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

The Opera Pub, Mallory Chipmans's songwriter circle and the Blue Chair Chats are all being supported by The Edmonton Arts Council! This is a special opportunity for our local artist to be given a stage to express themselves. We will showcase seasoned performers and students on stage for the first time! Please join us in supporting their shows. Reservations 780 989 2861.

Our city is full of amazing people! In 2023 The Blue Chair Chats we will be showcasing musicians, artists, songwriters, authors, journalists, sculptors and more. We want to give you an opportunity to come and listen to their adventures and ask questions. This is a monthly event hosted by Lionel Rault March's featured guest is PJ Perry.

PJ Perry is a saxophonist, Canadian legend, and multi Juno award winner. He has played internationally and makes Edmonton his home. He has worked closely with Tommy Banks jazz group big band as well as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. We are honored to have him join us for the Chair Chats and hope you join us for a special evening.

Starting February 28th we will be opening at 8 am Tuesday to Friday with early bird breakfast from 8 am to 9 am.

March has a great line up: Lionel Rault's songwriters tribute to Bob Marley, Celtic sounds of Celtara, MacEwan University's songwriters circle, Mick Burke, local author has her first book release -The Blue Mask. Jim Serediak is back with his classic guitar, David Jay - The Spaniard will amaze you and rock with Tyler Mullendore (Canadian Idol finalist). Jazz Thursday features Josh Krushel, Jan Randall with his boogie woogie piano is almost sold out and we finish the month with John Hewitt tribute to Bob Dylan

NEW MUSIC CALENDAR - Hi Everyone - please look at the top right for our music tab. This will bring you to the calendar which will have all our bookings including upcoming months. We are still loading information and will be adding links for you to have a listen before you book. Thank you for your patience.

Happy Hour: Happy hour from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Great food and drink specials.

Operating Hours:
Mon - Closed
Tue - 8 - 8
Wed - Fri 8 - 10
Sat - 9 - 10
Sun - 9 - 2:30

Call us for takeout with 10% off

We appreciate your business.

Ian & Sylvia

We are getting ready for our summer menu and our next wine tasting!

We have a weekly dinner special on Friday and Saturday Nights. We are also offering two sizes of ceviche that changes weekly. 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.

Ciders: We are excited to have Edmonton's own Broken Spoke Cider Co. products. Try their Original Cider, Ginger Cider, The Hopped Cider, and their seasonal cider.

We now carry a variety of Bent Stick Brewing Co. beers including their blood orange brew! We have also changed our vodka, rye & gin to the Lone Pine Distilling line to support local.

We are currently carrying a variety of Town Square beers.

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 are a *$15.00 cover per person and some Thursday shows. Our brunches are by donation.

Featured Events

Mar. 30

Blue Chair Chats - Featuring PJ Perry, hosted by Lionel Rault Sponsored by the Edmonton Arts Council.

Mar. 30, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

It's tough to imagine a short chat that will cover the life and times of PJ Perry. He has played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Tommy Banks, Rob McConnell, Big Miller, and has won numerous awards including a couple Junos. He's an Edmonton luminary and a great story teller. Don't miss this!

Mar. 31

John Hewitt - 50 Shades of Dylan - a tribute to Bob Dylan - $20.00

Mar. 31, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

John will be bringing in special guests for this tribute.

Apr. 01

Brunch Gareth Gilliland

Apr. 1, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Apr. 01

Charlie Jacobson Trio

Apr. 1, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Uptempo Blues band from Red Deer

Has played Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, recorded Alberta Flood Album

Apr. 02

Graham Guest

Apr. 2, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Apr. 02

Musician Grant Writing Work Shop with Kami Van Halst

Apr. 2, 2023, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

This workshop will walk you through the components of a successful arts grant (with a specific music focus)

Music Marketing and Music Business Planning resources will also be available on site.

Ticket link here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-writing-for-musicians-workshop-tickets-586195465417

Apr. 05

Hep Cats - Swing Band

Apr. 5, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Apr. 06

Lionel Rault Trio

Apr. 6, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Apr. 07

Closed - Good Friday

Apr. 7, 2023

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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 //

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