The Lancaster Smokehouse is a Kitchener smokehouse built around brisket, ribs, fried chicken, weekday deals, live music, and a Bridgeport tavern room with a clear local story.

Korean BBQ Restaurant is a small second-floor Kitchener Korean kitchen built around pork bone soup, bibimbap, japchae, seafood pancake and barbecue plates, with banchan, kimchi and dumpling work giving the meal its home-style centre.

Moose Winooski's is Kitchener's big-room lodge pub at Sportsworld Crossing: ribs, wings, poutine skillets, bison, plant-based comfort food, screens, birthdays, and patio energy under one Charcoal Group roof.