The Best Locally Owned Restaurants In Red Deer, Alberta

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Located just a stone’s throw from Alberta’s majestic Red Deer River in the grounds of the beautiful Heritage Ranch, Westlake Grill is local fine dining at its best. Enjoy a gourmet-casual lunch on the restaurant’s picturesque patio including beef and bison burgers topped with Saskatoon BBQ, lettuce, tomato, aged cheddar and ranch style aioli. You can also opt for Westlake Grill’s mouthwatering dinner menu, where local producers and international flavors meet in dishes such as Jack Daniels infused beef ribeye with maple curry BBQ or drunken duck breast served with a wild mushroom and grana Padano risotto and sour cherry whiskey sauce.

A retro, 1950s style diner nestled on the outskirts of Red Deer, Queen’s Diner is the place to head in town for a fix of hearty, casual North American fare. Open from early morning until late afternoon most days, the diner’s breakfast offerings include the likes of French toast, pancakes and omelets, while at lunchtime guests can opt for dishes like the popular burgers, homemade soups including clam chowder and cream of mushroom, and sandwiches stuffed with fillings like turkey and Swiss or roast beef, cheddar and red onion. Go during summer and you might just catch one of Queen’s Diner’s car shows, bike rallies and drive-in movie events.

Sophisticated cocktails lounge and restaurant To The Lost has only just opened but it is already proving to be one of the best additions to vibrant downtown Red Deer. Owner Sean Draper has been a veteran of the city’s bar scene for over a decade and scooped Best Bartender during the 2015 Red Deer Golden Fork Awards. He oversees a team of talented mixologists crafting unique concoctions such as The Prestige (Jameson whiskey, Amaro Nonino, Jagermeister, Galliano and whiskey barrel-aged bitters) to be drunk over sharing plates of deviled eggs and tacos and entrees including sirloin steak with rosemary-green peppercorn butter.

Family owned and operated tavern It’s All Greek To Me serves, as its name might suggest, authentic Greek cuisine in a vibrant, welcoming space, featuring live belly dancing every Friday and Saturday evenings. Combine appetizers like saganaki (breaded and fried goats cheese) or keftedes (lamb and beef meatballs topped with onions and served with tzatziki dip) with traditional Greek main courses including moussaka and slow-roasted lamb kleftiko, and finish with a dessert of galaktoboureko (custard cream stuffed filo pastry topped with icing sugar and cinnamon) for a truly authentic meal.

Contemporary casual dining characterized by eclectic New American cuisine with global influences is the order of the day at Boulevard. This classy restaurant’s kitchen is confidently overseen by Grenada-born chef Emmanuel David, a veteran of cooking competitions including the International Culinary Olympics where he competed as part of Culinary Team Canada. Alongside tempting plates such as the black tiger prawn appetizer with sweet coconut breading and mango mustard and the jerk chicken and ribs entrée served with fruit salsa, corn pudding and Tuscan kale, Boulevard also offers discerning foodies the opportunity to attend events like its monthly Taste the World dinners which take guests on culinary tours of countries including Portugal, Australia and Spain.