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Restaurant Guide University Food Court West Lethbridge Restaurants Whoop Up Drive Student Union Building To Downtown University of Lethbridge Aperture Drive Residences Garden Variety N Student Pitas, Wraps, Fruit Smoothies, Soup Anderson Hall Student Union Coffee Company Coffees, Cappuccinos, Homemade Muffins Hiroba Nippon University Drive University Drive Japanese Cuisine Garry Drive W Mic Mac Blvd. Church Tower Got Fries? Columbia Blvd. McDonalds Liquor World Breakfast Burgers, Soup, Hamburgers, Pizza Taco Chicken Fingers, French Fries, Starbucks Coffee Hut Time Icy’s . Subway Panago Booster Safeway Tacos, Frozen Yogurt Pizza Juice Subway McDonalds - Fast Foods (Breakfast & Lunch) Safeway - Grocery Store Sub Sandwiches, Salads, Soup Subway - Sub Sandwiches, Salads, Soups Pizza Hut - Pizza, Salads, Calzones (ph: 310-1010) Panago Pizza - Pizza, Salads (ph: 310-0001) Taco Time - Mexican Fast Food Booster Juice - Fruit Smoothies, Sandwiches, Salads Within Walking Distance See back of brochure for restaurant Lethbridge Restaurants location map and dining legend. University of Lethbridge Aperture Drive Residences The Attic Grill $$ Student 19Eastside Mario’s Moxie’s Classic Grill New to downtown Lethbridge. Fine dining menu. An American Italian eatery features all you 17 Family restaurant with lounge. All your 2 Floor 411-3rd. Ave. South 328-6116 Anderson Hall Student Union can eat salad and mammoth desserts! favourites, and nightly drink specials. 3720 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 331-0123 300 905-1 Ave. South 320-1102 2 Boston Pizza $ Family restaurant featuring pizza, pasta, ribs, salads $$ 10 Georgio’s 18 New Dynasty Restaurant $ University Drive and sandwiches. Attached lounge. Contemporary dining attractive to the eye Excellent variety of Peking, Szechuan, Chinese, 2041 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 327-4590 and the palate! Cantonese, Mandarin & Western cuisines. 1520 3 Ave. South 328-0676 103-7 St. South 328-1212 $ Church Tower 3 Brewsters Brewing Company Good choice of ales and lagers. Specialty pizzas, Hugo’s $ O’Riley’s Pub $ pasta, sandwiches, bison burgers. 11 19 Pita Esquires Food, wine, cocktails, espresso, & live Downtownp ub food and atmosphere located Dairy 1814 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 328-9000 music. Long conversations and cigars welcome. Pit Coffee below the Attic Grill. Queen Super Sam 314-8 St. South 320-0117 411-3 Ave. South 328-6116 Columbia Blvd. Grocery Store The Cheesecake Café $ 4 Varied menu, something for every appetite. Save 12 The Keg Steakhouse & Bar $$ 20 O-Sho Japanese Restaurant $ room for dessert. This café specializes in every Steak and seafood. Sushi bar, Sashimi, Tempura - unique downtown cheesecake imaginable. 1621-3 Ave. South 327-2727 Shell Japanese dining experience. 904-2 Ave. South 394-2253 311-4 St. South 327-8382 Gas LA Kitchen $ Sven Ericksen’s Family Restaurant $$ 13 Shoppers 5 Enjoy salads, pastas, specialty pizzas, and 21 Regent $ Fine dining in a quiet, comfortable setting. sandwiches, under their unique mural. Chinese Dim Sum daily. 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 328-7756 1210 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 381-7800 1255-3 Ave. South 328-7800 6 Coco Pazzo Italian Café $ Luigi’s Pizza and Steakhouse $ Streatside Eatery $ Primo Italian fare. Delicious pastas & sauces, including 14 Popular, full menu restaurant with bakery and 22 Mac’s Backstreet KFC Pastas, burgers, sandwiches, and salads too Pub homemade bread prepared in an original wood-fired oven. deli attached. Seafood too! large to finish. 1264-3 Ave. South 329-8979 1119 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 329-8322 317-8 St. South 328-8085 Pita Pit - Fresh Pita Sandwiches Dionysios $ The Mongolie Grill $ Smitty’s Pancake House $ 7 Delicious Greek, European, and Middle Eastern dishes. 15 23 Esquires Coffee - Coffee, Specialty Coffees, Pastries Unique dining experience. Mongolian stirfrys Family restaurant featuring breakfast all day. Quaint decor and plate tossing for luck! prepared right before your eyes. Fresh food 1020 Mayor Magrath Dr. South 320-7950 Dairy Queen - Ice Cream, Fast Foods 635 13 St. North 320-6554 and sauces to die for! Shoppers Drug Mart -Drug store, Pharmacy, Post Office 502-5 St. South 394-3555 Earl’s $ See back of brochure for restaurant Mac’s - Convenient Store 8 Casual dining inside, or experience the patio. $ 16 Montana’s Cookhouse Saloon location map and dining legend. Backstreet Pub - Pub style menu Pizza, pasta, chicken, steaks, salmon. Lethbridge’s cowboy experience. Steaks, burgers, 203-13 St. South 320-7677 and all the fixins’. Kentucky Fried Chicken - Chicken, salads 20 Ave. & Mayor Magrath Drive S. 381-7717 Park Place Shopping Center Downtown Lethbridge 1 Ave. S. 17 Galt Gardens 2 Ave. S. 18 9 St. S. N 1 19 3 Ave. S. 20 11 22 8 St. S. 7 St. S. CCCGCCCG 2002 2002 6 St. S. 4 Ave. S. 4 St. S. 5 St. S. 15 5 Ave. S. Stafford Dr 7 6 Ave. S. (9 Street) 5 Avenue N. 13 Street N. 2 Avenue N. 1 Ave. S. Crowsnest Trail 8 urant G 4 21 12 esta uide 9 St. S. 5 St. S. 7 St. S. R 3 Avenue S. 3 Ave. S. 6 10 Heritage Blvd. 4 Ave. S. Mayor Magrath Dr 5 Ave. S. 6 Avenue S. Garry Dr. W. 6 Ave. S. 13 Street S. 7 Avenue S. University Drive W. Scenic Dr. S. 9 Avenue S. Ridgewood Blvd. .S. 10 Avenue S. South Parkside Dr. Mic Mac Blvd. 14 Whoop-Up Drive W. 12 Avenue S. Mountain View 13 Cemetery 16 Avenue S. Henderson Lake Blvd. Lethbridge 20 Street S. Scenic Dr. S. Columbia Blvd. W. Country 5 Club University Of 3 20 Avenue S. McMaster Blvd. W Nicholas Lethbridge University Drive W 16 Sheran 23 Park Blvd. Laval Scenic Dr. S. 2 McGill Blvd. Oldman River Lethbridge Fairway Blvd. Community 28 Street S. College Macleod Dr. South Lethbridge Mayor Magrath Dr West Lethbridge $ Reasonably Priced $$ Higher Priced .S. Outdoor Patio 9 Cocktail Lounge Editor’s Choice.
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