Calgary restaurants with beer menus for the brew connoisseur

When you go out for a nice meal, you’re supposed to order wine with dinner, right? Think again – these Calgary restaurants are known for serving great food, but they’ve all got fine beer lists if you’re looking for a particularly good cold one to pair with your meal. [Image credit: iStock.com/Angelika Kagan]

Calgary restaurants with beer menus for the brew connoisseur
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Catch Restaurant & Oyster Bar

1
100 Stephen Ave SE, Calgary, AB T3Z 3J7

Catch is a renowned seafood restaurant that shares a space with its little brother the Oyster Bar. This casual, main-floor room on Stephen Avenue Walk offers a nice selection of beer to go with its raw oysters and seafood entrees. In addition to some decent draft selections, choose from a wide array of Canadian craft brew bottles and a few international picks.

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The Nash Restaurant & Off Cut Bar

2
925 11 St SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0R4

Off Cut Bar at The Nash in Inglewood doesn’t offer a huge selection of beer, but every brew on offer has been carefully chosen to hit the same high mark as the restaurant’s great wine list and cocktail menu. The taps feature pours from Last Best and Deschutes and there are some choice Europeans available by the bottle.

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Craft Beer Market

3
202-319 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A5

Is Craft a beer hall with great food or a restaurant with great beer? It doesn’t really matter – the food is always tasty and the drink menu features dozens of beers from near and far. In addition to some crowd favourites and oddballs, Craft serves several house exclusives on tap.

Rodney's Oyster House

4
355 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A5

Beer and oysters are a match made in heaven and Rodney’s offers a good variety of both alongside its signature East Coast hospitality. The taps and bottle selections are dominated by crisp craft beers, with plenty of local choices and a feature tap for those who want to try something new.

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Anju

5
344 17 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0A8

Anju’s name translates to “food you eat with alcohol,” and nothing goes better with the restaurant’s savoury small plates than a nice cold beer. Anju offers a curated list of European, North American, and European beers, as well as a wide selection of soju, a popular Korean alcoholic drink.

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Kawa Espresso Bar Ltd

6
101-1333 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1M6

More of a coffee shop than a restaurant or bar, Kawa offers a surprisingly extensive selection of beers for those not looking for a caffeine jolt. There are several dozen different bottles from around the world up for grabs, including some hard-to-find flavoured beers, sours, and local offerings.

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Charbar Restaurant Inc

7
618 Confluence Way Se, Calgary, AB T2G 0G1

Inspired by its in-house parilla Argentinian grill, Charbar’s beer list is best enjoyed with grilled meat or one of the restaurant’s seafood platters. The draft taps are filled with craft selections from near and far, with a handful of domestic craft bottles to fill out the list.

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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth is a freelance writer and Best of Bridge cookbook co-conspirator. A Calgarian obsessed with retro dish ware, she avidly collects vintage recipe books, Pyrex and jelly salad molds. She writes food, travel and lifestyle stories for Avenue, Today’s Parent, The Calgary Herald, Swerve, Culinaire and City Palate and co-edits Rolling Spoon and Wapawekka Travel.‬
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