It might be cliché to say that nothing brings people together like food, but in the case of Avenue’s Best Restaurants Tasting Experience, it couldn’t be more true. At this exciting tasting experience, 23 of the restaurants on Avenue’s 2023 Best Restaurants list will come together for one night only to serve hundreds of Calgarians samples of their most delectable dishes.
Avenue’s 2023 Best Restaurants Tasting Experience is a homecoming of sorts, as it’s our first year back hosting this event since 2020. We are looking forward to welcoming you on March 23, 2023 at Hotel Arts for the foodie event of the season.
Tickets are still available while quantities last at showpass.com.
Check out the list below to see all the restaurants that will be in attendance and the sample-sized dish they’ll be serving
Bridgette Bar
Serving: Italian Pork Sausage Pasta.
Calcutta Cricket Club
Serving: Gol Gappa.
Cassis Bistro
Serving: Bouchée à la Reine.
Chairman’s Steakhouse
Serving: Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio. Horseradish Creme Fraiche, Mimolette, Watercress. Pane Carasau.
D.O.P.
Serving: Gnocco Fritto with Shaved Mortadella and Green Tomato Aioli.
Eight
Serving: Siphon Pho Consommé with 8 Month Dry Aged Wagyu “Butter Beef.”
Fortuna’s Row
Serving: Mussels a la Chalaca.
Kama
Serving: Pork Belly, Sherry Piquillo Honey, Peanuts.
Lonely Mouth Bar
Serving: Tuna Tartare.
Luca
Serving: Agnolotti.
Major Tom
Serving: Major Tots, Smoked Egg Mousse, Dry Aged Beef Carpaccio, Black Truffle.
Maven
Serving: Singapore Style Pork Congee.
Native Tongues Taqueria
Serving: Tostadita de Salmón.
Nupo
Serving: Acadian Caviar with Numata Nori.
Pat & Betty
Serving: Country Beef Tartare on a Duck Fat Potato Rösti.
River Café
Serving: Charred Sweet Potato.
Rouge
Serving: Chaga, Black Garlic & Ginger Soup, Mushroom Foam.
Shokunin
Serving: Eggplant and Goat Cheese Tempura with Fermented Eggplant Salsa.
Sorella Trattoria
Serving: Olive Oil Cake.
Teatro
Serving: Culurgiones with Caviar Butter Sauce.
Ten Foot Henry
Serving: Mini Butterscotch Pudding.
UNA Pizza + Wine
Serving: Spaghetti and Meatball Arancini.
Zushi
Serving: Hamachi Oshizushi (pressed sushi) and Hokkaido Scallop Temakizushi (hand roll).
[Update: This story has been updated to reflect a different dish that will be served by Kama, as well as to include revised dish names/descriptions from Bridgette Bar, Chairman’s Steakhouse, D.O.P., Eight, Nupo, Pat & Betty, Shokunin and Zushi.
The story has also been updated to reflect a new event venue.]