 Seafood Pasta at Northern Lights Restaurant, Carol Clemens photo
Global Fare By way of international, Port McNeill offers Greek at the Sportsman's Steak and Pizza House. For Mexican, try Bo-Banee's Cafe, where insiders can't say enough good things about the homemade pie. For retro Cantonese, go to M&Y. Hey, who's to argue with breaded almond chicken?
Coffee, Anyone? Uh-huh, the ultra-civilized pleasures of coffee are available at the contemporary Mugz Coffee and Tea House. Plus paninis and baked goods.
Fish 'n' Chips For casual fresh fish and seafood, try the Dry Dock. Fish and chips - and the chips are hand-cut on site, not frozen - are probably the best in town. Other specialties are Alaska king crab legs, poached salmon and baked halibut.
Northern Lights Card-carrying foodies make their way to Northern Lights, affixed to the Haida-Way Motel. Chef Philip Kelly turns out pizzas, hot dogs and BLTs for the family crowd. He also struts his stuff with impeccably fresh fish from the pristine waters of Blackfish Sound. For lunch, he serves a seafood plate with battered halibut or ling cod, Fanny Bay oysters in panko crumbs and local spot prawns in coconut batter: Yep, deep-fried heaven.
Fine Dining At dinner, Chef serves made-from-scratch clam chowder, rich and creamy and loaded with clams. He sauces pasta in smoked salmon cream, then piles it high with halibut, shrimps, mussels, bay scallops, chives and sea asparagus. And salmon: massive, perfectly char-grilled fillet of Chinook shows up with spot prawns in garlic and butter. The foodie applauds. For more information on eating out in Port McNeill, check with the Visitor Centre.
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