Your favourite Canadian local eateries for road trips?
 

Hiya.

Am prepping to work from the road for a month (August), driving from the Maritimes and back to BC, and staying on Canadian roads with some exploratory detours for curiosity's sake. Camping about 99% of the time and camp cooking about 95% of the time with occasional meals at some cosy local place. That's where you come in.

Got any recommendations for your cross-Canada absolute favourite eateries that you frequent on your rides/travels? You know the kind: hearty meals for cheap, good coffee, friendly folks, maybe a little out of the way outside of major centres or in a remote town somewhere - essentially, the kind of place you'd eat at after riding for half the day and want some good food and low-key ambience with "local" character. Interested in all provinces. Not interested in a lot of fried, fast or "pub"-y foods, thanks. Maybe more for breakfasts and lunches. Sadly, no time to explore Nunavut, NWT, or Yukon. :(

Would normally ask this on FB, but deleted my account. Many thanks!

Maritimes have great places. What is your budget?

Chives in Halifax for the molasses butter alone worth the stop.

QUÉBEC Buffet de l’antiquaire worth a stop for real family Québec dlumch or dîner.

Montréal: Schwartz to taste the real smoked meat.

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Kuma Tofino... in Tofino ...

Many more in the middle...

Merci! Chives in NS looks good. Am visiting a friend in Halifax, so will check it out. I've also heard of the famous Schwartz sandwiches.

Budget is low-end modest, but not cheap. I'm not a froo-froo foodie, but do like unusual, hearty, cultural kinds of meals, and not necessarily the stereotypical. My mantra for eating is "as long as it has no more than 8 legs (but not 6) and it's dead", then I'm pretty open to trying new things. Most of the travel budget is for gas, so an extra $10 saved is 20% of the gas tank which translates into another x km. Part of the fun is also to see how creative 1-pot camp cooking can be, so eating out is not a major feature of the trip.