Guidebook for St. John's
Food Scene
Fixed Coffee and Baking
183 Duckworth StGreat coffee just around the corner.
Rocket Bakery
294 Water StAmazing Coffee and Baked goods. Just ask the neighbors!
Never a bad meal. Great a-la-carte menu, and you can always add a $1 hotdog because nothing goes with stuffed duck breast in a blue cheese sauce like a hotdog.
11 locals recommend
Get Stuffed
190 Duckworth StNever a bad meal. Great a-la-carte menu, and you can always add a $1 hotdog because nothing goes with stuffed duck breast in a blue cheese sauce like a hotdog.
Sun Sushi
186 Duckworth StPretty solid sushi place just around the corner.
Blue On Water
319 Water StGenuinely good food day or night, but we like it for breakfast.
If you're a foodie, eat here. Great gastropub just around the corner. We like to have supper here and then trundle off in search of desert.
21 locals recommend
Bernard Stanley Gastropub
223 Duckworth StIf you're a foodie, eat here. Great gastropub just around the corner. We like to have supper here and then trundle off in search of desert.
Grab a picnic basket then hike to the outer battery or signal hill for lunch.
42 locals recommend
The Battery Cafe
1 Duckworth StGrab a picnic basket then hike to the outer battery or signal hill for lunch.
EVOO
315 Water StBest Italian food in St. John's
Honest to god Neapolitan style pizza. Try the Stephanie or the Piero
40 locals recommend
Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Downtown
377 Duckworth StHonest to god Neapolitan style pizza. Try the Stephanie or the Piero
INCREDIBLE fine dining experience. The menu is at the Chef's discretion but we've never been disappointed.
Almost better: Head to the Vinyl Room downstairs and order something off their menu while listening to some Bob Dylan, Gladys Knight or Nina Simone. Whatever slider they're serving is going to be divine.
11 locals recommend
The Reluctant Chef
290 Duckworth StreetINCREDIBLE fine dining experience. The menu is at the Chef's discretion but we've never been disappointed.
Almost better: Head to the Vinyl Room downstairs and order something off their menu while listening to some Bob Dylan, Gladys Knight or Nina Simone. Whatever slider they're serving is going to be divine.
This is widely regarded as the best restaurant in Canada. World renowned chef Jeremy Charles serves local cuisine avant garde.
Spendy but if you're looking for a truly memorable experience, visit here. Bonus: It's close enough that you can walk down.
62 locals recommend
Raymonds Restaurant
95 Water StThis is widely regarded as the best restaurant in Canada. World renowned chef Jeremy Charles serves local cuisine avant garde.
Spendy but if you're looking for a truly memorable experience, visit here. Bonus: It's close enough that you can walk down.
Sometimes our blood curry count gets too low, so we go here for a top up.
24 locals recommend
India Gate Restaurant
286 Duckworth StSometimes our blood curry count gets too low, so we go here for a top up.
Tim Hortons
253 Duckworth StThis is the closest Tim's
Bagel Cafe
246 Duckworth StFantastic place to grab breakfast, just around the corner.
Everything Else
Local grocer and butcher. Talk to the b'ys and get a good steak for supper.
24 locals recommend
Halliday's Meat Market
103 Gower StLocal grocer and butcher. Talk to the b'ys and get a good steak for supper.
Drinks & Nightlife
NLC Liquor Store - Queen Street
3 Queen StLiquor store within walking distance.
Great microbrew and gastropub. The food is good, the beer is better.
61 locals recommend
YellowBelly Brewery
288 Water StGreat microbrew and gastropub. The food is good, the beer is better.
Shopping
If you're into hiking or just generally being outside, these guys have you covered.
7 locals recommend
The Outfitters Adventure Gear & Apparel
220 Water StIf you're into hiking or just generally being outside, these guys have you covered.
Best place in town for a man to get some new clothes. Amazing selection and personalized service.
Chafe Wm L And Sons Ltd
330 Water StBest place in town for a man to get some new clothes. Amazing selection and personalized service.
A wonderful little super-market near by. Feels like stepping into an earlier age. Really nice store-made meals that you can throw in the oven and they even deliver.
42 locals recommend
Belbins Grocery
85 Quidi Vidi RdA wonderful little super-market near by. Feels like stepping into an earlier age. Really nice store-made meals that you can throw in the oven and they even deliver.
Sobeys St. John's Merrymeeting Road
8 Merrymeeting RdNearest major supermarket. 3-4 mins by car.
Fred's records is a St. John's cultural icon. Great place to browse for some new or new (old) vinyl.
15 locals recommend
Fred's Records
198 Duckworth StFred's records is a St. John's cultural icon. Great place to browse for some new or new (old) vinyl.
Parks & Nature
Taking a walk round the pond is a St. John's summer pass-time. If you're here before the first fine Wednesday in August you can watch the rowers practice on the lake.
If you happen to be in town for said Wednesday, make sure you show up here for the Royal St. John's Regatta. Nothing else will be open anyhow, so you might as well come out.
23 locals recommend
Quidi Vidi Lake
Taking a walk round the pond is a St. John's summer pass-time. If you're here before the first fine Wednesday in August you can watch the rowers practice on the lake.
If you happen to be in town for said Wednesday, make sure you show up here for the Royal St. John's Regatta. Nothing else will be open anyhow, so you might as well come out.