Featured Local Suppliers
The Island Taste Trail celebrates the incredible network of local producers, farmers, fishers, and makers whose ingredients and products bring Vancouver Island’s food scene to life. When you dine at participating restaurants and eateries, you’re tasting the result of a community that grows, harvests, crafts, and brews close to home. Supporting local means more than enjoying fresh, high-quality food — it keeps dollars in our communities, strengthens local supply chains, and helps preserve the unique Island character we all love.
The restaurants, cafés, breweries and wineries participating in this year’s Island Taste Trail are proudly supporting the following local foodie businesses through their menus. Each feature pairing you try during the campaign period from October 29 to November 16 supports one or more of these great local businesses!
This promotion is all about growing your local impact and strengthening Vancouver Island’s vibrant community food web!
Natural Pastures Cheese (Courtenay)
They Produce | Local Cheese
Baynes Sound Oyster Co. (Fanny Bay)
They harvest | local clams and oysters
Saltspring Island Mussels (Salt Spring Island)
They harvest | local mussels
Hertel’s (Port Alberi)
They are purveyors of | local beef, pork and game known for their famous bacon.
French Creek Seafood (Parksville)
They are purveyors of | sustainably harvested, fresh local seafood
32 Lakes Coffee Roasters (Powell River)
They roast | local coffee
Alderlea Vineyards (Duncan)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks (Qualicum Beach)
They are | an active dairy and make local cheese and milk
Averill Creek Vineyards (Duncan)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
Rusted Rake Brewing (Nanoose Bay)
They brew | local beer
Honey Grove Bakery (Courtney)
They craft | local bread and baked good daily
The Flying Apron (Comox)
They craft | local bread and baked good daily
Greenview Taphouse (Nanoose Bay)
They brew | local beer
French Press Coffee Roasters (Parksville)
They roast | local coffee
40 Knots Vineyards + Winery (Courtenay)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
Wayward Distillery (Courtenay)
They distill | local craft spirits
Stonehouse Teas (Campbell River)
They brew | local craft teas
Beaufort Vineyard + Estate Winery (Courtenay)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
The Butcher’s Block (Courtenay)
They are | local butchers
Springford Farm (Nanoose Bay)
They are farmers | grass-fed beef and free-range eggs
Sieffert’s Farm Market (Comox)
They are farmers | fruits and vegetables
Sage Hayward Vineyards (Saturna Island)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
Red Barn Market (Victoria)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
The Pretzel Guyz (Nanaimo)
They bake | soft Bavarian pretzels
Phillips Brewing (Victoria)
They brew | local craft beer, craft soda + non-alc beer
Old Farm Market (Courtenay)
They proudly | support and sell products from local farms
Natural Gift Seafoods (Courtenay)
They are fishers | BC’s best Albacore Tuna and Lingcod
The Mustard Lady (Courtenay)
They proudly | support and sell products from local farms
Kuterra Land Raised Salmon (Port McNeil)
They farm | land based Steelhead salmon
Jenny Marie’s Cracker Company (Victoria)
They bake | vegan crackers
Island Orchard (Comox)
They make | Comox apple juice
Gunter Brothers Meat Co. (Courtenay)
They are local butchers | custom cutting and sausage making
Fierce Love Farm (Qualicum Beach)
They organically farm | vegetables + flowers
Cowichan Valley Farms (Duncan)
They farm | beef + honey
Cat and Crow Farm (Courtenay)
They farm | eggs + chicken + pork
Berryman Brothers Meat (Victoria)
They are local farmers + butchers | custom cutting and curing
Irene’s Bakery (Victoria)
They bake | European breads, bagels + sweet treats
Tannadice Farms (Courtenay)
They farm | pork, beef + chicken
Hoyne Brewing (Victoria)
They brew | local craft beer
Tofino Kombucha (Tofino)
They brew | local kombucha
Portofino Bakery (Victoria)
They bake | artisan quality loaves, buns and treats
Cherry Point Estate Wines (Cobble Hill)
They produce | Island grown and made wine
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