BarrelHead turns Pillitteri Estates into a wood-fired pizza patio: Bee Sting and Meat Sweats lead the pies, Draft Icewine Sangria ties the meal to the winery, and weekday lunch, happy hour, and takeout bundles make the patio useful beyond a scenic wine-country stop.

The Old Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar is a Niagara-on-the-Lake Italian-leaning restaurant for wood-fired pizzas, ricotta gnocchi, pasta, grill plates, lunch, patio dining, wine tastings, bottles to go, The Cellar, and private-event spaces.

Historic manor dining at The Charles Hotel with French-leaning Niagara cooking, afternoon tea, current lounge specials, and a serious wine-bar frame.

Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake wine bar with pub-comfort anchors, local Niagara wine, a covered patio and a second-floor group room.

A Shaw Club contemporary Canadian dining room for pre-theatre dinners, patio meals, wine-country drinks, daily breakfast, and polished special-occasion comfort classics.