# Students will relish Winnipeg's culinary scene \- Winnipeg

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**Last Updated:** 2026-11-06T20:32:50+00:00

**Summary:** Head to these iconic spots that excel at hosting groups

Before you know it, your current students will be away at college or university, living mainly off late-night pizza, instant noodles and whatever “delicacies” they can come up with on a hot plate in their dorm room. So before that happens, bring them to Winnipeg where they can expand their palate!

 As we dish below, this city’s celebrated culinary scene has so many tasty places that regularly receive top marks from both teachers and students alike –– be it experiential dining, farm-to-table fare or markets where you have a world of options.

## [Across the Board Game Café](https://winnipegdev.dci-test.com/meet/travel-trade/#listing-across-the-board-game-cafe) | 105-211 Bannatyne Ave

 Located in the heart of Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District, Across the Board is both a licensed restaurant and a board game store where you can access a library with over 1600 games to pick from. You can play as many games as you want for $12 per person and reserve a table for up to three hours. On evenings and weekends, they have dedicated game experts on site to suggest games or explain rules –– which is clutch for when games get into later rounds and things get intense.

 The menu is brimming with things students love, including fancy grilled cheeses and burgers, pizzas, chicken caesar wraps and plenty of vegetarian and gluten-friendly bowls and appies. Plus, the prices, with all the dishes on the menu below $20, are sure to make the grade.

 *Located at 105-211 Bannatyne Ave. in the Exchange District. Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight, Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visit their Instagram for upcoming Trivia Nights and other fun events.*

## [Stella’s (opens in new window)](https://www.stellas.ca/locations/) | Various locations

 Stella’s is a Winnipeg institution with multiple locations throughout the city. It made its name on great baking (most locations have a large bakery onsite), legendary jam and locavore menus where breakfast runs all day alongside delightful international dinner dishes like pad Thai, jambalaya, and one of the city’s best tourtière that comes topped with a maple cream sauce that will make you want to lick the plate.

 Most of its locations have patios, and surely you and your young crew will be tempted to load up on pastries to keep on hand at the hotel.

 [**Locations** (opens in new window)](https://www.stellas.ca/locations/): Stella’s Plug In | Stella’s Grant | Stella’s Au CCFM | Stella’s on Pembina | Stella’s Bakery on Corydon | Stella’s St James | Stella’s McIvor

 *Hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day other than the bakery on Corydon Ave, it’s open until 9 p.m.*

## [The Forks](https://winnipegdev.dci-test.com/visit/things-to-do/#listing-the-forks) | 1 Forks Market Rd

 As Manitoba’s most-visited tourism destination, you can trust that The Forks has everything students are looking for – local shops, a massive patio, beautiful trails, public art and of course, so much food!

 For foodies, The Forks Market provides an embarrassment of riches. You can load up your table with items like Sri Lankan roti stuffed bigger than a water bottle, gluten-free tacos, Argentinean steaks, gourmet hog dogs from Wienerpeg (we had to include the name), ice cream made onsite, fish and chips using local walleye, some of the city’s best Neapolitan pizza, and fun new takes on Filipino cuisine from an award-winning chef –– and that’s not the half of it!

 Teachers will also love the several local coffee shops onsite, while Tall Grass Prairie bakery provides a great farm-to-table teachable, as its grain mill is located right above the shop and is constantly turning local heritage wheat, like Red Fife, spelt and einkorn into flour for its selection of breads, pastries and pies.

## [Hargrave St Market (opens in new window)](https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/eat-and-drink/to-go-delivery/display,profile/09040/hargrave-st-market) | 242 Hargrave St

 Sitting just steps away from Canada Life Centre (home of the Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose and Winnipeg Sea Bears) and connected by our heated skywalk system to Delta Hotels by Marriott Winnipeg, Hargrave St Market is the perfect choice for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

 This chic food hall boasts a number of excellent concepts from some of Winnipeg’s best chefs and restaurant groups. The market features Yard Burger, The Good Fight Taco and Rose Bar –– all by Academy Hospitality, which also has the high-end sit-down restaurant Gusto North with its fabulous patio and eye-catching interior design (great pizzas and risotto too).

 Plus, there’s Saburo Kitchen by chef Ed Lam of Yujiro (currently ranked as [one of Canada’s best (opens in new window)](https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/eat-and-drink/peg-city-grub/read,post/1572/three-winnipeg-restaurants-make-canada-s-100-best-restaurants-2024) Japanese restaurants), where you can get ramen and sushi, along with Empty Cup Collective, for an assortment of hot drinks using locally roasted beans.

## [Old Spaghetti Factory (opens in new window)](https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/eat-and-drink/peg-city-grub/read,post/235/old-spaghetti-factory-wallet-friendly-family-eats) | 25 Forks Market Rd

 Old Spaghetti Factory is a family friendly pasta and pizza institution set in a century-old railway storage building at The Forks. You can find it on the first floor inside Johnson Terminal –– the two-storey retail building across from the main market –– while you’ll also find its menu and prices worthy of an ‘A.’

 All the pastas and mains come as a full meal deal for one low price (most are in the $18-$22 range), being accompanied by hot sourdough bread, minestrone soup or a green salad, spumoni ice cream, and a coffee or tea. Fun fact: One of Canada’s best chefs, Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson of Vancouver’s Published on Main, got [his start in this very kitchen (opens in new window)](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/02/15/spag-roots-run-deep) which he was running by age 16.