Prince Edward County is a must if your choice in vacation destinations is based either on food or wine. The area offers an unmatched combination of locally produced food and wine along with a host of internationally qualified chefs to prepare it for you. We assure you, the result is worth savoring
Once know as the “Garden of Canada” Prince Edward County has a deeply rooted agricultural community. In times now long past the area canned over a third of the produce supplied to Canadians and was a major supplier for Cheese (BlackRiver Cheese or Fifth Town Cheese ).
The area is now know as a culinary desitnation in large part due to the over thirty wineries and countless vineyards that sprawl mainly its Waupoos and Hillier regions. Reflective of its now broadly recognized success as a culinary destination the area boasts various cherished and heralded restaurants.
Restaurants and Cafe’s
Included in this list of fine dining establishments are Blumens Garden Bistro, East and Main Bistro , Portabella on Main, Angéline’s, The Devonshire, the Merrill Inn and the Bloomfield Carriage House.
In addition to these fine dining establishments the county has a handful of great Cafe’s (Miss Lilies, Chesterfields, The Tall Poppy Cafe) and family restaurants (The Williams Family Dinner, Gus’s Family Restaurant and the Island Family Restuarant)
Of course there are countless more that could make these lists but these are the ones that come to mind! (Suggestions? Please Email!)
Trails and Events
The most popular way to explore the flavors of the “County” is via the popular Taste Trail (tastetrail.ca), the annual celebration of regional cuisine Taste (www.tastecelebration.ca), the spring and fall culinary celebration County-licous (countylicious.ca) or the the annual celebration of maple syrup Maple in the County (www.mapleinthecounty.ca).
These flavorful ways to explore the County wondefully completmented by the Arts Trail (artstrail.ca) and Studio Tour (pecstudiotour.com) which showcases some of the best regional artists.
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