Charcut Calgary: Cocktails, Charcuterie and Award Winning Steakhouse

Charcut Calgary is ranked as one of the best steakhouses in Alberta. The award winning restaurant is located inside the Hotel Le Germain in downtown Calgary.

Alberta Beef at Charcut Calgary

The restaurants owners, Chef’s Connie DeSousa and John Jackson, have put Calgary on Canada’s culinary map. They’ve appeared on Top Chef Canada as well as enRoute Magazine’s list of “Canada’s Top 10 Best New Restaurants.”

Before arriving into Calgary I spent a few days on a cowboy adventure in SouthWestern Alberta at Sierra West Ranch. I was interested to know what two of the Alberta’s top chef’s had to say about their beloved Cattle Country.

Chef John explains “Charcut Roast House is a very meat-centric hang out, we have a love for all things beef. Our flavourful butcher steak cut is one of our best selling items on the menu. It’s a rarely available, “secret cut of meat” that butchers used to take home to their families. Some of our favourite beef cuts are petit tenders, skirt steaks and flat irons.”

Chef Connie adds, “Our intimate relationship with local farmers, ranchers and artisan producers enables us to showcase the best of Alberta’s unique Taste of Place. We are supporters of all naturally raised Alberta beef and have been featuring a lot of Spring Creek Ranch beef since we first opened our doors four years ago.”

The duo are also responsible for Charbar, Calgary’s best Argentinian asado restaurant.

An epic meat lovers spread at Charcut Calgary.

Step Inside Charcut Calgary

Hotel Le German’s ground floor plays home to one of the best restaurants in Calgary.

The interior of the restaurant is a whimsical mix of cow portraits, mason jar adorned chandeliers, elegant bar and bustling open concept kitchen.

Hotel Le Germain regularly hosts celebrities when they are in town so I was not shocked (but certainly pleased) to be seated beside Donald Sutherland and his son Kiefer. I’ll never forget watching them nibble on roasted corn on the cob while enjoying an intimate father-son moment. Trying not to distract myself entirely with the famous duo to my left I focussed on the task at hand, surveying the Charcut Calgary menu.

Actors Donald and Kiefer Sutherland enjoy a father-son dinner at Charcut Calgary.

Charcut Calgary Menu

Calgary’s favourite steakhouse features urban-rustic cuisine with a custom-built rotisserie and charbroiler, vintage-style slicer and hand-crafted charcuterie eating bar.

The menu combines local chef-driven cuisine with Italian and French culinary inspirations. Ingredients are sourced from small, local artisan farmers and ranchers, with herbs harvested daily from its own garden, minimizing the miles food travels.

Summer Melon and Cucumber Salad at Charcut Calgary. — Summer Melon and Cucumber Salad.

Charcut Calgary Appetizers

Marinated Olives: warm foccacia
Warm Artichoke Dip: pickles chillies, grilled bread
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail: smoked cocktail sauce
Cauliflower Salad: tahini vinaigrette, mint, toasted seeds, dates
Charcut Caesar: kale, soft egg, grana padano, bacon
East Coast Oysters: lemon, horseradish, smoked tomato mignonette
Tuna Conserva: lemon, pickled potatoes, grilled bread
Charred Octopus: sausage, tomatoes, white beans, chili oil
Quebec Reclette Cheese: warm rosemary focaccia buns
Skillet Sausage: fried egg, kitchen pickles
Charcut Charcuterie: hand-crafted artisan style cured meats

Piri Piri Baked Mackerel at Charcut Calgary.

Charcut Calgary Pasta

Spachetti Carbonara: pancetta, farm fresh egg
Orecchiette: fennel sausage sugo, white beans, kale
Pappardelle: roasted squash, mushroom cream, pumpkin seeds
Gemelli: white bolognese, sage

Charcut Calgary Meat & Fish

Alberta Beef Butcher Steak: matchstick potatoes, chimichurri
Grilled Beef Tenderloin: smashed potatoes, wild mushrooms, horseradish jus
Charcut Porchetta: crackling, cheddar grits, pickled apples
Slow Roasted Smoked Prime Rib: rosemary jus, roasted garlic, horseradish cream
Beef Chuck Cheeseburger: piri piri aioli, parmesan fries
Half Rotisserie Chicken: salted lemon, chorizo mayo
Bison Brisket: beech mushrooms, bacon, sour cream, soft polenta
Fogo Island Newfoundland Cod: fine herbs, charred butter
Slow Cooked Albert Lamb Shank: chickpeas, dill, feta