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Frommer's Exceptional

This is easily one of western Canada's most exciting restaurants. The building may be historic (and within walking distance of most downtown hotels), but there's nothing antique about the dining room. Modern but not stark, the room is edged with glass partitions, exposed pipes, and ducts painted a smoky rose. There are as many appetizers as entrees, making it tempting to graze through a series of smaller dishes. A delicate, delicious bison carpaccio is served with Québec Migneron cheese, and hand-cut potato gnocchi are dressed in morel cream and shaved black truffle. Entrees such as plank-roasted salmon with fresh corn relish, grilled lamb tenderloin with chokecherry sauce, or Alberta beef tenderloin with chorizo-gratin potatoes practically leap off the plate with their inventive flavor combinations.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Alberta, 1st Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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