The national bestseller You Gotta Eat Here! showcases the great joints and legendary local restaurants that many of us have never heard of. You’ll discover the most delicious, mouth-watering food in Canada and meet the colourful characters who have turned these places into neighbourhood institutions. And you’ll visit some of the country’s best eateries—from Charlene’s in Cape Breton to Schwartz’s in Montreal to Floyd’s Diner in Victoria—so get ready for a coast-to-coast road trip with outrageously good food.

JOHN CATUCCI is an actor, comedian and the host of You Gotta Eat Here. He may not be a chef, but he knows a great burger when he eats one. John has also been a member of The Second City Touring Company, where he honed the improv skills he now displays in restaurant kitchens across Canada. John lives in Toronto.

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MICHAEL VLESSIDES is the author of Ice Pilots and a freelance writer whose work has been published in International Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, British Columbia Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Canadian Wildlife, Explore, L’Actualité and Avenue. A graduate of New York University’sSchool of Journalism, Michael worked with Les Stroud on his bestselling books Survive and Will to Live. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.

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Michael Vlessides is the writer behind Les Stroud's bestselling Survivorman books: Survive: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive and Will to Live: Dispatches from the Edge of Survival. A graduate of New York University's School of Journalism, Michael Vlessides is the former editor of Up Here magazine in Yellowknife -- where his office was next door to Buffalo Airways -- and he has been published in International Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, British Columbia, Reader's Digest, Canadian Wildlife, Explore, L`Actualite, and Avenue. He lived for six years in the Arctic and now lives in Canmore, Alberta.

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