Best places to Eat in Iqaluit Nunavut ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

Episode 9 of Evantures.
During my 6 months in Iqaluit I've tried out almost all there is to offer in terms of restaurants. Enjoy my personal favourites.
Note (I still have not tried out wing night at the legion and storehouse)
Let's go

[@Sc00terNut]

I always imagined that perishable food would be nearly impossible to come by in a place like Iqaluit. Never did I imagine you could find poutine, shawarma, pizza, and fresh sandwiches. I gotta visit Nunavut one of these days.

[@mikeoxsbigg1]

Gotta say the language looks beautiful. Like script wise. Respect.

[@caseyaulbach7693]

This video made me realize how expensive Vancouver is. I usually pay around $12-14 for a large Shawarma in the city so I was expecting yours to be at least $30... but $18!?!?!? Damn. I need to get out of this ridiculous city. Lol

[@Evantures]

Wow that does seem pretty steep!! Covered in gold??

[@U4rikSound]

Yeah the high rent prices in Vancouver make living there expensive so the business owners charge an arm n a leg just to get by.

[@caseyaulbach7693]

Precisely what he said. Foreign buyers buy up the houses but don't live in them, which means less money circulating in the local economy. So the people who do live here have to pay more to make up for it. Also the nice weather and beautiful scenery are large factors too.

[@mikeoxsbigg1]

​@@U4rikSoundin Ottawa the rent isn't terrible considering. Wait maybe it is bad...

[@christalball93_]

​@@Evanturesrents and mortgages are expensive here

[@Drewbie96]

Love your videos! I've always wanted to visit Iqaluit. Keep it up :)

[@Evantures]

thanks Dru!

[@trip1080]

Great shawarma spot. Always visit Yummy when I’m in Iqaluit

[@joannetuinstra3274]

Thanks very much for sharing.

[@johnderr32]

MORE!!! haha XD that pizza looked bomb!

[@Evantures]

theres some good pizza in the Arctic I've gotta say...

[@Steu022]

I used to Fly through Iqaluit when heading north to work, never got the chance to stop and actually check out the town

[@rmackayjackson]

Have you tried the poutine at yummy shawarma

[@jayathome2898]

Great reviews! I like that you thanked all of your servers! Are restaurants closed there because of Covid? If so, are they managing to serve take out? Can you do a video about the impact of the pandemic there? Thanks

[@Evantures]

They have been closed for a week and a half... (Even though Nunavut has no recorded cases of Covid 19) Still takeout though! Next upload will be the changes cheers

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@Evantures is there a Walmart in iqauit

[@syedtaimurhassan7774]

interesting clip at 0:48 :)

[@willrobinson1671]

When it's that damn cold outside, I bet all of that food and the coffee taste so much better.

[@Evantures]

So true 💯

[@itsmewill3167]

Hello Evan you didn’t price a beer how much for a cut just want to know from nunavik

[@JM-un6mk]

Yummy shawarma is my favourite.

[@brandonlamontagne2075]

I'm very curious to know what is the night life like in iqualuit? bands/ karaoke

[@Evantures]

I'll do a video on that for sure! great local talent (and karaoke)

[@brothaman007]

@@Evantures You have not been here when things were normal. Im not sure you should do a video on that.

[@mitchellgross2568]

Hookers?

[@juliansmith4295]

This is a great video, but I watched it with the sound off because of the music.

[@acid_519]

Where does the water usually get filled up? Is all the water potable up there? Why are you unable to refill the jugs yourself & why was refilling at the shawarma shop considered a lucky break? Thanks

[@brothaman007]

Water pipes often freeze if you are on the utilidor, and if you get water delivered to your house, they take it to the tank beside your house.

[@sgtK0420]

Do people there mostly speak their local language or English?

[@juliansmith4295]

In the city, about 48% Inuktitut, 48% English and 4% French.

[@bonniesproul7479]

I am dairy free and gluten free. Are there many options there for that? Do rotational workers bring in a lot of their own food to accommodate for things like this?

[@brothaman007]

You dont want to try that here. And rotational workers often have food allowances or bring up to 50 pounds of luggage, so if they can bring stuff in, they do.

[@dwarren1010]

Any leads on local native cuisine?

[@Mackie17]

You can sometimes get a caribou or musk ox burger at the Aqsarnit Hotel, but other than that you pretty much just have to ask a local. It’s called “country food” here, and is usually raw seal, whale, caribou, and Arctic Char.

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

0:46 legendary background

[@Evantures]

😂 funniest Easter egg

[@Neptune44u6k6]

🇨🇦❄️❤️

[@abrarsarwari2791]

Is yummy shawarma halal?

[@ahmedmo5565]

Yes

[@Winter-yg1yn]

Shawarma in Northern area yayyyyyg

[@terrenceabate1116]

Prices are not that bad considering the stupid amount it costs for food up there

[@Evantures]

For sure. I'll do a video on the cost of groceries!

[@BBC600]

@@Evantures I'd like to see how one can eat on a budget in Iqaluit so this would be very helpful. Have you ever been to the KFC? I'd like to also see a video on it.

[@مريممصطفى-ذ6غ]

can i get and live there

[@radouanebensissane2150]

Bonjour, J'ai trouvé votre nom dans une vidéo sur KZbin. Je suis enseignant de primaire francophone. Je veux immigrer y Nunavut avec ma femme et mes petits quatre enfants . Comment je dois faire. J'ai cherché beaucoup sur internet la culture inuit je l'ai adorée . C'est magnifique ! Je veux apprendre la langue inuktitut. Merci d'avance

[@juliansmith4295]

Je vois que votre commentaire date de trois ans. J'espère que vous avez pu vous déplacer vers le nord. Il y a une assez bonne communauté francophone à Iqaluit.

[@empresseve5283]

Wait, isn't alcohol illegal there?

[@anhonkandae]

Dependent on where within Nunavut you are. I gave it a quick google and apparently each one decides if they want that community dry or not and it appears that 6 are. Seems interesting and I might want to give the place a visit some day… especially for that delicious food they have

[@roachtoasties]

Next time try the In-Out-Burger, Jack-in-the-Box, McDonald's and the Taco Bell.

[@juliansmith4295]

Yes, try things that don't exist. That's always fun.

[@christalball93_]

When i worked in a small rural BC town they had the best pizza ever. Weird where the best pizza is. Not the big cities that's for sure

[@Evantures]

Couldn’t agree more 😅🍕

[@jayathome2898]

also be safe

[@MrLoobu]

Same prices as where I live 2000 kilometers away, but I always knew I was being shafted. Pulled the uno reverse card on government, though, didn't have a child.

[@amazingsebchannel8645]

It's been so cold

[@joe-vl3nd]

Looks nice man But ill stick to warm tropical cali Colombia

[@Evantures]

I’d love to check out Columbia some day!

[@mehchocolate1257]

Is there a Walmart in iqaluit

[@georgejetson1025]

@@mehchocolate1257no

[@juliansmith4295]

@@mehchocolate1257 No, thank "god."

[@juliansmith4295]

@@Evantures I'd love to visit Colombia, but I couldn't handle the heat for long.

[@eyyo2561]

-50 is very very cold

[@catharineduplessis5273]

I want to teach there, yeah. Will you recommend a school and can you provide an email address? Please.

[@aao-bacho]

Did you need to ask from the community to make KZbin videos?

[@gammaman6988]

‘twould have been better if you used sisqo’s “thong song” for the background music.

[@raycruz1756]

No Love for The Nav, Frob and the Snack......

[@simonaauksaq8027]

Are you Even

[@jrlangdon89]

Population is around 8k

[@Johnny-rr8ie]

I know that your a grad four teacher

[@DWilliam1]

Poutine...forgot you are Canadian. Not a fan of poutine.

[@Evantures]

Yea not for everyone 😅

[@juliansmith4295]

Yes, imagine that. A video about Iqaluit, and the guy's Canadian.

[@JC-cp1og]

Based on this video, it appears that Iqaluit is 98% white.

[@ZOG_EXTERMINATOR]

It’s not, wtf are you talking about?

[@juliansmith4295]

Based on your comment, you're 98% white. Iqaluit's more than half Inuit.

[@JC-cp1og]

@@juliansmith4295 (cackle) Hello, three-years-later guy. I'm 100% white, but that's beside the point. The point is that I think I saw one Inuit baby in this vid, and the rest of the people dining out are white people. I am fully aware that a good number of the people in Iqaluit are Inuit, but one might not know that watching this particular bit. I was being sarcastic. Am observing from watching this that most Inuit in Nunavut are not roving about Iqaluit, eating in restaurants like you and your friends. That is because there is a big economic difference in general between white and Inuit people. Here is a film about white people (Qallunaat) from Inuit POV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opLdholthaqqbdk

[@juliansmith4295]

@@JC-cp1og Hello to you as well. It seems we've both made incorrect assumptions: "not roving about Iqaluit, eating in restaurants like you and your friends." I'm in Asia. EDIT: Than you for the video. I don't have time to finish it now, but I enjoyed the assessment of the Dick and Jane books.

[@JC-cp1og]

@@juliansmith4295 The statement "not roving about Iqaluit, eating in restaurants like you and your friends." was in reference to what I saw in the vid, as it was clear that your stay there was relatively brief. Safe travels, and peace out.