Pebbles Family Buffet is located at 313010 Highway 6 in Durham, Ontario. This is a fantastic buffet restaurant run by old order Mennonites – the staff are mostly women in bonnets. Roast beef, steaks, fried chicken, butter fried potatoes, tons of meat, great pies and desserts. Highly recommended. Visited September 18, 2026.
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Rendezvous Restaurant
Faded but not forgotten. An awning covering the back alley door of the former Rendezvous Restaurant at 509 Talbot Street, St. Thomas Ontario. The restaurant and tavern has been gone for decades – probably since the late 1980s though similar coverings were still visible over its wooden front door on Talbot Street into at least …
Campus Hi-Fi Diner
The Campus Hi-Fi Diner, 736 Richmond Street in London, Ontario. This place has been around for decades, virtually unchanged. No one remembers how it got its name, but staff suspect it was simply to appeal to young students back in the day when Hi-Fi systems sounded hip and cool. Good breakfast food. Good service. Reasonable …
Spageddy Eddy’s
Spageddy Eddy’s is a long time dive restaurant located in an alley off 428 Richmond Street in London, Ontario. Decent food and good service. It used to be a good place to get a late night meal, but like so many places downtown its hours have been cut way back. Dodging homeless people in the …
The Lingnan
The Lingnan Restaurant in downtown Edmonton, Alberta. 10582 104 Street NW. Visited July 26, 2026. An old school Chinese restaurant. Monkey suits and all. Delicious food, huge quantities, great service. Recommended.
Ukies Yummy
Ukrainian restaurant located in the basement at 10359 104 Street NW, in Edmonton, Alberta. All you can eat buffet. Salads, sauces, cabbage rolls, sausages, chicken, pork, bacon, deserts, etc. Lots of options, authentic and delicious. Staff don’t speak the best English, but are very friendly and helpful. Visited July 26, 2026. Recommended.
Erskine Grill
The Erskine Grill, 4 Lake Road Erskine Alberta. Decent restaurant with booth or counter seating. Large menu. Good service. Worth a try if you are in Erskine! Visited July 16, 2026.
The Telway
The Telway Restaurant in Madison Heights. One of the fantastic little dive burger restaurants you find around Detroit. Open 24 hours a day, all year round. Cash only. Small seating. Entertainingly abrasive counter staff. Burgers are well seasoned sliders. Cheap. Lots of onions. Tasty. Recommended. Visted May 12, 2026.
High River Dining Car
The Dining Car at High River Station is located at 408 1st Street Southwest in High River, Alberta. Owned by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her husband David Moretta, this is a small brunch restaurant located in a former CP passenger rail car. (Although I believe it also used to be open for dinner until …
The Barrel Restaurant
The Barrel is a homey pizza restaurant located at 224 Garrison Road in Fort Erie, Ontario. Family owned, this is a retro unrenovated throwback to 1980s pizza restaurants. Good food and service. Recommended.