Pearl Morissette wins award

Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Lincoln, Ontario, has won the 2026 Art of Hospitality Award from North America’s 50 Best Restaurants. (theworlds50best.com) The award recognizes restaurant service and the overall dining experience, not just the cooking. North America’s 50 Best announced the prize on April 15, 2026, ahead of its full 1-to-50 ranking reveal in New Orleans on May 28. (theworlds50best.com) At Pearl Morissette, that hospitality starts before guests arrive. The group highlighted Robin Mednick, the restaurant’s curator of guest experience, for handling reservations, celebrations, dietary needs and custom touches by phone and email. (theworlds50best.com) The restaurant already had a high profile on the dining circuit. North America’s 50 Best said Pearl Morissette placed No. 3 on the inaugural regional list in 2025. (theworlds50best.com) Michelin has also elevated the restaurant’s standing in Ontario. The Michelin Guide lists Pearl Morissette as a two-star restaurant and says it also holds a Michelin Green Star, making it the only restaurant in the province with that combination. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin describes the property as more than a dining room: a restaurant, winery, orchard, farm and bakery on a 42-acre site in the Niagara region. Its inspectors say chefs Daniel Hadida and Eric Robertson build a spontaneous tasting menu around seasonal Canadian ingredients. (guide.michelin.com) That rural setting has been part of Pearl Morissette’s identity since it opened in 2017. CBC reported in May 2025 that Robertson and Hadida built the restaurant in Jordan Station around the European model of destination dining, where guests travel to farmland rather than a downtown core. (cbc.ca) The restaurant’s rise has also tracked with broader recognition at home. CBC reported that Pearl Morissette took the top spot on Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list for 2025, the first rural fine-dining restaurant to do so. (cbc.ca) Pearl Morissette’s own site now markets the place as a destination dining experience in the heart of agriculture, with dinner service Thursday through Sunday and Saturday lunch. The new hospitality award gives that pitch a fresh endorsement just weeks before North America’s 50 Best releases its 2026 rankings. (restaurantpearlmorissette.com)