Sunny Evening Out
for Dinner in StevestonRead this travelogue from a Vancouver couple's sunny
evening out for dinner in Steveston. Enjoy a meal and a
refreshing walkabout along Steveston extensive river-front trails.
by Baden Smith
 esterday afternoon, I was relaxing around the house when Barb suggested that we go out for dinner. Since it was sunny evening, around 6:30, we put the top down on her car and drove south to Steveston | | ©Baden Smith—Steveston Landing sign. |
for dinner. Located at the southwest tip of Richmond, Steveston’s origins began over 100 years ago as a farming and fishing village, and was the location for some the largest fish canning companies in North America. While all of the canning companies have relocated, to this day, Steveston remains home of the largest fishing fleet in Canada.
Barb and I go to Steveston about once or twice a year, and usually bring our bicycles. Being perfectly flat, all of Richmond is perfect for touring around by bike. Steveston Village is really quite distinct from the rest of Richmond. Almost stuck in time, it still has the obvious remnants of its fishing past, but seems to be in a metamorphosis stage of transforming into a modern small town with restaurants and cafes on the boardwalk beside the fishing boats. In the evening, when the sun is going down, Steveston’s several kilometers of boardwalks and trails along the river are a nice | | ©Baden Smith—Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site of Canada. |
relaxing way to wind down after a seafood dinner, and there are many choices to get good seafood here. We went for dinner at a place called Tapenade Bistro, which is a French/Italian bistro with plenty of chairs underneath umbrellas outside on their patio. I had grilled salmon (wild, not farmed, of course) and Barb had roast lamb (not exactly local fare, but delicious nonetheless). I was tempted to have the bouillabaisse (a favorite of mine from our first trip to Provence, France) but settled for the more local Queen Charlotte salmon. We finished off the meal with a shared creme brulee.
Steveston seems to have grown in popularity over the years as a tourist destination, and it gets pretty crowded during the summer. If you go there in the late afternoon/evenings, the crowds have thinned, and there's still plenty of sunshine hours to enjoy walking along the waterfront.
Baden Smith lives in Vancouver, Canada with wife, Barb. They share a passion for travel, and have spend most of the past dozen or so years traveling to many places around the world. Over the past few years, Baden has developed a great interest in the pursuit of cooking, and this compliments our love of dining (both inside and out).
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