With the sun in the sky and the temperature high, it’s officially ice cream and gelato season! Grab a friend and enjoy Victoria’s cold and creamy ice cream and gelato for the tastiest way to cool down this summer!
Hey Happy Coffee is a local coffee shop that serves internationally roasted coffees, specialty drinks, unique flavoured pastries, and artistic breakfast and lunch dishes that will make you take out your phone and take a picture to share with your friends on social media. Rob Kettner opened Hey Happy in 2014, and what began as just a one-room coffee shop, has now expanded to a contemporary casual eat-in restaurant with a varied food menu. The summer menu features many new refreshing flavours and chilled specialty drinks, alongside newly introduced wine, beer, and spirits, offering a host of summer cocktails.
This summer The Floating Fish Store at Fisherman’s Wharf is back in Victoria selling fresh seafood and local beers for a true taste of Victoria.
Summer has arrived bringing sunshine and summer markets. Venture outdoors and be inspired by a plethora of fresh fruits and vegetables, tasty breads and baking, local meats and cheese, gorgeous flowers, beautiful homemade crafts, and so much more.
Abkhazi Garden is a gorgeous heritage home (now a tea house), and garden located right in the heart of Victoria. Visitors and locals alike enjoy this unique experience. After all, how often do you delight in tea in “the garden that love built” and think about the devoted couple who brought this gem to life.
Westshore Town Centre is hosting a Sweet Street event for a family-friendly, sugar-loaded event showcasing 15 BC merchants showcasing sweet treats.
With warmer weather looming and a plethora of breweries popping up in Victoria, this coming Father’s Day may be the perfect time to get outside and explore some of the best hops, malt, barley and yeast concoctions Victoria has to offer.
Following along the map with three options to choose from in any order that will make every beer lover in your life happy – regardless of their dad status.
