Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Issue link: http://publications.winnipegfreepress.com/i/1518735
60 SAVOUR MANITOBA | SPRING 24 Comfort food, and other lunch spots we love A step back in time at the Dairi-Wip Drive- In. is iconic family-owned Winnipeg burger joint first opened in 1958 and has remained at 383 Marion St. ever since. Delight in their famed fat boys dripping with chilli, classic hotdogs, burgers, and shakes, and be sure to bring cash (they don't take cards) and a big appetite. Further down Marion, you'll stumble upon Marion Street Eatery (393 Marion St), serving up elevated comfort food for breakfast and lunch. Housed within the Marion Hotel, the eatery is run by a passionate female team who takes great pride in crafting dishes with locally sourced ingredients, including Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company sourdough, Nature's Farm eggs and Bothwell cheese. Owned and operated by the Kirouac family (of InFerno's Bistro), Dug & Betty's (309 Des Meurons St) is not shy when it comes to bold flavours in its small-batch ice cream, like the signature strawberry balsamic with honey and black pepper. On top of a vast cool treats menu, they also have nice sandwiches, mains like lobster mac & cheese and bison chilli, and even salads that step it up a notch, like a kale Caesar featuring avocado, radish and asiago with sumac croutons and creamy tahini-miso dressing. Named after Basset hounds, you better believe that they have fancy hot dogs and a fun lineup of treats for pups too. Last but not least, Fusion Stop — which started as two popular food trucks, e Churro Stop and Island Fusion — is now a fixture in the St. Boniface Hotel (171 Dumoulin St). Here, a culinary mosaic awaits with Argentinian empanadas, Trinidadian doubles, island poutine (casava fries topped with curry chickpeas, aioli and tamarind), and filled churros in four flavours. St. Boniface cont DUG & BETTY'S ICE CREAM DAIRI-WIP DRIVE-IN DUG & BETTY'S ICE CREAM PHOTO BY ABBY MATHESON (TOURISM WINNIPEG); DAIRI-WIP DRIVE-IN PHOTO BY COLIN JACKSON Dug & Betty's is not shy when it comes to bold flavours in its small-batch ice cream, like the signature strawberry balsamic with honey and black pepper.