This elegant restaurant is suitable for a special night out or casual meal. The décor features vaulted ceilings, open kitchen with wood-fired oven, wall of wines, and Rundle Range and Main Street views. In summer the huge windows open wide, and in winter the fireplace glows warm. Try the inviting lounge with long bar for a martini or scotch; there’s a private room for functions. While Murrieta’s décor and food are pleasingly chic, the service reflects the best of small-town hospitality. The Westcoast and Rocky Mountain inspired menu promises satisfying portions of fresh and stylish dishes.

Menu Samples

• Lunch: seafood and chips; toasted vegetable focaccia; beef and lamb burgers; salads; pastas; pizzas; steak
• Signature Creamy Westcoast Seafood Chowder
• Appetizers: hummus; Pacific crab cake with papaya mango salsa; PEI mussels with Korean chili broth; tempura prawns; warm goat cheese croquette with pineapple yogurt; ahi tuna tartare cones; calamari
• Pizza: Marguerita; chorizo sausage with roasted red
  peppers; genoa salami with truffled mushroom duxelle
• Pasta: Manila clam and tiger prawn fettuccini; mushroom pappardelle with white wine porcini butter sauce; lamb meatball spaghetti; linguini Bolognese
• Alberta Whitefish: with wilted spinach and pancetta
• Westcoast Miso Hot Pot: mussels, clams, prawns, fish, snow crab, julienne veggies and fingerling potatoes
• Buttermilk Marinated Chicken Supreme: with perogies and truffle corn purée
• Brome Lake Duck Breast: blueberry peppercorn demi
• Alberta Pork Tenderloin: with apple bourbon gastrique
• Lamb Duo: roasted half rack and merguez sausage
• Alberta Reserve Angus Beef Steaks: striploin, ribeye or tenderloin; choice of red wine reduction, spiced coffee rub, JM-9 steak sauce or black truffle butter