Local First, Delicious Always!
Feast On® Restaurants in Waterloo Region
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | Updated January 2025
Initiated by the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (OCTA), Feast ON is a certification program that recognizes businesses — and that would be mostly restaurants – committed to sourcing food and beverage grown and produced in Ontario.
The Feast ON initiative supports local economies and Ontario’s farmers and producers in order to continue to build a “local food identity” at the same time putting dollars back into our communities and reducing the impact on our environment, according to Agatha Podgorski, Community Manager at Culinary Tourism Alliance.
“We’ve had over 120 restaurants achieve the certification and this number is continuing to grow. What’s more, last year restaurants in the program collectively spent over $17 million on Ontario grown and raised product. That’s $4 million more than the year before that. We’re finding an increase in the procurement percentage from businesses year after year, which means what we’re doing is working.”
In order to gain Feast ON certification, businesses must meet the standards of 25 percent annual Ontario food and beverage purchases. They must show that they have maintained the participation levels to remain qualified.
Feast On® Restaurants in Waterloo Region
When you choose a Feast On® certified business you’re not only supporting the local food system, you’re also getting a true taste of Waterloo Region!
Aqua Lounge and Restaurant, Kitchener
AURA-LA Pasteries + Provisions, Kitchener
Bingemans Catering, Kitchener
Borealis Grille and Bar, Kitchener
Cambridge Mill, Cambridge
ChefD Catering & Events, Cambridge
Crowsfoot Smokehaus, Woolwich Township
Eby Manor Ltd., Woolwich Township
Four All Ice Cream, Kitchener
Four Fathers Brewing Co., Cambridge
Graffiti Market, Kitchener
Lancaster Smokehouse, Kitchener
Langdon Hall, Cambridge
Little Mushroom Dining Lounge, Cambridge
The Perth Farmhouse, Wilmot Township
Udderly Ridiculous Farm Life, North Dumfries Township
Willibald Farm Distillery & Brewery, North Dumfries Township
Feast ON certification indicates that the restaurants and producers support local food systems, so you can support them too!