Warm your heart at these comfort food joints in Calgary

You deserve a break, preferably one that includes plenty of warm carbs, gooey cheeses and bacon eight ways. These Calgary eateries serve all this and more.

Warm your heart at these comfort food joints in Calgary
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Dairy Lane Cafe

1
319 19 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 2J2

A fixture in the West Hillhurst neighbourhood since the 1950s, Dairy Lane Café serves a diner-style menu that’s heavy on local and sustainable fixings and incorporates Latin leanings. For breakfast, it’s omelettes and tostadas, for lunch, burgers and sandwiches. Carnitas tacos are served all day, but you’ll have to wait until 5 pm to sample the jalapeño mac ‘n’ cheese.

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Diner Deluxe

2
802 Edmonton Trail NE, Calgary, AB T2E 3J6

One of Edmonton Trail’s busiest eateries, Diner Deluxe now features a second location in Aspen Landing. Comfort is this diner’s middle name. Bacon is its other middle name. Entrees include a towering breakfast sandwich incorporating two types of bacon. Also on a bacon theme, try bacon-wrapped meatloaf hash, brie-and-bacon-stuffed French toast or potato rosti incorporating Quebec cheese curds and double-smoked bacon.

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Ukrainian Fine Foods Restaurant

3
540 Cleveland Cres SE, Calgary, AB

Just like Baba used to make! Hidden away in the city’s industrial southeast you’ll find a steamy and unassuming diner that serves heaping helpings of cabbage rolls, perogies and kolbassa sausage. You can settle in at one of several tables, but most regular visitors opt for takeout meals.

Heritage Bakery & Deli

4
1912 37 St SW, Calgary, AB T3E 3A3

This unassuming European homestyle restaurant has long been a go-to destination for those in Calgary's southwest looking for homemade goodness. With popular options including perogies, cabbage rolls and garlic sausage, it's the perfect spot to find dishes just like grandma used to make.

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