The Counter

Lunch worth the line.

The other half of the bakery is a working lunch counter. Everything here is made in-house, most of it baked the same morning, and any sandwich comes on the loaf of your choice.

Filled croissants

Baked around real fillings, not assembled after the fact.

The pastry case stacked with croissants, danishes and fruit galettes
  • Breakfast croissant

    Bacon, egg, green onion and marble cheese, or the vegetarian version with bell pepper

  • Reuben croissant

    Daves' home-made sauerkraut, Montreal smoked meat, Swiss and Dijon

  • Smoked wild sockeye

    Locally smoked by Flurer Smokery, with cream cheese

  • Spinach, feta & roasted garlic

    $7.99
  • Black Forest ham & cheese

  • Oven roasted turkey & brie

Sausage rolls, pot pies & quiche

The savoury shelf, baked fresh every morning.

Fresh danishes, sugared buns and sausage rolls from the ovens
  • Grandpa's Meatloaf sausage roll

    $8.99

    The family recipe, wrapped in pastry

  • Pork sausage roll

  • Spicy Pig in the Blanket

    $6.99
  • Chicken pot pie

    Chunky, juicy chicken breast

  • Beef pot pie

    $7.99

    Bottom round roast

  • Quiche

    $5.99

    Ham and cheese, or spinach and feta

  • Home-made fruit pie

    $16.99

    Baked fresh every morning

Sandwiches on your loaf

Built or toasted on any bread in the rack. Order ahead online, allow about 60 minutes, or build your own at the counter.

A tray of soft German pretzels cooling on the bakery bench
  • The Reuben

    $12.99

    Daves' famous home-made sauerkraut, Swiss, Dijon. Recommended on the rye

  • Build your own

    $6.99 – 12.99

    Black Forest or European ham, oven roasted turkey, Montreal smoked meat, Calabrese salami

  • Oven roasted turkey

    $10.99

    A Daves' favourite

  • BLT · grilled cheese · quesadillas

    Chicken or veggie quesadillas, grilled cheese on your bread

  • BBQ pulled pork · roast beef

    Home-made, upon availability, usually by the end of the week

Soup & salads

Fresh soup from scratch every day the doors are open, served with a bun.

A bowl of the day's scratch-made soup topped with green onion
  • Soup of the day

    Made from scratch each morning

  • Salads

    Garden, Caesar or house, with in-house honey dijon and other dressings

  • Mini-pizzas & calzones

    From the savoury case

The sweets case

Old-world and west-coast, side by side.

A tray of Linzer cookies dusted with icing sugar
  • Squares & bars

    $6.49

    Nanaimo, Death by Peanut Butter, Tortoise caramel pecan, butter tart and more

  • Linzer cookies · poppy seed strudel · vénečky · koblihy

    The Czech shelf

  • Doughnuts

    $2.99 – 3.49

    Glazed and sugared, made in-house

  • Scones & muffins

    $4.99

    Morning Glory, lemon-cranberry, berry & bran, West Coast

  • Daves' cheesecakes

    whole $59.99

    Made to order, ask at the counter

  • Daves' gelato

    By the scoop

  • Cakes made to order

    Minimum two days notice

Prices from the bakery's online store, where the full list is orderable ahead.

Something to drink with that.

Colombian Supremo coffee, European espresso and a tea collaboration with Stonehouse Teas.

Coffee & Drinks