FOOD

Please note that our menu changes as often as we get our next vegetable delivery from our favorite farmers. We en devour to keep it up-to-date but please know that while we may be temporarily out of a favorite when you arrive, we will most certainly have something new and fresh to share with you.

Enjoy a delicious 3-course menu for just for just $35 when you place your order before 5:30pm. It's the perfect way to dine before heading to the theatre - great food, great value, and plenty of time to make the show!

Join us between 5pm and 5:30pm to take advantage of our Early Bird Special!

Enjoy a delicious 3-course menu for just for just $35 when you place your order before 5:30pm. It's the perfect way to dine before heading to the theatre - great food, great value, and plenty of time to make the show!

EARLY BIRD MENU

Daily Soup

or

Baby Romaine Salad

lemon pepper vinaigrette, garlic breadcrumbs, parmigiano

Daily Fish Feature

Seasonally inspired preparation

or

Spaghettini

tomato, garlic, olive oil, basil, parmigiano

or

Meatballs

beef and pork meatballs, amatriciana sauce, polenta, parmigiano

Chocolate Truffle

Mini Crème Brûlée

or

Chocolate Truffle

At Cafe Brio, everything is prepared in house. The menu is designed to encourage sharing. Fresh salads, pastas, seafood and meat dishes are available as half portions to allow you to try more.

STARTERS

$13

Zuppa

soup of the day

$13

$15

Baby Romaine and Radicchio Salad

lemon-pepper vinaigrette, pangrattato, parmigiano

$15

$16

Gavin's Green Salad

wild and cultivated greens, hazelnuts, fresh goat cheese, rhubarb compote, truffle soy vinaigrette

$16

$17

Beet Salad

pickled beets, greens, blue gorgonzola cheese, candied walnuts, basil vinaigrette, spiced honey, pollen, togarashi

$17

$19

Albacore Tuna Crudo

orange, lime, meyer lemon aioli, potato chips

$19

Contorni

$14

Gomae

winter hearty greens, sesame, chilli, soy

$14

$15

Roasted Local Carrots

chermoula yogurt

$15

$15

Square Root Farms Grilled Puntarelle

dandelion, grapefruit vinaigrette

$15

Daily Feature Contorni

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$18

selection of all 4 contorni preparations

$18

SNACKS

$6

Marinated Olives

citrus, herbs, olive oil

$6

$17

Pancetta Arancini

parmesan, fine herbs, lemon, fontina fonduta

$17

$18

Rabbit Terrine

studded with pistachio and apricot, served with mustard and pickles

$18

$32

Antipasti Board

daily selection of two house cured meats, two cheeses, olives, pickles, and mustard

$32

PASTA AND RISOTTO

half $24 / full $44

Chanterelle Mushroom Risotto

wild and cultivated mushrooms, parmigiano

half $24 / full $44

half $16 / full $29

Spaghettini

tomato, garlic, basil, olive oil, parmigiano

half $16 / full $29

half (4pc) $19 / full (8pc) $35

Culurgiones (Italian Perogies)

bacon, potato, ricotta, parmesan, truffle, butter, lemon

half (4pc) $19 / full (8pc) $35

half $19 / full $36

Sunday Sauce Rigatoni

braised beef, lamb and pork ragu, parmigiano

half $19 / full $36

Daily Fresh Pasta Feature

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MEAT AND SEAFOOD

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Sea Feature

Daily selections from our local waters

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Canadian AAA Beef

$63

Certified Angus Beef Tenderloin (6oz)

duck fat potato, crispy onion, peppercorn sauce

$63

half $29 / full $53

Certified Angus Prime Striploin (10 oz)

german butter potato, heirloom carrot, greens, red wine jus

half $29 / full $53

$79

AAA Angus Prime Ribeye (14 oz)

fingerling potatoes, heirloom carrot, greens, red wine jus

$79

half $26 full $47

Roast Duck Breast

grainy mustard gnocchi, roasted root vegetables, wild mushroom, sloe plum zabaglione

half $26 full $47

half $19 full $36

Meatballs

beef, lamb, and pork meatballs, amatriciana sauce, pesto pinenut crumble, parmigiano

half $19 full $36

$76 per person

Brio Family Meal

a selection of 6 dishes chosen by Chef, served family style for the entire table.

$76 per person

HOUSE CURED MEATS

$9 each

All of our cured meats are house made by hand, with love and care, using old world methods. We take great pride in our craft and support local farms. Available on our Antipasti Board or individually.

$9 each

Lonza

orange, fennel, chili pepper

Chicken Liver Pate

porcini, port, mulled wine jelly

Smoked Garlic Pork Sausage

Coppa - juniper, black pepper

Hot smoked Spring Salmon - pepper

Lamb Mole Salametti - Lamb Sausage, cocoa, cumin & chili

CHEESE

$9 each

Parmigiano Reggiano

(hard, cow) Italy

Comox Brie

(surface ripened, cow) BC

Bresse Bleu

(Blue, cow) France

Celebrity Chevre

(Soft, goat) Okanagan

Manchego

(Semi Firm, Sheep) Spain

Oka

(Semi soft, washed rind, cow) Quebec

DESSERT

mini $8 / regular $14

Crème Brûlée

classic vanilla bean

mini $8 / regular $14

$14

Sticky Date Toffee Pudding

vanilla bean ice cream, toffee rum sauce

$14

$14

Chocolate, Peanut & Hazelnut Bar

chocolate ice cream, graham cracker crumbs

$14

$8

House Made Chocolate Truffles

$8

$7 per scoop

House Made Ice Creams & Sorbets

ask for today's selection

$7 per scoop