with the seasons.  
 

Spring Flings

In spring, cycling along the Bow and Elbow Rivers, the fragrance of honeysuckle, caragana and wolf willow melds with wild roses. Spring’s bright greens are offset with these flowery hues of gold, grey and pink. In all quadrants of the city, parks abound. When spring flings itself on Calgary, locals of all cultures are keen to picnic. 

Restaurants like River Cafe Prince’s Island Park and Bow Valley Ranche in Fish Creek Provincial Park are fine dining bastions, they also cater to people’s love of the outdoors with al fresco picnic baskets to go. Seasons of Bowness Park offers casual food for those that have worked up an appetite paddling on its canals and wandering through its old growth spruce forests. As summer temperatures rise, people immerse in river life.

WHERE TO EAT

Calgary Participating Restaurants

WHERE TO PLAY

Calgary Local Food & Drink Activities