This is CHARCUT’s recipe: start with two acclaimed chefs, give them creative control over the menu and let them carefully choose the best quality ingredients (especially meats) from local and regional farmers. Calgarians are eating it up, much to the delight of co-owners and head chefs Connie DeSousa and John Jackson. The pair opened the urban-rustic restaurant a stone’s throw from the Calgary Tower in 2010. Their talents previously led them from Calgary to cooking gigs all over the globe. John invited Connie to work with him at the prestigious St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco. It was there they soaked up the influences that would inspire CHARCUT.
“In San Francisco, everyone knows where their food comes from and the first names of their butchers and farmers,” remarks Connie of the food-conscious environment they worked in. “We wanted to bring that concept back to Calgary and open our own venture as we noticed a new, youthful vibrancy about the city.” Upon returning they exhaustively researched regional growers and ranchers to supply CHARCUT. “We literally spent 40 days on 40 farms when we moved back to Calgary.”
Peel & eat shrimp, smoked cocktail sauce
Tuna conserva, lemon pickled potatoes, Avivs sourdough
Escarole salad, farm fresh egg, parmesan, boar bacon
Beets, roasted and pickled, goat cheese, mint, walnuts
Burrata cheese, wild arugula, chilies, grilled Avivs sourdough
Shrimp
Pulled rotisserie chicken
Grilled butcher steak, 4 oz
Wild mushrooms
Egg
Wild mushrooms
Boy T-Shirt
Girl T-Shirt
CHARCUT Olive Oil
Reclaimed Glass
French Glass Terrines
Brassica Mustard Jar
{ served with mixed green salad, soup or parmesan fries }
Pulled rotisserie chicken sandwich, wild boar bacon, aged cheddar, piri piri aioli
Roasted garlic meatball sandwich, Quebec cheese curds, Sunday gravy
Shaved Alberta prime rib sandwich, Brassica rocky mustard, white cheddar
CHARCUT sausage burger with cheese curds on brioche
in and out in 45 minutes} no substitutions in order to keep our promise
CHARCUT daily soup, crostini Daily sandwich on focaccia Kitchen pickles Parmesan fries Bag of warm cookie
Mixed green salad, house vinaigrette Daily rotisserie, spit-roasted and smoked Parmesan fries Bag of warm cookies Coffee to go
Daily rotisserie, spit-roasted and smoked, parmesan fries
Gnocchi, wild mushrooms, tomato cream sauce, grana padano
Butcher steak, chimichurri with wild arugula, 7 oz
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Line-caught fish fillet, lemon, fine herbs
Warm homemade cookies
Salted caramel and milk chocolate pudding crunch
Preserved fruit in a jar with whipped cheesecake
Oysters, lemon, tomato mignonette
Peel & eat shrimp, smoked cocktail sauce
Tuna conserva, lemon pickled potatoes, Avivs sourdough
Charred octopus, sausage, tomatoes, gigante beans, chili oil
Melted cheese and bread
Grilled Avivs sourdough
Kitchen pickles
Portuguese style little neck clams, beer, piri piri, parsley
Albacore crudo, charred lemon, shaved fennel, olive oil fried bread
Asparagus fritto misto, sansho pepper, charred lemon aioli
Warm olives with orange and fennel
Escarole salad, soft egg, grana padano, boar bacon
Beets, roasted and pickled, goat cheese, mint, walnuts
Burrata cheese, wild arugula, chilies, grilled Avivs sourdough
Lonzino Italian bar snacks
Pig head mortadella
Linguiça sausage, fried egg, pickled jalapenos, St. Jorge cheese
CHARCUT board
Butcher steak, chimichurri with wild arugula, 7 oz
CHARCUT sausage share burger with cheese curds and fried egg
Prime rib with rosemary jus
Rotisserie chicken
Bison brisket, beech mushrooms, boar bacon, sour cream
Line-caught fish fillet, lemon, fine herbs
Shrimp
Beer battered onion rings and bone marrow
Egg
Wild mushrooms
Creamed corn, picked ramps, pancetta
Green beans, dill weed yogurt, sumac
Poutine, truffle gravy and cheese curds
CHARCUT potatoes, boar bacon and sour cream
Cocktail tomatoes, basil, grana padano cheese
{ to stay or to go }
Hard distinctive and robust with concentrated flavour
Soft surface ripened and aged from the exterior to the interior
Bleu mould ripened with an earthy rustic appearance
Salted caramel and milk chocolate pudding crunch
Cookies and cream, ice cream pie, oreo cookie crust
Preserved fruit in a jar with whipped cheesecake
Boy T-Shirt
Girl T-Shirt
CHARCUT Olive Oil
Reclaimed Glass
French Glass Terrines
Brassica Mustard Jar
Drinks
Grizzly Paw Soda, House Soda, House Made Hot Cocoa
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The poutine is to die for ! A must if you are ever in Calgary
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In the heart of downtown at the Le Germain Hotel, CHARCUT’s emphasis on extravagantly simple ingredients put this urban-rustic, meat-focused restaurant and its co-owners, John Kacson and Connie DeSousa, on the national culinary map. For those feeling really carnivorous, start with a half or full CHARCUT charcuterie board of artisanal cured meats and then dig in to some house-butchered bison brisket with beech mushrooms, boar bacon, sour cream and soft polenta or Alberta beef feature steak with smoked poplar bluff potatoes and salsa verde.
View this Smart ListCharcut co-chefs John Jackson and Connie DeSousa are known for their expert butchery and they really do make the most of the proteins they serve. The restaurant was one of the first to popularize house-made charcuterie in Calgary with its pig’s head mortadella and additional sausages and pates and also makes good use of bone marrow and other tasty bits.
View this Smart ListA downtown haven for discerning meat eaters (though there are plenty of salads and fish dishes on the menu), it’s the little touches at Charcut that push its cuisine over the top. The restaurant’s pig head mortadella is one of its signature dishes, as is the truffle gravy poutine. Also, to give your meat selection a little bit of a boost, try the beer battered onion and bone marrow steak topper.
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