Corner Brook Restaurant: The Bay of Islands Bistro in western Newfoundland, Canada.
“There aren’t any good restaurants in Corner Brook” I was told before coming here to Newfoundland. Well, I can now prove that statement wrong.
For lunch today we decided to check out a small bistro that I’ve been eyeing since I got here. Sitting pretty on one of the one way downtown streets, the Bay of Islands Bistro is only about a year old.
Executive Chef Mark Babstock serves up lunch and dinner dishes and has wicked weekly specials:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: $6 a pound mussels
- Wednesdays: $10 share plates
- Saturdays: Prime Rib Night
The Bay of Islands Bistro Restaurant in Corner Brook, Nfld (Canada).
Otherwise, a well-rounded menu of seafood and meat dishes are the best I found in town.
We went with the organic green salad to share, filled with fresh spinach, warmed goat cheese, hazelnuts and maple vinaigrette. Then we got an order of fish & chips (two enormous pieces of fish, a whole one of which had to be taken home in a doggy bag), and a vegetarian panini stuffed with zucchini, peppers, olive tapenade (yuk-I don’t like olives) and goat cheese.
Neither of us could finish (although we did polish off the yummy sea salt fries), so we have a full lunch for tomorrow.
The great thing about the Bay of Islands Bistro is that they know how to create a hip environment while sticking to upscale food (for Corner Brook). A funky music selection adds to the charm, and I loved the clean, contemporary interior design that’s more simple than in any way pretentious.
Corner Brook Restaurant: Bay of Islands Bistro Bar in western Newfoundland, Canada.
What I Liked:
- Large portions of solid food, a nice drink menu and even some leftovers made a lovely meal.
- I loved that the chef was our server, as well as the co-owner who helped out as well. I felt like we were V.I.P. guests, but everyone got the same treatment.
Lori Henry is a freelance Travel, Health and Hockey writer based in Vancouver, Canada.
