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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

A long-running Fort Erie family restaurant built around broasted chicken, breakfast plates, poutine, and easy takeout.

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.

Trailside 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.