Guidebook for Yellowknife
Food Scene
They serve delicious local fish here, and it's a very different environment inside.
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Thornton's Wine & Tapas Room
5125 51 StThey serve delicious local fish here, and it's a very different environment inside.
Amazing curries, best coffee in town. All the food here is delicious.
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The Fat Fox Cafe
Amazing curries, best coffee in town. All the food here is delicious.
Good coffee, good food, nice and close to my place. 5 minutes walk away.
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Javaroma Gourmet Coffee & Tea
5201 Franklin AveGood coffee, good food, nice and close to my place. 5 minutes walk away.
This is also a bar...good food, good service, you can play pool here or hang out with locals.
Coyote's Bistro on Franklin
483 Franklin AveThis is also a bar...good food, good service, you can play pool here or hang out with locals.
On the finer end of eating, this is a good place to eat and drink well. Make reservations!
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Thornton's Wine & Tapas Room
5125 51 StOn the finer end of eating, this is a good place to eat and drink well. Make reservations!
The all you can eat brunch here is very good. Lunch and dinner is good, too. Make reservations!
The Explorer Hotel
4825 49th AveThe all you can eat brunch here is very good. Lunch and dinner is good, too. Make reservations!
A Taste of Saigon
4913 50 StTraditional Vietnamese restaurant.
Only open in certain months. Really cool location and old place.
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The Wildcat Cafe
3507 Wiley RdOnly open in certain months. Really cool location and old place.
Really good sushi. It can be a bit pricey, but it's worth it if you're craving sushi.
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Sushi Cafe
5309 Franklin AveReally good sushi. It can be a bit pricey, but it's worth it if you're craving sushi.
Very good Ethiopian restaurant in town. Love it here.
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Zehabesha Traditional Ethiopian Restaurant
5030 50 StreetVery good Ethiopian restaurant in town. Love it here.
It's a decent standard breakfast place. Fast and good service, good food, and great prices.
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Gold Range Bistro
5010 50 StIt's a decent standard breakfast place. Fast and good service, good food, and great prices.
A good place to get a coffee and check out the local scene. If you're not a fan of seeing intoxicated people wandering around, this probably isn't the best place to go.
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Birchwood Coffee Kǫ̀
5021 49 StA good place to get a coffee and check out the local scene. If you're not a fan of seeing intoxicated people wandering around, this probably isn't the best place to go.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Black Knight Pub
4910 49 StGood food, lively place to go hang out.
This place turns into a nightclub. Good for drinks, decent food, and dancing.
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Sam's Monkey Tree Pub
483 Range Lake RdThis place turns into a nightclub. Good for drinks, decent food, and dancing.
I'm not a huge fan of the service or food, but there is often live music here which keeps me coming back, and they have all the drinks you'd expect.
The Cellar Bar and Grill
4910 Franklin AvenueI'm not a huge fan of the service or food, but there is often live music here which keeps me coming back, and they have all the drinks you'd expect.
Our only brewery in town. Good beer and great food.
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NWT Brewing Company / The Woodyard Brewhouse & Eatery
3905 Franklin AveOur only brewery in town. Good beer and great food.
Liquor Store
5108 5108 49 StThe closet liquor store to buy whatever alcohol you want.
Shopping
This is a neat place to go to see custom engraved glass. You can take a class and do your own, as well!
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Old Town Glassworks
3510 McDonald DrThis is a neat place to go to see custom engraved glass. You can take a class and do your own, as well!
This is our only dedicated outdoor store. You can rent bikes or skis here, as well.
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Overlander Sports
4909 50 StThis is our only dedicated outdoor store. You can rent bikes or skis here, as well.
The Yellowknife Book Cellar
4914 49 StThe have tons of local books in here.
This is my favourite place to shop in Yellowknife. Northern clothing, odds and ends...it's fun just to wander around here.
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Weaver & Devore Trading
3601 Weaver DrThis is my favourite place to shop in Yellowknife. Northern clothing, odds and ends...it's fun just to wander around here.
Arts & Culture
Gallery of the Midnight Sun
5005 Bryson DrSightseeing
Only open in March, this is a winter long creation and a must see if you're here in March. It's literally an ice castle.
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Snowking's Winter Festival
3815 Bretzlaff DrOnly open in March, this is a winter long creation and a must see if you're here in March. It's literally an ice castle.
Ragged Ass Road
Ragged Ass RoadJust because...it's an old part of town and neat to see.
Yellowknife Wharf
A good place to see Houseboat Bay and all the houseboats.
Northern Lights. This is a good place to see them if you have a rental car.
Prosperous Lake Territorial Park Day Use Area
Northern Lights. This is a good place to see them if you have a rental car.
Kam Lake
Northern Lights...a much closer place to see them if you have a rental car.
This is the tourist office...good for maps and ideas of things to see and do in Yellowknife.
NWT Tourism
5204 Franklin AveThis is the tourist office...good for maps and ideas of things to see and do in Yellowknife.
Madeline Lake Day Use Area
Ingraham TrailAn even better spot for Northern Lights if you have a rental car.
Essentials
This is the closest market to my house. They have lots of food in here to bring back to the house.
Kim's Confectionary
5309 Franklin AveThis is the closest market to my house. They have lots of food in here to bring back to the house.