Sapporo — Places to eat
Snow on a grid of wide streets, and a bowl of miso ramen to come in from it.
- Aji no Sanpei — The 4th-floor shop credited with starting Sapporo miso ramen
- Ramen Keyaki (Susukino Main) — Susukino miso ramen that stays open until 3 am
- Ramen Sapporo Ichiryuan — Hokkaido wheat and aged miso, two minutes from the station
- Baisensha (Ramen Yokocho) — In Ramen Yokocho alley, open 9 am to 2:30 am
- Magic Spice (Sapporo Main) — The main shop that claims soup curry began here
- Okushiba Shoten (Ekimae Soseiji) — Shrimp-broth soup curry with a hamburger patty, by the station
- Picante (Main Shop) — A veteran soup curry shop with light and rich broths
- Curry Shokudo Kokoro (Sapporo Main) — Soup curry on a French veal stock, since 2001
- Higenoushi (Main) — Genghis Khan in Tanukikoji with a stylish room
- Hokkaido Jingisukan Ezoya — Hand-cut lamb thicker than 1 cm, solo-friendly
- Jingisukan Yoyotei (Sapporo Main) — All-you-can-eat lamb on smokeless grills
- Taj Mahal (Sapporo Factory) — Indian owner and cooks, naan from Ebetsu flour
- C.I.R.C.O — Stone-oven pizza and live music at an Italian
- Sapporo Zangi Honpo — Zangi specialist with half-chicken fry to go
- Chinese Cuisine Hotei (Akarenga Terrace) — Zangi plus Chinese set meals, linked underground
- Kaisen Shokudo Kitano Gurumetei — Wholesaler-run seafood hall, open from 7 am, 320 seats
- Sukiyaki Sankosha — Sukiyaki simmered in a secret miso since 1917
- Hokkaido Ryori Kofuji — Hokkaido cooking with seafood and wild vegetables since 1969
- Uni Senmonten Marukawa — Uni-only izakaya run by a Nemuro processor
- Sushi Sekiguchi — Tell the budget first and the chef builds the meal
- Kuni Zushi — Seasonal sushi since 1971 at approachable prices
- Robata Daisuke (Main) — Hokkaido seafood on a charcoal robata hearth
- Hamakko — Basement Hokkaido cooking known for hairy crab and jumbo atka mackerel
- Teppanyaki Ishikari — Teppanyaki on the 26th floor with a city view
- Nadaman Gadenden (Sapporo Park Hotel) — Founded in 1830, Japanese dining over Nakajima Park
- Kitakaro Sapporo Main Hall — Choux cream and parfaits in an old library redone by Tadao Ando
- Snow Brand Parlor Sapporo Main Store — Milk ice cream "Snow Royal", served since 1961
- Parfait, Coffee, Sake, Sato — The shop that stands for Sapporo's "closing parfait" habit
- INITIAL Sapporo — A dessert bar pairing a parfait with a drink
- Cafe Noymond — A parfait cafe open late
- Cafe Yoshimi (Akarenga Terrace) — A large cafe open from 8:30 am to 11 pm
- Lamp Light Books Cafe — Morihico coffee among about 4,000 books
- Barlor Penguin-do — Ice cream shop by day, parfait bar by night
- Parfait, Coffee, Sake, Sasaki — Course-style parfaits with French chocolate
- The Nikka Bar — Nikka's flagship bar for Yoichi, Miyagikyo and Taketsuru
- The Bow Bar — A Scotch bar with 400-500 single malts
- Junkissa Olympia — A showa-era basement kissaten since 1964
- Sarutahiko Coffee D-LIFEPLACE Sapporo — The "Sapporo Blend", sold only here
- Ramen Shingen (Minami 6-jo) — Rich miso ramen with a queue before opening; get the fried rice
- Sumire (Susukino) — Soup so hot it doesn't steam: the Sapporo miso benchmark
- Ebisoba Ichigen (main shop) — Ramen in sweet-shrimp broth, open until 3 a.m.
- Menya Saimi — Neighbourhood miso ramen sharpened by a dab of ginger
- Soup Curry Suage+ — Soup curry with crisp chicken served on a skewer
- Soup Curry GARAKU (Sapporo main shop) — Dashi-based soup curry, now beside Nijo Market
- Jingisukan Daruma (main shop) — Fresh mutton on a charcoal dome grill, right at the counter
- Sapporo Bier Garten — All-you-can-eat lamb and draft beer in a red-brick brewery
- Ohiso (Nijo Market) — Seafood bowls spilling over the rim; the market's longest line
- Sapporo Kani Honke (Sapporo Ekimae main shop) — Crab courses from hotpot to sashimi, in private rooms
- Nemuro Hanamaru conveyor sushi (JR Tower Stellar Place) — Station-mall conveyor sushi with Nemuro fish from ¥143
- Parfaiteria PaL — 'Shime' parfait, Sapporo's after-drinks dessert
- Kinotoya Odori Park & KINOTOYA cafe — Farm-milk soft serve and fresh-baked cheese tarts
- Rokkatei Sapporo main store (2F tearoom) — Home of the butter sandwich; ice sandwich only in-store
- Morihico (Maruyama original) — Deep hand-drip coffee in an ivy-covered wooden house
- Okushiba Shoten (Ekimae Sosei-ji) — Prawn-broth soup curry in a station-side basement
- Picante (Sapporo Ekimae) — Chicken-leg soup curry, a lunchtime staple
- Restaurant MiYa-Vie — Hokkaido-ingredient French in a Maruyama side street
- Wada (kaiseki) — Kaiseki by a chef from Okushiri Island
- Miyakoshiya Coffee Maruyama Sakashita — Home-roasted beans, flannel-dripped, below Maruyama
- MORIHICO. Art Theater — Hand-drip house roast and a strawberry fruit sandwich