Melissa's Restaurant, Bar & Patio
Melissa’s is housed in Banff’s original Homestead Hotel, a 1928 log building with original lighting fixtures typical of rustic Canadian architecture a century ago. A local hot spot for over 30 years, this locally owned and operated restaurant has been voted “Favourite Banff Restaurant” for seven consecutive years by the Calgary Herald Reader’s Choice Awards. There is a homemade flavour to the made-from-scratch meals, many of which are comfort foods. The popular upstairs bar features 11 TVs (some satellite and big-screen), darts, pool table and pinball. Happy hour is 4 to 7 pm, but highballs and selected beers are always at everyday low prices.
- Breakfast: Homesteader hot cakes, Swiss apple pancakes, ‘Unmissteakable’ bran muffin, mixed grill (bacon, sausage and eggs), omelettes (try the asparagus and crab), Belgian waffles, steak and eggs, corned beef hash and French toast
- Eggs Benedict: with Canadian back bacon and Hollandaise sauce
- Huevos Rancheros: eggs on a flour tortilla baked with salsa and cheddar and Monterey jack cheese
- Lunch: Cajun chicken Caesar, beef dip, tuna melt, real hot turkey sandwich, plus many breakfast and dinner items
- ‘Hot and Heavy’ burgers: beef, chicken and vegetarian
- Deep Dish Pizzas
- Aged AAA Alberta Steaks: T-bone, rib eye, filet mignon, New York strip or top sirloin with peppercorn, mushroom, Hollandaise or Béarnaise sauce options
- Seafood: coho salmon with Béarnaise sauce, rainbow trout and Canadian lobster tails
- Pork Tenderloin Medallions: with Dijon and cider sauce
- Canadian Mountain Stew, BBQ Baby Back Ribs, Hunters Chicken and Pasta of the Night
- Housemade Desserts: ‘Brownie Conspiracy’, cheesecake, apple or bumbleberry pie, and apple and blueberry crisp à la mode
