Once a month, Zantes is offering informal tapas-style food and beer/cocktail pairings celebrating Northern Ontario’s craft beverage scene. Each Tap Takeover will feature the products of a different Northern craft alcohol producer. Once Zantes’ brewing capacity is up and running, collaboration beers will also be developed as part of the takeovers. Menu cards provide information about the 6 pairings, brew masters mingle through the crowds to chat about the beer/cocktail and servers are ready to answer any questions about the pairings. The Tap Takeover is a great for locals and visitors alike. Everyone is guaranteed to leave with a greater appreciation for the quality and diversity of craft alcohol available in Northern Ontario.

Once a month, Zantes Bar and Grill offers a local dinner event. Each event includes a multi-course meal showcasing a different local producer and their products (e.g. bison, cheese, berries, etc.). Vegetarian options are available. The dinner series highlights the bounty of local food and drink products available around the Lake Temiskaming Tour, with a focus on seasonality. The menu celebrates the diversity of ways that the featured products can be cooked and aims to inspire and empower participants to buy more local products to cook in their own homes. After a quick introduction to the producer and meal, cozy and casual atmosphere makes it easy for participants to chat to the producers and chefs behind the meal, as well as meet others enjoying the meal alongside them. The dinner series offers a great way from couples and friends to enjoy a night out throughout the year.

Foodies and hungry tourists unite for a taste tour of Northeastern Ontario’s heritage cheese factory and shop on HWY. 11 North.  Learn how this 80 year old company has made its way to becoming Canada’s top maker of artisan cheeses and grassfed butter. 

Travellers enjoy a covered patio area with an interactive story board and a tasty sample of the featured cheese of the day.  Fill up your coolers with all the essentials for your next cheese board experience.

Throughout the summer, Bison du Nord offers one-hour bilingual tours featuring a tractor-towed wagon ride through the pastures to see its herd of 300 bison up close. Enjoy spotting cute bison calves, walking through the extensive corrals and handling facilities and learning all about this impressive animal with one of their experienced guides. Stop by the farm store for bison souvenirs and to taste 100% grassfed bison meat. Established almost 50 years ago, Bison du Nord is a multigenerational farm that is proud to be Animal Welfare Approved and Certified Grassfed by AGW.

Come and live the unique experience of the concept "From the Farmer’s Fork to Your Fork" with our gourmet events, visits at the farm and a stop at our shop!

Meet the two owners, mother and daughter, during a gourmet event and enjoy a meal prepared with products from the garden and products from the region! For a family or school activity, come and taste our products during a visit to the farm. And to stock up on fresh produce and local delicacies, a stop is essential at our shop located at the farm.

Ferme Nordvie’s team invites you to visit our fields and installations while discovering our unique products from the Témiscamingue heartland. Bring your picnic and enjoy the scenic view of our farmland during your lunch break.

Our guided tours follow the rhythm of harvests and farm activities. One week, we might bring you to discover our organic strawberry fields, and the next, take you behind the scenes of our juice and alcohol making.

Pick-your-own berries activities offered on a limited schedule. Come by our boutique for a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables and/or try one of our must-taste slushes!

Vers Forêt is proud to offer, in partnership with other Lake Temiskaming Tour businesses, mycotourism packages. These activities will consist of general information about wild mushrooms, a guided tour in the forest and some culinary delights. It will be possible to buy on site different reference books, harvest materials and some local products.

These tours are family oriented and safe for all. Wild mushrooms harvesting is an activity rapidly growing in popularity and attracts tourists of all horizons. Vers Forêt wishes to establish a strong bond between nature and the food industry.

Signature beers are paired with local flavours that highlight and complement their tastes. Guests can order a flight of four beers and food pairings curated by Whiskeyjack brewers and chef. The “Reason to Live” pale ale, “Cold Front” cream ale, “Abitibi amber”, and a seasonal beer are each paired with local food tastes, from savoury to sweet, that bring an element of surprise to the taste of the beer. Guests also have the option to order more of the food pairings on their own, because sometimes just a taste is not enough!