Three Bears is a Bear Street brewery-restaurant built around beer made on site, a forested room with patio energy, a real pizza lane, Alberta cues, daily happy hour, and Monday late-night pizza. It works best as a Banff beer-and-food stop, not just a pint before dinner.

The Boss Kitchen & Bar is a young Banff Avenue restaurant built around Canadian comfort food, bison signatures, mountain-view dining, an 18+ lounge and daily happy hour. The clearest reasons to go are the Banff Burger, Bison Short Ribs, bison shareables, cocktails and the grizzly-bear name origin.