Although Hy’s current incarnation is relatively new, the room reflects the restaurant’s history in Calgary, where the small, upscale steakhouse chain was established in 1955. With dark wood, red velvet banquettes and tableside Caesar salad and flambé service, Hy’s old-school Mad Men-esque touches make it a luxurious blast from the past.
A grand, Canadian steakhouse chain established in Calgary in 1955 by Hy Aisenstat, Hy’s now features singular locations in six cities. Owned and operated by its founding family, its Calgary location in The CORE shopping centre reinvents the original, closed in 2006, with considerable panache. Its mahogany-and-stone construction, high ceilings, elegant lighting and plush, burgundy-leather seating are powerbroker elegant. And the menu is classic steakhouse from the French onion soup and oysters Rockefeller to New York strip steak and chateaubriand prepared tableside.