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Branch Restaurant
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Tags: Eating · Regional · South
The branch restaurant is an upscale casual restaurant, art, and music venue in Old Town Kemptville, Ontario, the Ottawa valley’s fastest growing community. It is a home for well traveled comfort food and a rendezvous for global flavour and local colour. It is owned and operated by proven restaurant stalwarts, including an internationally practiced published chef and three experienced servers, two of which are restaurant management degree holders. The branch restaurant welcomes the community with upscale casual service and fair prices, and invites the world with a forward thinking attitude about organic, sustainable and locally sourced foods, including meats and dairy products. When buying from abroad, as those who live in cooler climates must do, we will choose only farmers and companies who adhere to strict organic standards, because we support the idea of community on a global scale.

We are a host and a home to those who seek and produce visual, culinary and musical arts, and we will always seek new ways to instill our space with a sense of fun, creativity and taste.

www.thebranchrestaurant.ca

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Aug 22
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bdm

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We dropped in for lunch today, and were quite pleased with it. Haute cuisine it's not, but it's good casual fare at a reasonable price. We both had vegetarian club sandwiches (mine supplemented with roasted potato wedges, my wife's with a green salad). Very tasty, and the portions were just right (hearty eaters might disagree). Some reasonable wines available by the glass, too.

Maybe not worth a special trip from the city, but if you're in the Kemptville area, definitely give it a try. I hope to make it back sometime soon in the evening, when they feature live music.
 
Mar 2
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FeedMe

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Can't say enough good things about the branch, and the dedication of the owners to sourcing local organic food.

They started a farmers market behind the restaurant, which has helped build capacity both for the farmers and the restaurant. Bruce Enloe personally goes out to farms to source food during the growing season. He and his wife Nicole are involved in various agriculture and food groups, contributing to the growth of this sector. In fact, they moved here from California where it was, in their words "too easy" to source locally. They wanted to go somewhere more challenging, where they could make a difference. And they are!

One of my favourite items on their menu is the house-smoked mushrooms. Bruce got his hands on an old metal fridge and converted it into a backyard smoker. Apparently this is the perfect device for a home-built smoker, so anyone out there who knows of one... post it!

 
2007 May 30
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choconut

newbie

Their Rubber Boot Buffet on Sundays from 2-8pm is great (but the music can be a bit loud). They have a few well prepared and tasty organic and vegetarian dishes - all for only $15 a person. Bargain!

The best food in Kemptville IMHO.
 
2007 May 3
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Fresh Foodie

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The "history" and "partners" sections of this new restaurant's webpage are quite charming. I'm adding it to my wishlist. I'd love to hear any comments from someone who has been!
 

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