# Osborne Village & South Osborne \| Winnipeg Neighbourhoods

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**Summary:** Osborne Village and South Osborne are located along the same stretch of road and full of charming houses, apartments, shopping and family-friendly parks.

When you arrive in [Osborne Village](https://www.osbornevillagebiz.com/) and South Osborne, bring your appetite. Both areas – located along the same stretch of road but separated by the appropriately-named Confusion Corner and the Osborne rapid transit station – are culinary hot spots, all surrounded by charming houses, great river-facing apartments (particularly in the Village) as well as family friendly parks and recreational areas.

Osborne Village, located just across the river from the Manitoba [Legislature ](https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/)and Broadway, is one of the city’s most densely-populated neighbourhoods.

The Village exudes an artsy vibe and features some of the city’s best dive bars and watering holes, along with an abundance of restaurants. [BabyBaby](https://www.babybabyrestaurant.com/) and [Shirley’s](https://www.welcometoshirleys.com/), quite literally neighbours, both made Air Canada’s list of the country’s best new restaurants for 2025. Further down the street, [Crumb Queen/Andy’s Lunch](https://www.crumbqueen.ca/https://www.crumbqueen.ca/) became the only counter service eatery in the country to land on the previous year’s best restaurants list. Off the main strip, but worth finding underground, is [Sous Sol](http://www.soussolosborne.com/) – quite literally “basement” – one of the city’s best French restaurants that’s probably the most challenging to find. (Hint: the front door is in the backlane.)

All along the Osborne Village strip you’ll find chic and bohemian shopping, jewellers, a record store with vintage vinyl, yoga studios and the [Gas Station Arts Centre](https://www.gsac.ca/), a gem of a theatre best known for comedy.

Like its neighbour to the north, South Osborne is a groovy section of the city where cool kids congregate. Due to the abundance of families in its Riverview and Lord Roberts neighbourhoods, it also has a very cozy, friendly vibe.

South Osborne is chock full of fantastic casual eateries and used book stores, along with [The Park Theatre](https://myparktheatre.com/), arguably Winnipeg’s busiest venue for live music, film showings and artsy happenings.

South Osborne is home to two of the city’s best pizza joints – [Vera Pizza](https://www.instagram.com/verapizza_) and [Friend Bakery](https://www.friendbakery.com/), while [Chaeban Ice Cream](https://chaebanicecream.com/) won best ice cream at a national competition in 2022 for its incredible flavours Salty Carl and Rocky Ricardo. [BMC Market](https://bmcmarket.com/) has been serving up some of the most authentic Mexican tacos you’ll find anywhere while [Tabula Rasa](https://www.tabularasaosborne.com/tabularasa) and [Solera](https://www.tabularasaosborne.com/solera)) excel at Spanish tapas and craft cocktails.

Lord Roberts and Riverview straddle South Osborne with affordable family homes that enable a walkable lifestyle for grocery shopping, dining, visiting a park or catching a show.

From either side you can access the lush riverside parks of Kingston Row and Kingston Crescent. Across the Elm Park Bridge, which opened in 1914 and closed to vehicles in 1974, you’ll find the [Bridge Drive-In](https://bridgedrivein.com/), – the BDI for short – Winnipeg’s iconic ice cream shop that’s been serving its world-famous Goog Special – an upside-down blueberry and banana milkshake topped with a hot fudge sundae, whipped cream and a cherry – for more than 60 years. Kingston Row, located on the Red River, features numerous charming character homes. Every winter, make your way down to the end of the [Nestaweya River Trail](https://www.theforks.com/events/skating-trail-and-park-conditions) for skating and winter fun in the Riverview neighbourhood.