Now Entering: Winnipeg
The whole guide. No fluff, no filler.
West End Filipino bakeries, Osborne Village record shops, and the North End venues that raised half the bands you love. Winnipeg deserves the long look.
Eat & Drink
Counters, kitchens, and the coffee that runs the block.
West End Filipino bakery
Pandesal at 6 a.m. for the graveyard-shift nurses. Ube bun, pork asado, cortado on weekends.
Osborne Village diner, late-night
Open till 3 a.m., cheeseburger platter with fries and gravy, coffee that keeps coming.
North End perogies, Selkirk Ave
Ukrainian community-hall style, boiled then pan-fried, cabbage rolls on the side.
Must-Watch
Cinemas, galleries, and the reading series worth setting an alarm for.
Cinematheque, Exchange
The only rep house in the province. Programs season-length director retrospectives most bookstores can't match.
Plug In ICA
Contemporary art gallery with the best openings in the city. Free Thursday nights.
Times Change(d) blues bar
Country-blues Fridays, hard-bop Wednesdays, the same crowd since 1998.
Outdoors
Where locals actually go when the weather cooperates.
Assiniboine Forest
Real forest inside the city limits. Deer, dawn light, a half-hour loop.
The Red River trail in winter
Skate the river when it freezes. Warming huts every kilometre, hot chocolate at The Forks.
Bird's Hill at sunset
20 minutes north of the city. Prairie sky, no light pollution, quiet by 8 p.m.
Nightlife
Basements, back rooms, and the DJ nights that outlast the trends.
The Handsome Daughter
West End small-room venue. Cheap beer, loud bookings, best patio in the city.
The Good Will Social Club
Basement showroom + upstairs bar. Where the touring bands actually play.
Wee Johnny's after-hours
Downtown Irish pub, back room, closes when it closes.
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