Cibo offers delicious food, beautiful scenery

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This article was published 26/08/2014 (4030 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Not often do I write about a restaurant visit where I have dined solo, but this was the case for my visit to Cibo Waterfront Café.  

I had so wanted to check it out that I suggested it to a friend of mine for a lunch rendezvous.

Unfortunately, those plans had to be postponed and in the confusion, turned out not to be set up at all. But I thought “What the heck,” I was already there (in fact I had driven in from our little beach house that morning) so I perused the menu and decided what I would not have been able to order had my friend been there. She is not food allergic, but avoids carbs and dairy. I try to avoid highly processed carbs as well but couldn’t resist the bruschetta platters that I had seen coming out of the kitchen.

There are seven different choices and you are permitted to choose three of them for a platter. My selections were: buffalo mozzarella, tomato and basil, sautéed mushrooms and goat cheese, and grilled veggies and Trappist cheese.

The baguette tasted as if it had been flame-toasted, just how I like it. The three selections complemented and yet contrasted each other. I especially enjoyed the mozzarella one as the toast was pungent with garlic, rich and creamy mozzarella and the tomato and basil added a sparkling taste.  

The riverside café is beautifully situated in the ever-developing Waterfront area. What was formerly the James Street pumping station is now home to the restaurant with its soaring ceilings and exposed brick walls. There is a comfortable patio with river views and a deck which provides additional vistas of the water.

I did not know the specific location of the café and so walked through the Waterfront Park to find it. The stroll was beautiful and I can see why so many people are moving into the area.   

Kathryne Grisim’s foodmusings.ca blog was named best local blog in Uptown Magazine’s Best of Winnipeg readers’ poll