Edible Vancouver Island July/August 2024

The Sooke Harbour House is back –and they are excited to announce that Executive Chef

Mexi-Cali style beach food just got a little happier

Campbell River’s newest waterfront café

Taco no has a new happy hour menu with daily features that scream summer. Founded in the little orange taco truck in the Live to Surf parking lot in To no in 2009, Taco no continues to serve up beachside vibes in a variety of locations on the Island. New Kids on the Sidney Block Sapodilla’s Smoothies & Juice Café recently opened on Beacon Ave, and the newly renovated Jacks on the Water , formerly the Rumrunner Pub, is now open. And the home style Mexican café, Taco Shell , is taking over the former Starbucks space on the avenue! The taste of experience Carve Kitchen + Meatery , in the newly opened Naturally Paci c Resort, is the place to be seen in Campbell River. Executive Chef Ryan Watson brings years of experience working in some of Canada’s leading resort restaurants including the Fairmont Ban Spring’s 1888 Chop House, the Vermillion Room and the Delta by Marriott’s SMR36. Paradise just got a little tastier Paradise Plants in Courtenay now has a co ee shop! You can grab a hot drink and baked good from their new café while visiting the garden centre. Our friends Bare Bones Fish House in Port Alberni have a new fun and casual restaurant in Comox: O The Hook . Specializing in a contemporary seafood-driven menu, their 100% gluten-free food showcases a diverse range of sh, quality in-house smoked meats, tacos, burgers and bowls. Comox’s new 100% gluten-free globally inspired restaurant

Our friends at Freyja are now creating sourdough magic as Bageri Bakehouse , and Emese has partnered with Lesley from Standing Spruce Farm and Karen of Bizarre Floral to create Meraki , a new waterfront café and co ee shop at Pier 1 in Campbell River. These three women are turning heads with an innovative new concept featuring a plant-based menu, fresh cold-pressed juices, artisan bread, oral bouquets and self-care products.

Melissa Craig is returning to the kitchen where her career began as an 18-year-old apprentice chef. The award-winning chef leaves Whistler’s iconic Bearfoot Bistro after two decades to bring her innovative and elevated modern Canadian cuisine to the historic inn on the ocean. Feast-ing on Salt Spring House Piccolo on Salt Spring Island retires after 32 wonderful, delicious years of serving the island community. After countless awards, this incredibly successful restaurant is ready to hand it o to another island family, Jason and Rochelle, the owners of The Hen and Hound Farm. They are committed to locally sourced, sustainable food that is avourful and seasonal, and the new restaurant, called The Feast , will highlight the bounty and beauty of the Gulf Islands. curated by the founder of Chew on This Tasty Tours, will have you forest bathing, eating, and learning the rich history of this seaside community. New addition to To no’s dining scene Named after the stunning sunsets that grace To no, Ombré is taking over SoBo’s space. Wolf in the Fog’s former sous chef, David Provencal, will be the executive chef teaming up with Eric Murdoch (who has managed restaurants in LA and New York) to create a culinary experience that will leave a lasting impression. Chew on this tasty To no tour To no Tasting Trail , a new food tour

Spunky new bistro Elizabeth Grace Bryan, the previous owner of the popular Dock Lunch in Vancouver, will now be overseeing Emmaline’s in Victoria’s Quadra Village. O ering an eclectic menu with Italian, American and Brazilian in uences, choose from items like pickled shrimp, atbreads, American-style layer cakes and, notably, a food item that changed Bryan’s view of pizza for life: New Jersey tomato pies.

Farm-to-bottle juicing If the Clever Crow Farm Market is one of your favourite stops on your way through Black Creek (and if it’s not, then it should be), you’ll be thrilled to hear that they’re now creating fresh cold-pressed juices using their own farm-grown veggies. It really doesn’t get any fresher!

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