Eat. Hear. || The Blue Chair Café Edmonton

scratch kitchen
patio
craft & draft beer
wine, cocktails, coffee
family friendly
since 2004

9624 - 76 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta
780-989-2861

News & Brews

OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IS SEPTEMBER OF 2024! We start the party August 24th with Borrowed & Blue (House Band), and a spectacular lineup until October. We have 20 bands for our 20th Anniversay. We will reminisce with each band, party a bit and drink our new Blue Chair Lager!

We have teamed up with Alley Kat for our own Blue Chair Beer! All the bands are on the beer cans with our new logo. Alley Kat was one of our first vendors and our very first beer on tap! Blue Chair and Alley Kat have grown and expanded over the years and we cheers Alley Kat as they are coming up to their 30th!

Anniversary Art Exhibit: Brenda Philp is our anniversary artist. She has created an amazing display! She has made dyes from onion skins and black bean liquid and incorporated them into the beautiful textiles now hanging on the walls. She will be hosting artist talks at the restaurant Sunday August 25th at 11am and 1pm. Please pop by and enjoy the art, music and great brunch!

Please look at our great lineup and book as soon as you can as some shows are already sold out!

We are now open on Mondays 8 am to 2:30 with breakfast and lunch. Ask your server about the specials.

September 27th - Thirst n' Howl - Sold out

September 28th - Big Hank and the Blue Hearts - only a few seats left.

October 3rd is Songwriters in the Round. Lionel Rault Brad Bucknell and Sam Heine are the first of a series for the winter. Lionel will be hosting and participating in the Round to give artists an opportunity to feature new material and have some fun on stage.

Front Porch Roots Review is back October 4th. Always a great show with a little roots-rock, folk, blues and a hint of country.

October 5th Crystal Plamondon performs cajun and country music. The band is fun to watch and she usually brings her washboard!

PJ Perry and his Quartet will be performing October 2nd, 9th and 16th.

October 29th is Paint Night $35 for all supplies great fun for all ages.

Halloween Opera Pub is October 30th

We appreciate your support for live music and our restaurant!

NEW Operating Hours, starting September 3 we will be open at 8 am with breakfast specials.
Starting September 9th we will be open on Mondays.

Mon - 8 am - 2:30 pm
Tue - 8 am - 9 pm
Wed - Fri - 8 am - 10 pm
Sat - 9 am - 10 pm
Sun - 9 am - 2:30 pm

We have extended our hours for the summer!

Call us for takeout with 10% off

We appreciate your business.

Our new menu started February ! We have new shareables and a new summer salad for our spring menu.

We have a weekly dinner special on Friday and Saturday Nights. Our pies are home made and change weekly with a crust that melts in your mouth!

We have always been and continue to be family friendly. Our children’s menu includes breakfast and combo meals that have been recommended first hand! Please let us know if you have favorites that you would like to see on the menu.

We offer gluten and vegan friendly options, ask your server.

We support local food producers and suppliers.

Looking for a great gift idea? We sell our house made hot sauce, ginger tea, and gift cards!

Keeping up the Bar

Beer: We carry 7 great brews from Sea Change and Alley Kat on tap. All beers on tap are also in cans to go!

Wines: Our favourite house pours and a limited selection of premiums from our cellar.

We are introducing True North Cider from Camrose. This local cidery is filling our fridge with Original Dry, Lime Mint and Passionfruit Hopped!

We now carry a variety of Bent Stick Brewing Co. beers including Cheeks Out (apricot & plum sour) and Juice Box Hero a grape Kolsch.

Live Music

Blue Chair has been one of Canada's premiere live-music venues for over 18 years. When we have shows with covers, we will add the charge to your tab. Please make a reservation as we do fill up quickly.

Parties of 4 or more will be asked for a table deposit of $50 and parties of 10 or more is $100 when attending our shows. This will be deducted from your tab on the evening of the show. This is not part of the cover but a deposit to hold the table.

Cancellation Policy: 24 hours notice prior to the start of the show for a full refund of the deposit.

We have limited seating and request all reservations call for any adjustments to your party. The advanced notice is to help us accomodate your booking and allow us time to sell any extra tickets.

All Friday, & Saturday Night Shows have a cover per person and some Thursday shows. Our brunches are by donation.

See Full Calendar

Blue Chair is a gem! Local musicians Chloe Albert and Kyle Mosiuk put on a performance that was much appreciated by a full house crowd. Kudos to the crowd for being respectful and there was little talking over the players. Award winning Alley Cat beer was available. A menu with options for all kinds of diners offering tasty in house specialties. Cozy decor, who could ask for more. Thanks to Harold for such a great table!

Henry Pazder // Google Review //

Thoroughly enjoyed the meal, serving staff and ambience of the live music. I will be back.

Brad Lohner // Google Review //

Good food and cocktails. Good live music and great atmosphere.

Matthew Dean // Google Review //

Great!! Best Eggs Benedict combinations. How often do you see that the Spinach stems have been cut off? Amazing! Presentation, service & atmosphere, 5 star. Live music later, call first.

Gerry Joly // Google Review //

My husband and I had our wedding reception at the Blue Chair last summer. From the start of planning the party to the night of, Harold and his staff were wonderful and made things very easy for us. Harold was enthusiastic about creating a specialized tapas menu for us and our guests still rave to us about how delicious (and abundant) the food was. He also helped us find great live music that was a blast to dance to. We are so happy we chose the Blue Chair as our venue. It was everything we hoped for and more. I wish we could do it again!

Ageleky Bouzetos // Google Review //

Current Art Exhibition

Brenda Philp is a Canadian artist who lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta. She studied Fibre Art at the Haliburton School of Art and Design in 2017, and attended an Artist Residency at the Icelandic Textile Center in 2019. Her work has been exhibited locally at the Alberta Craft Council, ACUA Gallery, Sound Studies Institute, Blue Chair, Edmonton Public Library, and internationally at the Icelandic Textile Center. Current pursuits include creating a work for the Piece for Peace Project presented by India Flint at the School of Nomad Arts.

Brenda is thrilled to have her art grace the walls of the Blue Chair. Her aim in creating these textile works was to capture the vibrancy and character of this awesome establishment.

The works were developed using improvisational quilting techniques and feature hand-dyed fabrics created using food items such as onion skins and black beans from the Blue Chair kitchen. Unconventional piecing, hand-stitching, images of chairs, and a range of vivid colours come together to form a lively and uplifting energy, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Blue Chair.