Food + Drink

For those who like it on the spicier side, there are many entrants to the sizzling hot sauce game in Hamilton and Burlington. Scrolling through Instagram, I encountered an account with this comment: “I was so pumped to get three of your sauces in my stocking!” Admittedly, I'm…

A wise man once said that ‘life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get’ and in that regard, the Hamilton-Burlington area has no shortage of Gump-worthy decadence. Chocolate is a guilty pleasure for so many and the variety of chocolatiers and chocolate…

The Hamilton and Burlington area boasts an impressive number of restaurants that feature all manner of culinary cultures. No matter what you’re craving and no matter what country it’s from, chances are you can find it here. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list, by no means…

Matty Cowan’s The Heather got a second chance at success thanks to an unlikely source of inspiration and collaboration. There aren’t many second chances in the restaurant industry. Luckily for Matty Cowan, chef at Hamilton’s newly re-opened The Heather on Locke, he had a guardian angel waiting for…

Diverse flavours are alive and cooking in Hamilton and we’re profiling seven chefs who are putting the city on the foodie map. What makes Hamilton a great culinary city? For one, its food scene is home to a rich, and flavourful, cultural mosaic of cuisines that cater to…