Rimrock Cafe is a Whistler Creekside dining room built around seafood, oysters, game meats, and a deep wine program. Open since 1986 and now owned by longtime staff Chris McKinney and Steve Maile, it reads as a continuity story as much as a premium dinner choice.

The Brickworks is a locally owned Whistler restaurant and gin bar built around BC produce, mountain-town proteins, a deep gin list, regional craft taps, and a daily 3pm-5pm happy hour. The strongest orders are bison short rib, miso black cod, BC pork loin, the house burger, and the craft gin flight.

Araxi is a Whistler Village institution built around seafood, farm-to-table B.C. cooking, a serious wine cellar and current chef Ying Gao's polished dinner menu. The strongest reasons to go are the seafood tower, BC sablefish, oysters, weekend apres and a full-service special-occasion dinner.