First seating – Between 5:00 and 7:30 – 2 hour seat time. 3 course dinner $65
Second Seating – Between 7:30 and 10 – Stay forever! – 3 course dinner and sparkling wine $75

First Course

• Caesar Salad with Shaved Padano Parmesan, House Smoked Pancetta, Butter Poached Shrimp and Truffle Buffer Crostini
• Seared Quebec Fois Gras with Smoked Salt, Maple Pears and Brioche French Toast
• Southern Friend Sweetbreads with Smoked Tomato Grits and Bourbon Cream
• Three Little Pigs in a Blanket – Pulled Pork, Smoked Pancetta and Braised Belly with Chimi-Chim-Churri, Black Bean and Corn Salsa, Seared Haloumi and Crispy Potato in a Corn Flour Tortilla
• Lobster Bisque – More Lobster, Blue Crab and Seared Scallop with Crab Croutons

Second Course

• White Stripe Rack of Lamb with 5 Cheese Scalloped Potatoes, Grilled Vegetables and Jammy Red Wine Glaze
• Risotto D’el Capitano (we understand that this is not appropriate spanish) Maritime Lobster, Jumbo Black Tiger Shrimp and Blue Crab in an aged Brie Cream with Watercress and Clam Strips
• Roasted Bison Tenderloin over Porcini Fois Gras Mashed Potato with Port Demi Glaze and Ted Readers Marrow Butter
• Filet of Chilean Sea Bass with Pistachio and Cashew Crust, Pickled Mango Slaw over Fried Sticky Rice and Kumquat Glaze
• Grilled 12oz 60 Day Dry Aged NY Strip-loin

Desserts to come!

*Menu subject to change.

“My Favorite Things”

Huff Estates 2008 P.E.C Cuvee Peter F. Huff as an introductory libation.

Burnham Family Market Pumpkin Soup with Confit of Mill Valley Wild Duck and Candied Rustic Bacon
Drink  Trio – Waupoos Cider, Huff Estates 2010 Unoaked Chardonnay, Spiced Rum and Maple Cocktail

Roasted Veal Marrow Bones with Grilled Baguette, Parsley Salad and a Trio of Fine Salts
T.B.A

Pan Fried Provimi Sweet Breads with Sandy Flat Sugar Bush Maple and Bourbon Cream and Braised Northumberland Fall Greens
2008 Rosehall Run Chardonnay – Rosehall Vineyard

Seared Quebec Fois Gras with Duck Fat Tater Tots, Port Jelly and Pear Syrup with Onion Puree
Tawse – 2008 Laidlaw Vineyard Vineyard Pinot Noir

Whiskey Poached Knights Orchard Gala Apples over Puff Pastry topped with Homemade Maple Walnut Ice Cream, Birch Syrup Drizzle and Smoked Salt
Mill Valley Cocktail  ????

Port and other digestifs will be available after dinner

Package includes limo service to and from your home, 5 course pairing dinner and surprise gift bag. $350 per couple .
Care to stay take a room in our inn and enjoy brunch the following morning? $500 per couple.

Wine Pairings will be announced shortly.
Menu subject to change without notice.

Email Jeff @ ruralculinaryadventures@gmail.com or call him at 905.377.9709 to reserve your space

A monthly dinner club will be our main focus as we begin our growth, where we will be promoting everything Northumberland County and Southern Ontario has to offer. Intimate experiences will be created in some of the most beautiful locations in the area. With each visually stunning backdrop, Chef Johhny Devlin and our team will create extraordinary culinary adventures that we hope will open your eyes to everything our home has to offer. Each menu will be locally inspired and very unique, each experience and setting being equally as impressive.

If you are a fan of food, drink, sustainability and great memories, you will love Rural Culinary Adventures.

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Imagine yourself, completely free of worry, picked up and dropped off at your own door by exquisite limosine and swept away to the serene landscapes of the Northumberland Hills. With the tiny bubbles of P.E.C’s, County Grown Sparkling Wine rushing to the top your crystal, you offer cheers to your likeminded culianary enthusiasts and create bonds that will live on and on.
Pulling up to the property through a kilometer of natures finest offerings, we set the stage for an experience like you have never had before. Culinary offerings that liven the sences and break down your previous understanding of fine fare. Cocktails reinvented, the finest wines our home has to offer and custom beer from craft brewers, made with finest ingredients, paired perfectly and uniquely with each dish to create an adventure that will transform the concept of “eating out”.

Each package will include the option of an overnight stay at our country inn. Each room cozy and private with plush bedding and the highest quality of mattresses. Wake up slow and enjoy a cup of espresso by the common fire place, or take a hike through Northumberland’s best kept secret before you head out to enjoy a farmers brunch to finish off your experience. An adventure unlike any other.

Each event highly exclusive, each experience memorable. Each time an adventure. Join us in what we love and share our unique passion.

Contact Jeff at ruralculinaryadventures@gmail.com or at 905.377.9709 to book your adventure now!

The Northside has never looked better. A sophisticated bistro atmosphere welcomes the diner with casual elegance, soft lighting and a great selection of music. The Northside is a place to relax, unwind and be treated with care. It’s a place where the owners’ creative flair, culinary expertise and keen respect for fine local ingredients are expressed in a menu filled with variety and imagination.

Our sultry summer evening began with a warm welcome and drinks delivered within minutes of our seating, by our server Rebecca, a consummate professional.

And yes, my martini came exactly how I wanted it; or should I say needed it – served icy cold in a beautifully shaped glass with micro chips of ice. The swirling zest of lemon filling the glass was magnified by the booze making this liquid nirvana a thing of beauty. My guests ordered from the extensive wine list which also offered sparkling cider, cocktails and libations. I should note that the wine prices may be steep for the average night out.

Our menus arrived, offering up five different salads, thirteen tapas, three dinner specials and thirteen different entrees!

We decided to start with five tapas as shared plates. Small plates don’t mean small portions at The Northside!

The house specialty, eggplant parmesan with goat cheese and smoky tomato sauce was lightly breaded with crumbs, fried and served as a tower on a plate with no garnish required. This full flavoured and subtle blend of crisp eggplant, a smear of goat cheese and the smoky tomato sauce blended harmoniously on the palate.

We also shared two shrimp tapas – crispy hoisin sweet chilli shrimp and poached jumbo shrimp with white wine and garlic butter, kissed with a hint of lemon and served with fried nan, a delicate flatbread, to grab that lemony broth under the shrimp. Quite simply, these two shrimp tapas were the most amazing shrimp I have ever had in the area. Both these appetizers were cooked to perfection – and priced fairly, given the size of the shrimp. I tasted the subtlety of shrimp throughout.

Next came the corn and crab fritters, lightly breaded, firm and so tasty. The delicate crab combined with the earthiness of polenta was served with a roasted red pepper ranch dip. Order this item, please!

Our final foray into the appetizer/tapas jungle was the simple pulled pork taco with corn and black bean salsa. Tender pulled pork with fresh cilantro and a hint of spice was the perfect combination for this hand-held wonder. This item was only five bucks! I have to mention this because all of the tapas are so reasonably priced. The average sharing plate costs the diner between $5 and $15 dollars – with most of the items around $11. Knowing the preparation involved and the cost of ingredients, combined with the presentation and garnishing, this remains the best value in the area.

Our evening continued with the arrival of the seafood risotto special. Sublime. Chunks of tender lobster tail, jumbo shrimp and scallops bathed in a light lemony, buttery sauce paired with a perfectly stirred risotto. This classically prepared dish was smooth on the palate and exciting in flavour. This chef knows risotto!

One of my dining partners ordered the duck confit risotto with double smoked bacon, braised parsnips and bitter greens. Although usually a winter dish, the summer weather did nothing to take away from the rich, warmly melded flavours of game, smoked bacon and vegetables blended with the rustic risotto. This is a 5-Star entrée for sure. Be sure to order, or better yet, share.

With regret, we never got to the dessert menu. Our five tapas plates and two entrées added up to a full meal. Chef Johnnie Devlon is a master in his kitchen, a Chef who celebrates the bounty of fresh local flavours as they become available to him. This is a restaurant which is truly “Proudly Northumberland” in its support of culinary connections that create awareness of the local agricultural bounty that is an integral part of the economic sustainability in our fine County.

Our evening at The Northside ended with a feeling of complete comfort and true pleasure. The service was tight and professional. The choices seemed unlimited. The food quality matches that of any kitchen in the GTA. The atmosphere and ambiance was and always has been top notch. Support this establishment as I have over the years. You won’t be disappointed.

RATING: 4 out of 5. I’ll continue to be a regular at The Northside. My dinner guests and I raved about all of the flavours we enjoyed that night.

The Northside, 92 King Street West, Cobourg.

If it’s a wedding or special event you have in mind, we can do that too! We offer full service catering, including wedding planning and beautiful indoor and outdoor venues for your special day!

We love what we do so much that we want to share that passion with you!

Sit down with us and create a  menu that is perfect for you and your function. For more info or quotes, please call Jeff @ 905.377.9709

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Our resident server, Chris, has been with us since the beginning. He’s here almost every day whether it’s explaining the specials with great confidence and passion or baby sitting his his band during our Sunday jazz brunch.  He’s a consumate professional and easily the best dressed man in Cobourg. Chris kills us with his deep witted humour and states St. Patrick’s Day as his favorite holiday because it’s “just like Christmas, but without the crying”

He's strong.

Luca Debrightside is his Italian name. He lights up the kitchen. Pure energy and positivity, he makes the nights go by quickly with gut busting laughter and is know for his unforgettable renditions of Colin James’, Chicks with Cars. He’s a cartoon. He laughs harder than any of us ever have, and he does it at nothing. A true inspiration and lover of life. Buy him a drink, you’ll make a friend for life. Buy him three or four and you’ll have a night that may be a little foggy, but one you will remember for the rest of your life.