Fort Erie
Fort Erie looks across the Niagara River at Buffalo, spreading from the Crystal Beach shoreline to historic Ridgeway, leaning on Italian comfort, family diners, and patios built for a summer crowd. A border-and-beach town that eats like a long weekend.
Featured in Fort Erie
Top-ranked rooms with exceptional dining experiences, hand-picked by our editors.
ItalianRizzo's House of Parm
Rizzo's House of Parm is a Crystal Beach red-sauce Italian spot built around parms, pasta, shareable starters, and Matty Matheson's Fort Erie home-town connection.
City Thai Restaurant
City Thai gives Fort Erie a full Thai menu with curries, soups, noodles, rice dishes, desserts, weekday lunch value, active ordering, and reservations; the public case is strongest on the current menu.
Crystal Ball Cafe
Crystal Ball Cafe is a Crystal Beach coffee house steps from Bay Beach, built around 416 Coffee, paninis, pastries, soup, chili, patio seating, and local art. Robin Bannerman's cafe works best as a daytime stop for coffee, a simple lunch, or a beach-adjacent pickup.
Green Acres Family Restaurant
A Fort Erie family restaurant since 1961, Green Acres turns Canadian comfort food into a dependable ritual: fish dinners, roast beef, ribs, daily lunch specials, generous plates, and Coates-family hospitality.
The Barrel Restaurant
Family-run Fort Erie Italian comfort anchor for House Special Pizza, Barrel wings, pasta classics, and all-week pizza-and-wings takeout bundles.
Ming Teh Restaurant
Ming Teh is a Fort Erie riverfront Chinese restaurant with late-1970s roots, Men-family continuity, and a menu led by Peking Duck, Dry-Fried Beef Strips, dumplings, hot-and-sour soup, and Szechuan-leaning heat. Call ahead for duck or table timing.
M&J's Family Restaurant
A long-running Fort Erie family restaurant built around broasted chicken, breakfast plates, poutine, and easy takeout.
335 on the Ridge
335 on the Ridge is a polished Ridgeway bistro built around house sourdough, sourdough pizza, shareable starters, steaks, seafood, a backyard patio, and a source-backed Wed-Fri Dinner for Two program.
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Rizzo's House of Parm
9.7Rizzo's House of Parm is a Crystal Beach red-sauce Italian spot built around parms, pasta, shareable starters, and Matty Matheson's Fort Erie home-town connection.
City Thai Restaurant
9.6City Thai gives Fort Erie a full Thai menu with curries, soups, noodles, rice dishes, desserts, weekday lunch value, active ordering, and reservations; the public case is strongest on the current menu.
Green Acres Family Restaurant
9.5A Fort Erie family restaurant since 1961, Green Acres turns Canadian comfort food into a dependable ritual: fish dinners, roast beef, ribs, daily lunch specials, generous plates, and Coates-family hospitality.
The Barrel Restaurant
9.3Family-run Fort Erie Italian comfort anchor for House Special Pizza, Barrel wings, pasta classics, and all-week pizza-and-wings takeout bundles.
Ming Teh Restaurant
9.3Ming Teh is a Fort Erie riverfront Chinese restaurant with late-1970s roots, Men-family continuity, and a menu led by Peking Duck, Dry-Fried Beef Strips, dumplings, hot-and-sour soup, and Szechuan-leaning heat. Call ahead for duck or table timing.
M&J's Family Restaurant
9.1A long-running Fort Erie family restaurant built around broasted chicken, breakfast plates, poutine, and easy takeout.
335 on the Ridge
9.0335 on the Ridge is a polished Ridgeway bistro built around house sourdough, sourdough pizza, shareable starters, steaks, seafood, a backyard patio, and a source-backed Wed-Fri Dinner for Two program.
Trailside Bar And Grill
8.7Trailside Bar And Grill is a Ridgeway sports-bar stop built around beer-battered haddock, house-made burgers, poutine, weekly specials, and a live-music calendar. It works for a casual meal, a game-night table, or a late plate near the Friendship Trail.
Top 10 in Fort Erie
The highest-rated restaurants and most-loved dishes, ranked by Restaurantica readers.
- 1Veal Parmat Rizzo's House of Parm10 votes
- 2Chicken Parmat Rizzo's House of Parm10 votes
- 3Matty's Tagliatelle Bologneseat Rizzo's House of Parm10 votes
- 4Green Curryat City Thai Restaurant9 votes
- 5Pad Thaiat City Thai Restaurant9 votes
- 6Meatballsat Rizzo's House of Parm8 votes
- 7Mozzarella Sticksat Rizzo's House of Parm8 votes
- 8Tom Yam Soupat City Thai Restaurant8 votes
- 9Matty's Saladat Rizzo's House of Parm8 votes
- 10Mango Sticky Riceat City Thai Restaurant7 votes
Fort Erie’s Best Of Lists
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