End Dive is a charming, community-focused restaurant known for its creative, farm-to-table cuisine. By maintaining close relationships with regional growers and suppliers, End Dive ensures that its dishes feature the freshest and most flavorful ingredients. Then there are the cocktails: original, complex, and refreshing – the ever-changing menu of drinks ensures you’ll never lack for a tasty sip at this stylish dive bar.

Marilena Cafe & Raw Bar (voted Canada’s best new restaurant!) offers a sophisticated dining experience with a focus on fresh, raw, and minimally processed ingredients. The restaurant sources its seafood, produce, and meats from local suppliers who practice sustainable farming and fishing methods. From oysters harvested in nearby waters to organic vegetables grown on local farms, the fare at Marilena never fails to satisfy the palate and the spirit.

10 Acres Bistro embodies the farm-to-table philosophy to the tee, as it sources much of its produce from its own 10-acre farm on the Saanich Peninsula. Additionally, 10 Acres Bistro collaborates with other local growers and suppliers to ensure a diverse and fresh selection of ingredients. FYI, the seafood pasta is always getting rave reviews.

By partnering with local farmers, foragers, and food producers, The Ugly Duckling sources imperfect or surplus produce, transforming it into delicious and visually appealing dishes that have redefined fine dining. The Asian-inspired, from-scratch menu at the restaurant focuses on nose-to-tail cooking, taking you on an expertly curated culinary journey that will have you coming back again and again for more.

Unsworth Vineyards is where rustic charm meets modern winemaking prowess, crafting bottles that are as bold as they are refined. This family-built winery prides itself on handcrafting wines with grape varieties that naturally thrive in the climate and require very little intervention. Feel free to book one of several tasting experiences or purchase a bottle to enjoy on the terrace.

Blue Grouse Estate Winery serves up wines with an attitude, combining tradition with a fierce streak of innovation. Sustainability is built into the very bones of the winery with an emphasis on composting, green architecture, locally sourced materials, and geothermal heating and cooling. To fully appreciate each sip, book an in-depth guided tasting that focuses on an eclectic mix of white, red, and rose wines.

At Church and State Winery bold flavors and rebellious blends reign supreme… and demand worship. As Vancouver Island’s largest winery, Church and State boasts the production of traditional artisan sparkling wines while promoting sustainable viticulture in creative ways – like keeping trained birds of prey on the premises to help with pest control.

Junction Orchard and Cidery is where the orchard meets the edge, crafting ciders that are refreshingly unconventional. Pure, unapologetic flavor is what it’s all about, with an audacious, fearless twist on tradition. By always choosing fresh, in-season fruit and keeping processing to a minimum, Junction Orchard and Cidery ensures richer, fuller flavors for its delicious ciders.

Phillips Brewing is the renegade of the craft beer world, brewing up boundary-pushing beers with no holds barred. This commitment to flavor that’s anything but ordinary won Phillips Brewing’s Dino Sour Beer the “Best Sour in the World” award at the World Beer Awards. You won’t find any boring brews here.