Unwind at the dive
Cocktails & good eats
An Octopus Garden margarita under salted pineapple foam, the Mamacita on ancho and guajillo tequila, an espresso martini made with Playback cold brew, an Island Negroni, and the Dusty Sombrero and All Inclusive slushies.
Smash burgers on Meadow Valley beef, tuna crudo from Pacific Prowler’s line-caught albacore, a Dungeness crab and shrimp roll, Korean nuggets, and an 18 oz steak au poivre for two. Lunch runs from noon with the starters, salads, burgers and sandwiches.
Every day from 3 to 5. Tuesday is $2 off cocktails, Wednesday is a $26 burger and a beer, and Thursday is happy hour all day: $5 Cassette Lager, $7 white or red, $9 Dusty Sombrero and $2 off start + share.
The farms and fishers named on the menu. Tap a card to see what they bring.
Pacific Prowler
Line-caught BC albacore
The tuna in the crudo: pickled beet, fried leek, preserved lemon vinaigrette and ginger scallion sauce.
Start + share
Meadow Valley
Beef
Every smash burger: the Oklahoma, double smashed with lots of shaved onion, and the Cassette, with cheddar and Cassette sauce.
Burgers + sandwiches
Rossdown Farms
Chicken
The fried chicken and Nashville hot sandwiches, the add-on for the salads, and the pan roasted half chicken for two.
Sandwiches + for two
Backwoods Farm
Salt Spring greens
The Backwoods salad: their greens with basil vinaigrette, pickled vegetables and maple granola.
Salads
Bright Farm
Rhubarb
Poached for the rhubarb tart, with Grand Marnier custard and almond meringue.
Dessert
Cowichan Valley Pasta
Pasta
The garden pasta feature, in a spicy tomato sauce with seasonal vegetables and pecorino romano.
Feature
South End Sausage
Jowl bacon
The jowl bacon folded through the garden pasta.
Feature
Kutatas
Wine
The Salt Spring traditional method fizz, the Ortega and the rosé by the glass or bottle, and the Pinot Noir clone 114.
Wine list
Unwind at the dive
Cafe daily, 8am to 3pm. Dive bar noon to 9pm Sunday to Thursday, noon to 10pm Friday and Saturday. 106 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island.
See the menu