Locals Food from the heart of the Island
1760 Riverside Lane V9N 8C7 Courtenay, BC, Canada

This weeks blustery weather calls for a hearty, soulful meal and our Locals Mixed Grill offers just that! Seaview Game Farm venison loin, peppered beef tenderloin and artisan sausage, served on whipped potatoes with a bacon mushroom sauce and finished with truffle oil. Available on our dinner menu from 4pm-9pm. ... #ExploreComoxValley #VancouverIsland #SupportSmallBusiness See more

Forest to fork, quite literally. All thanks to the incredible foragers who bring these beauties from our local forests to our front door. Anyone else get as excited for chanterelle season as we do?! Pictured is our Chanterelle and Winter Squash Risotto - Pattison Farms organic winter squash and locally foraged chanterelle mushrooms tossed in a white wine and cheese risotto, topped with a baked portabella mushroom filled with spinach, garlic and parmesan crumble. ... #ComoxValley #supportlocal #vancouverisland

Seasonal Dessert Alert Pear and Pumpkin Delight - Pattison Farms pumpkin Genoese cake and maple roasted pears, served with a frozen coffee, cinnamon parfait and a bacon biscotti. #Lifesshorteatdessertfirst

Soup season is officially upon us and we're excited to bring back this guest favourite. Sweet caramelized local onions slow simmered in a rich beef and dry sherry broth, baked with @cakebreadbakery baguette crostini and blanketed with @naturalpasturescheese Smoked Boerenkaas cheese. Available on the lunch and dinner menus. #SupportLocal #EatBC #ComoxValley

Craving a turkey dinner but can't wait for the holidays? We've got you covered. Tannadice Farms Ltd free range turkey medallions marinated in lemon and thyme, dark turkey meat confit and chanterelle mushroom timbale, savoury bread pudding and a citrus cranberry compote. #Yum #GetInMyBelly

Happy BC Day Coming home from a weekend on the water? Join us for lunch or dinner for the perfect ending to a summer long weekend. We are open today from 11am - 9pm. #BCDay #BeautifulBritishColombia #SupportLocal #ExploreComoxValley

We're hiring! Locals is looking a part time/full time dishwasher to join our busy kitchen team for weekdays and weekends. Are you: Physically fit... Able to multitask An effective communicator Responsible Organized Attentive to details Have reliable transportation as shift hours can extend beyond public transportation Looking for an opportunity to grow within a professional culinary team If this sounds like you or someone you know, forward your resume to [email protected]

Vancouver Island is home to an array of amazing producers of world-class ingredients. Without them, our plates at Locals would be bare. Today, let's raise a glass to our farmers, fishers, foragers and ranchers. Thank you for providing us daily inspiration to prepare and present your food to the best of our creative culinary abilities. #FoodDayCanada #LocalTastesBetter... Darren Howlett

With Food Day Canada approaching on August 1, we've been pondering some of our favourite Canadian ingredients to work with and we just can't decide. Canada's diverse bounty from farms and fields to rugged shorelines offers such an incredible array of opportunities when it comes to harvesting, foraging, fishing, cooking, and of course, eating! Since we can't pick our favourite, we're turning to you. What are your favourite Canadian ingredients? ... #FoodDayCanada #SupportLocal #ExploreComoxValley Darren Howlett

We're keeping up to date on the latest developments and following the orders of #DrBonnieHenry and @worksafebc to ensure the health and safety of our guests and staff as we continue to operate within the new normal of #covid19. A special thank you to the #ComoxValley community for the continued support, we are here because of you. We are so grateful! #bekind #becalm #besafe

The Sunday Trifecta #gladitude2020

Canadian Veal Chop & BC Blueberry Chutney Charbroiled veal chop rubbed with sage, rosemary, thyme and parsley Tuscan marinade, served with blueberry sage chutney, crushed potatoes and finished with an Averill Creek Vineyard red wine and fresh BC Blueberries jus. This main event from our #BCBlueberry feature menu is available until August 3rd from 4-pm until close. Call for reservations: 250-338-6493... #GoBlueBC #PoweredbyNature #EatLocal #FarmtoFork #EatDrinkBC #SupportLocal #VisitComoxValley #VancouverIslandRestaurants

Sneak peek at what's to come on our three-course #BCBlueberry celebration menu this week! Blueberry and Basil Pavlova Pattison Farms Black Creek BC fresh basil Bavarian cream filled pavlova and honey roasted fresh #BCBlueberries, served with a caramel meringue flan. ... In participation of #GoBlueBC we are offering a three course menu dedicated to British Colombia blueberries from JULY 15 to AUGUST 3. Stay tuned, the full menu will be posted soon! BC Blueberries #PoweredbyNature #BCProduce #SupportLocal #DiscoverComoxValley #BuyBC #VancouverIsland #ExploreBC #DineComoxValley

We're very excited to be a part of this year's #GoBlueBC virtual event to celebrate the beautiful British Colombia blueberry, kicking off JULY 15. In participation we'll be offering a three course menu featuring #BCBlueberries. Stay tuned for menu details in the coming days. BC Blueberries #PoweredbyNature #virtualevent #GoBlue #BCBlueberryDay #VancouverIsland #farmtotable #eatlocal #nutritiousanddelicious #supportlocal #blueberries #ComoxValley #VisitBC

Staycation in the #ComoxValley!

"A perfect accompaniment to fresh air." - 40 Knots Winery We couldn't have said it better ourselves. With spicy, floral and tropical stone fruit notes, White Seas makes for a beautifully sippable wine, perfect for a summers day on the patio. #ComoxValley #ComoxWine #DiscoveryComoxValley #DrinkLocal

Locals Asian Salad Rolls Five spice marinated #ComoxValley mushrooms, seasonal crisp vegetables, rice and Napa cabbage wrapped in rice paper, served with chilli cashew pesto, ginger garlic glaze and coconut and Kaffir lime leaf sauce. Option to add confit duck or prawns. Talk about a flavour explosion!... Lunch menu item offered from 11am - 4pm. #EatLocal #SupportSmallBusiness #DineBC #ExploreComoxValley #VancouverIslandRestaurants

Sundays are for #caesars and Cortes Island Gem oysters. Visit us down by the river for a cocktail on the patio. We're open until 9pm! #sundayfunday #discovercomoxvalley #supportlocal

Lemon Ricotta Cake A new addition to our Locals dessert menu, just in time for summer! Homemade Ricotta Cheesecake and buttermilk Panna Cotta, served with local honey roasted strawberries, puffed rice crisp and fresh lemon sauce. Y.U.M. ... #eatlocal #supportlocal #yqqeats #ExploreComoxValley #bcrestaurants #eatdrinkbc #hellobc #CourtenayBC #VancouverIsland

Locals Seafood Trio. A crowd favourite here at Locals Food from the heart of the Island. Seared tuna loin, salmon and crab cake and a jumbo prawn and scallop skewer served on whipped potatoes with Big D's honey soy glaze and a spicy Asian vegetable slaw. Joining us for date night this weekend? Call us to reserve at 250 338 6493... #EatLocal #ExploreComoxValley #EatDrinkBC #TidetoTable #HelloBC #VancouverIsland #BCRestaurants #YQQEats

Feelin' like it might be the perfect day for burgers on the patio with a Lighthouse Brewing Company pint, would you agree?? Our sea burger trio features wild salmon fillet with Meyer lemon aioli and pickled onions, West Coast Rockfish with Romesco sauce and fire seared Albacore tuna with kimchi, served on homemade brioche buns. Our land burger trio features Island Bison with smoked Chipotle aioli, minced lamb with cucumber mint yogurt and marinated chicken breast with fig... jam. We're serving lunch daily from 11am-4pm. Call us to reserve 250-338-6493 #farmtofork #tidetotable #supportlocal #EatBC

It's day five of our reopening and we just wanted to say thank you to each individual who has dined with us this week. We received a compliment from a guest that they truly felt safe while eating at Locals Food from the heart of the Island. The safety of our guests is paramount and we are glad to have conveyed that through our new operational safety plan. Thank you again for trusting us. We will continue to work diligently to ensure your safety and comfort, and of course delicious food, when you dine with us at Locals. Our hearts are swollen with your love and support. We are grateful. #SupportLocal #Open #DineIn #ComoxValley

We are officially open! Thank you to our lovely guests who joined us for lunch on our first day back! It’s been such a wonderful morning seeing all the smiling faces we missed so much. As per social distancing protocols, we have limited seating at this time. To ensure a table as well to help us maintain traffic flow into the restaurant, we strongly encourage reservations. Give us a call at 250 338 6493 to book your table. Open 11am - 9pm (Monday - Friday)... Open 10am - 9pm (Saturday & Sunday) See more

We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Jonathan Frazier as our new head chef at Locals Food from the heart of the Island. As a valiant trailblazer in the local culinary community, Chef Jon has dedicated his creative passion to showcasing the best of what the #ComoxValley has to offer. We feel so lucky to have Chef Jon lead our kitchen team into our new normal as we prepare to reopen on Monday June 1st. Chef Jon hosts a podcast called Edible Valley that is devoted to exp...loring food culture in the Comox Valley and Vancouver Island via interviews with local chefs, farmers and food producers. Check it out here: https://www.ediblevalley.com/ See more

Shout-out to Wayward Distillery! We are so proud to work with and support this amazing team who really stepped it up during these times to protect our community. They transformed their spirit distillery into a hand sanitizer operation as global supplies dwindled at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are humbled everyday to be part of a community that is genuinely compassionate. Wayward Distillery, thank you for being a leader in our community. And thank you for supplying us with the good stuff! We’ll see you all soon. Cheers!

Well, it's no secret the places we love to dine out are going to look and feel a bit different for a while. At Locals, we have been working closely with the Comox Valley Economic Development Society, the BC Food and Restaurant Association and WorkSafeBC, over the past two months to understand, establish and implement new standards of procedures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. We are working vigilantly to reimagine our layout to allow for safe physical distances ...between guests. Pictured above is a separate walkway we have landscaped into the garden to allow for one-directional traffic in and out of the restaurant. We are accepting and encourage reservations, however at this time cannot take specific table requests as we are still working on the dining room layout to align with government implemented safety protocols. Thank you for your understanding at this time. See more

Congrats to Tracey and Christie! We look forward to serving you! Opening JUNE 1st.