Charbar | Calgary’s 25 Best Restaurants 2018

Dine on Argentinian-inspired fare at Charbar in the century-old Simmons Building in East Village.

The building that houses Charbar features old wooden floors, fir pillars and brick.
The building that houses Charbar features old wooden floors, fir pillars and brick. Photograph by Jared Sych.

Six Months. Six Restaurants. Six Experiences.

Join us for dinner at Charbar on June 26 for a multi-course dinner created just for us. It’s the next meal in our Dinner Series.

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FOOD | Argentinean-inspired, with dry-aged steaks, vegetarian options and seafood.
VIBE | Casual sophistication. Equally great for business lunches and best-friend birthdays.
DECOR | Brick, black paint, an open kitchen and massive fir pillars and steel beams.
DISH | Tableside ceviche mixto.
TIP | Remember Charcut’s famous alley burgers? You can get ’em at Charbar Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.

 

One of Calgary’s most anticipated restaurants of all time, Charbar has been dry-aging excellent beef and mixing ceviche tableside in the Simmons Building since 2015. Charbar is co-owned by Charcut‘s Connie DeSousa and John Jackson, but the chef and co-owner who runs Charbar’s open kitchen – and its Argentine wood-burning parilla grill – is Chopped Canada winner Jessica Pelland.

If you want something beautifully butchered, cured or grilled over a fire, you can find it here, but there’s also a raw bar with oysters and ceviche, plenty of vegetarian dishes and fugazza (Argentinian-style pizza), whose dough takes three days to make. Charbar shares its space (and some of its menu) with Sidewalk Citizen, which supplies sourdough, and Phil & Sebastian, which pulls all the espresso shots. If you’re thirsty for something stronger, there’s a solid wine list, a selection of craft beers and more than a dozen clever cocktails.

Charbar has more than 150 seats on two levels, plus a third level in the summer – a first-come, first-served rooftop patio with a special outdoor-inspired menu. The location, a century-old former mattress factory on the RiverWalk in the East Village, has old wooden floors, old-timey fixtures, big wide windows and dark tables dotted with bright blue Le Creuset platters. No wonder it’s become a popular wedding destination.

618 Confluence Way S.E., 403-452-3115, charbar.ca

 

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