36 Gourmet Experiences to Discover in the Eastern Townships

Autumn is slowly settling in the Townships, but that doesn’t mean there are no more culinary discoveries to be enjoyed! What better way to make the most of these cooler days than by discovering our local flavours?

Meeting Those Who Create the Townships’ Flavours

Immersing Ourselves in the Cycle of the Terroir
Even before taking their seats at a table, guests stroll through the gardens and discover the agricultural vision that inspires every dish served at Espace Old Mill. The meal then becomes an extension of this experience, crafted by a team that transforms the harvest into culinary delights and shares its deep connection to the land.
Discover Ferme des Petits Torrieux
At Ferme des Petits Torrieux, tastings take on a whole new dimension through conversations with the owners. Stories, expertise, and product discoveries come together to create an experience that is as authentic as it is flavourful.
Observe a Very Uncommon Herd at Rustik Bison
Here, you’ll learn about the farm through the words of the woman who looks after the bison on a daily basis. A guided tour, available on specific dates through online bookings, offers a glimpse into her world, featuring discussions and a tasting session. In addition, an interpretive trail runs alongside the bison enclosure, and a self-service shop (pre-order only) allows you to extend your visit.
Explore the World of Apples
At Cidrerie Pomme Sauvage, each visit offers you an opportunity to connect with the team that shapes these artisanal products. Tastings, guided tours, and exchanges allow you to learn more about their unique approach and vision when it comes to cider.
Follow the Milk to Cheese Process
During guided tours offered from Tuesday to Thursday, discover every step of the cheesemaking process with insights from the team. At La Station, fine cheesemakers, the boutique and guided tastings are great opportunities to ask questions and learn more. You can also explore the Économusée’s discovery area at your own pace, and no visit is complete without enjoying a grilled cheese sandwich on the terrace.
Explore Ferme de la Canopée
At Ferme de la Canopée, market gardeners generously share their daily life and passion for local agriculture. Through farm tours and popular pizza nights, discover everything that goes into each harvest, from field to plate.

Discover the Creative Side of Maple
Way off the beaten track, Domaine Nokomis invites you to discover their boldly reimagined maple products. Private tours provide an opportunity for you to exchange directly with the artisans behind these creations.
Find a Table Where the Chef’s Always Present
A visit to Madame B is an absolute must! Here, the chef-owner is an integral part of the experience. Between courses, he enjoys chatting with you, offering advice, and sharing his vision of a market-inspired cuisine. Your taste buds will be totally delighted!
Roll Up Your Sleeves with the Pros
At Ratatouille, every workshop becomes a genuine opportunity to share, with conversations as satisfying as the recipes themselves. During this friendly experience, renowned chefs and sommeliers pass on their know-how, tips, and passion. Participants leave not only with new techniques in their repertoire, but also very full bellies!
Listen to Those Who Shape Wine
Wine tastings take on a whole new dimension when accompanied by the team at Domaine Bergeville. You’ll discover some excellent vintages, and surely leave with a few bottles!
Discover Côte des Limousins Vineyard
At Côte des Limousins Vineyard, tastings offer the perfect opportunity to connect with the people behind the wines. For an even more immersive experience, roll up your sleeves and take part in the grape harvest for a day.
Meet the Artisans Behind Café Cosmo
At Café Cosmo, a passion for chocolate is shared directly from chocolatier to visitor. Between handcrafted creations made on-site and delicious discoveries, every encounter offers a deeper appreciation for the art of fine chocolate.

Explore the Ever-Changing Terroir

Discover the Wine Route
It’s impossible to talk about our terroir without having explored this iconic route, where 24 vineyards showcase their know-how across stunning landscapes. Behind every glass lies the expertise of the winemakers who’ve crafted these exceptional vintages, deeply rooted in the local territory.
Participate in the Dégustez Mégantic Event
This foodie route invites visitors to meet 18 local producers and processors who generously share their passion and expertise. From one stop to the next, sample their specialties (free of charge, by the way!) and discover authentic flavours that proudly showcase the region’s rich terroir.
Explore Our Eastern Townships Cider Houses
From freshly picked apples to delicious sparkling ciders, every cider house promises an authentic and unforgettable taste experience. There’s plenty to enjoy on site: tastings, special events, tours, picnics and much more! Venture out to discover the region’s cider houses, where tradition and local expertise come together to create some truly unique ciders.
Cycle Your Way Across Coaticook and the Region’s Gourmet Stops
Head out and explore Coaticook’s gravel roads by bike to discover carefully selected stops where you can take in the region from a new perspective. Treat yourself to a picnic break at Cidrerie de Compton, where you can take the time to sample their farmhouse ciders, or end your outing in style on the terrace at Hop Station Microbrewery. Either way, this ride will be a guaranteed success!
Pedalling during the Carottes & Garnotte Event
Next October 3, come challenge yourself on this 60 km immersive gravel route, inviting you to discover the local terroir one stop at a time. Designed by passionate cycling enthusiasts, the experience offers local encounters and lunch by Pizza Roquette. A day where each time you push your pedals, you’ll savour the land.

Explore Massawippi’s Scenic Route
This scenic route offers a gourmet getaway taking you across typical Townships villages and some carefully selected halts. At each stop, the region’s artisans showcase their know-how, offering a circuit where landscapes and savours combine seamlessly.
Ride Along Sherbrooke’s Véloroute Gourmande
Riding along this route, you’ll discover gourmet stops allowing you to meet some truly passionate artisans. From the pastries of Les Vraies Richesses all the way to the Siboire Dépôt brewing vats, each stop gives you the opportunity to savour products made right here and to immerse yourself in the friendly vibe you’ll feel throughout Sherbrooke’s foodie scene.
Head Out on the Route des Alcools en Haute-Yamaska
This route will lead you to 13 stops where you’ll meet producers who have mastered the art of creating spirits with fine-tuned precision. From one distillery to the next, their know-how can be discovered with each glass, in an inviting setting rooted in the local terroir.
Venture Out to Discover the Réseau des Haltes Gourmandes en Haute-Yamaska
Along this network, the territory defines itself through each encounter with its artisans and producers, all deeply committed to their craft. Every stop highlights local know-how and a genuine desire to share all the flavours of the region.

A New Food Experience

A Whole New Way to Celebrate the Terroir
La ferme cidricole Équinoxe offers a bold new vision of the terroir, with everything sourced on site. Between their natural ciders, living wines, and carefully elaborated country-style cuisine, the experience reflects the team’s passion for growing and transforming their produce, while providing a truly authentic welcome.
Immerse Yourself in Another Era
At Gîte champêtre Chesham, your getaway takes on the feel of a journey back in time with a tasting of fine teas from local herbalist Apoteka. The experience continues in the village, where riddles and immersive storytelling transport visitors to the early 1900s, reflecting the hosts’ passion for local history.
Savour the Territory at Les Cocagnes
Here, every dish is savoured in a setting that opens out onto the fields and Mount Pinacle. The farm-to-table restaurant stands out with its guest chefs, who take over the kitchen for the duration of a meal. Through their personal vision and expertise, they showcase the farm’s produce and offer their unique take on the local terroir, creating an experience that is as delicious as it is inspiring.
Relax While Enjoying an Outdoor Feast
At Domaine Ives Hill, Saturday guided tours begin in the heart of the fields, right where their project takes root. The experience then continues on the terrace with a tasting session and a gourmet platter showcasing the estate’s produce. On Fridays, the must-try pizzas, baked in an authentic wood-burning oven, will complete this shared moment in a friendly, delightful setting.
An Immersion in a Forest Dining Experience
In the heart of the Melbourne Forest, La Forestière showcases a complete meal inspired by everything that grows here, where mushrooms take centre stage from beginning to end. You’ll experience a moment inviting you to slow down, visit the site, and savour a menu anchored in a living nature.

Share a Table at La Tablée des Jardins Bolton
This gourmet experience highlights chefs who prepare meals using freshly harvested crops directly over an open fire in the heart of the fields. In this unique setting, each dish celebrates the terroir with authenticity and creativity, allowing guests to discover true passion in every bite.
Experience Parcelles
Visits to this country-style table are driven by a farm-to-table cuisine that naturally flows from what the terroir provides. Behind every dish, the team highlights the best of what the seasons have to offer.
Give the Terroir Its Voice, One Beer at a Time
At the microbrewery La Ferme, the terrace will delight you just as much as the beer produced here. With every sip, the cereal, fruit, and botanical flavours reflect all the passion and hard work given to each product... And your taste buds will be more than thankful!
Experience Kaapeh
In the heart of Sherbrooke, Kaapeh invites its guests to discover the world of coffee in an authentic setting, where coffee is roasted on site, right before your eyes. Between creative dishes inspired by Mexican and Québec traditions, carefully selected local products, and artisanal know-how, each visit offers a truly welcoming and inspiring experience.

Experience a Foodie Autumn in the Townships

Discover Brome-Missisquoi’s Public Markets
Browsing across public market stalls offers you the opportunity to meet our local producers. Every product you come across tells a story of passion and the land. You’ll discover a wealth of local flavours and connect with the people who proudly grow and process them. Please note, the market season ends on October 10.
Make a Stop at La Martine
At La Martine Sugar Shack, savour homemade creations that showcase the many flavours of maple, learn about maple syrup production along an educational forest trail, and then stop by Boulangerie Lambton to stock up on fresh bread, flaky pastries, and locally made products./li>
Enjoy the Fun of Picking Your Own Produce
From May to December, farms offering a pick-your-own formula invite you to fill your baskets with their crops while creating precious memories with family or friends. With each passing season, strawberries, blueberries, apples, pumpkins, and many more products are available, as producers welcome you inside their fields and orchards. A simple, flavourful way to enjoy the terroir as you harvest your own delicious treasures.
Stop by the Gros Pierre Orchard
At Verger Gros Pierre, autumn is delightfully savoured on the terrace with its views overlooking both the orchard and the surrounding valley! After enjoying a piece of their unforgettable pie and browsing across their gourmet boutique, you can round off your visit by heading across the road to Cidrerie Compton, for an outing entirely dedicated to apples.

Enjoy Visiting Melbourne’s Marché Champêtre
When you arrive at Melbourne’s farmers’ market, you’ll discover that autumn has invited itself in grand style in every stall, as producers and artisans proudly showcase their best bounty. Each visit provides you with a unique opportunity to savour the season in a truly welcoming ambiance.
Explore Sherbrooke’s Farmers’ Market
In Sherbrooke, autumn is savoured in its public markets. From the Marché de la Gare to the Lennoxville Farmer’s Market, discover local products, meet the dedicated terroir producers, and enjoy a lively setting throughout the harvesting season.
Celebrate the Grape Harvest in Memphremagog
At the Fête des Vendanges, you’ll experience the season through a wealth of culinary discoveries and rich, meaningful encounters. Here, producers share the fruits of their labour in a setting showcasing the great generosity of the Townships’ terroir.
Round Off the Season in Granby with the Folies Gourmandes Event
With Les Folies Gourmandes, Granby celebrates the bounty of the harvest through tastings, workshops, and presentations hosted by passionate artisans. On the agenda: gourmet stops and decadent culinary experiences. A delicious event where everyone is invited to prolong the pleasures of this colourful season by discovering all the creativity our region has to offer.

36 Gourmet Experiences to Discover in the Eastern Townships

Meeting Those Who Create the Townships’ Flavours

Explore the Ever-Changing Terroir

A New Food Experience

Experience a Foodie Autumn in the Townships

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