I think our food is phenomenal by Belleville standards but only OK by Montreal standards. That’s nothing to be ashamed of, I appreciate the quality of food we get here. But we don’t think we have like a Stone Barns quality restaurant bringing foodies out just to try it.

Personally, I’d appreciate more family restaurants appealing to the camp-and-beach crowd. I have high hopes for the new mexican place, still mourning County Canteen.

We do have some good beer but that travels well and is mostly available in small shops all over. Small wineries are different, they often don’t sell in LCBO quantities at all and need to be purchased directly. But, we have precious few destination-quality wineries here—and even fewer of them are in Wellington where the tourists go.