The 3 Brewers

Visit this handsome Oakville microbrewery restaurant, one of a slew of international locations, for a taste of the exotic. Ho-hum pizza gets reinvented on the brasserie-style menu as flammequeche, a flatbread developed in the Alsatian region of France. And the Campagnarde open-faced sandwich offers a yummy lower-carb alternative to convention. Still, there's plenty of comfort food on the books, so burgers and battered fish get fair play here. As for the other side of the menu, The 3 Brewers is celebrated for its fresh, non-pasteurized beer, made on the spot in gleaming copper tanks from the purest ingredients (the shoulder-high sacks of barley from which the stuff originates are in full view of your meal) and according to traditional recipes that hail back to the place's beginnings in northern France. A splendid patio is inviting in the summer.