Restaurants

More and more restaurants seem to be trying out the local menu thing. I just came across an advertisement in a Canadian magazine the other day about Canyon Creek Chophouse serving a local menu. I thought it was kind of cool because they are getting their pickerel from Purdy's fisheries in Point Edward. If you don't know where that is, it's just on Lake Huron and right at the border to USA at Port Huron Michigan. I go to Point Edward every year for a family reunion and we have a fish fry and Purdy's is where the fish is from.
Canyon Creek has put up their menu online to show what produce they are getting from where. Some examples are Enviro Mushrooms from Milton (the smelliest place ever, not even rolling up your windows will ever help), Iroquois Cranberries located in Muskoka, Carron Farms Parsnips, carrots and beets and other places around Ontario. This menu is only on until November 25th. That seems to be a common trend among restaurants, that they will have this local menu for a limited time only like the localicious challenge through WWF. This draws to the attention, why? Would this be to expensive for the restaurants to do? It should be cheaper, it is local. What about the seasonal concerns? Some of this stuff is not in season, some is, and there is a winter coming so retaurants will have to look elsewhere for freshness. Or, is Ontario produce not good enough for restaurants? Anyways, those are some questions to think about. Here is the link for Canyon Creek Chophouse: http://www.canyoncreekchophouse.com/new.php
Cheers
Em