You said what?

We are listening and we do love your comments. One of the reasons that I enjoy working for Jill is for her ability to listen to the people around her, whether it is her staff or her customers.  We are always checking our Rock Salt comment box and really taking the comments into consideration.  This month [...]

Caribbean Nights, Father’s Day & Grad

Experience a taste of the Caribbean in June at Rock Salt. As we all wait for warmer temperatures, us at Rock Salt have started dreaming of turquoise waters.  So, for the month of June we decided to shake things up a bit and have Caribbean nights rather than our usual Mexican Fiesta. On Saturday evenings [...]

thanks for your feedback

Our comment box was stuffed with comments after our recent menu change. We appreciate your enthusiasm! We really believe that your constructive comments are so important. They keep us on our toes. We changed our menus a few weeks ago. Lots of you were unhappy with some of the changes. We’re going to work hard [...]

new menus

We just launched a new menu!  We’ve been testing it for a couple of weeks now. At breakfast we now have several varieties of eggs benedict on our homemade yam scones and omelette’s every day.  At lunch we’re offering more sandwiches including hot home roasted beef and the return of our world famous tuna melt.  [...]

blossom festival on salty isle

Celebrate spring in full bloom with Salt Spring Island’s first ever Blossom Festival.  The festival takes place on April 8th, 9th and 10th – just when you’ll be ready to extinguish the fire in your wood stove and go outside to enjoy the beauty of nature. The cherry blossom festival is a venerated springtime tradition [...]

evolution of a film festival

I’m always amazed by the number and quality of cultural events that take place on this tiny island.  This weekend islanders can enjoy the 12th annual Salt Spring Documentary Film Festival.  Like most good events, our island film festival was started in a church basement by a small group of locals passionate about both film [...]

eat,dance & ride share

With the quick approach of Valentine’s Day the pressure is on to create an exciting date for your sweet heart.  Well, look no further because your plans have just been made. On Friday February 11th Vancouver’s Sweatshop Union is playing at Beaver Point Hall.  Ticket sales will benefit a local ride share group called Transition [...]

teile’s cross country adventure

I realize as the years slip by on this lovely rock that I have my routes set in stone; the places I go shopping, out to eat and most of all where I go for coffee.  I always choose my coffee places based on my favorite baristas and servers. Teile Botting worked at Rock Salt [...]

tribute to Sher

December 31st – We are very sad to report that Sher Carnegie passed away last night.  Her friends got a few calls last night from the hospital saying she was not doing good, and then a call from her doctor this morning saying she had passed away.  They figure she had some sort of secondary [...]

mole de olla

My first year in Canada, I decided to cook a traditional Mexican dish called Mole de Olla for our special New Year’s Eve menu at Rock Salt.  It was a hit and was sold out by 7:00pm so I made it again last year, and am going to serve it for a third time this [...]

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