Summary: the food was great and the staff was friendly.
We stopped here on a recent trip to AB/BC and it made for a pleasant part of an otherwise stressful day. We had been trying to find a good local poutine spot after trying it at fast food places and Costco and passed this while exploring Kootenay National park. The shop has a small inside area with enough room for a few people to wait for their orders so it's a bit cozy, but the staff are friendly and so a short wait for the food was pleasant.
The food itself was great. I got the shepard's pie poutine and my wife got the normal poutine, both with crispy fries. We talked with the owner while the food was getting made and she suggested we try the carrot cake as well, saying it was "the best". Now, for the sake of my marriage I will say that my wife's carrot is better, but she and I both agreed that the carrot cake here was really damn good. Probably the best I've had at a restaurant.
Our poutine orders were very good, and the shop lived up to its name. The fries were crispy on the outside and soft in the middle, the gravy and cheese curds were perfect, the only issue we had was that we weren't hungry enough to finish the normal order size. And being that we were staying in a cheap hotel we didn't have the tools to properly reheat them.
While we live like 1,500 miles away, this has been added to the list of places we will come back to if we find ourselves in the area again. read more