Dining at Pluvio – Top Chef with Lisa Ahier and Two great locals you should know about.
Life on The Edge in Ucluelet
THE SHOW
It started with the wild idea of fishing in Ucluelet, in early September when the crowds had gone home.
I had in my pocket a card from James Costello, the masterful guide and fishing expert for the Tofino/Ucluelet area.
His boat and company are called Maximum Coastal Adventures. www.maxcoast.ca
James knows the waters and everything that’s swimming in them.
His buddy is Mike Marriott from Eagle Marine, Columbia Fuels and Long Beach Charters. He also has a great rental house (up and down) Right across from The Marina. Much appreciated At 5am
I wanted to know if they would share the real Ucluelet. Not the one on posters and banners.
We start the show with Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey who conceived and created Pluvio Restaurant and Rooms. One of Canada’s best dining experiences, found only in downtown Ucluelet.
Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey
Needless to say, Pluvio has been a success right from the start:
Chef Warren Barr and the team prepare creative and inspired Canadian cuisine, focusing on seasonal and wild ingredients foraged from the Ucluelet forests and coastline, with a few sneaky international treats! You are as likely to find spruce and wild rose as you are truffle and caviar on our menu.
One of Best restaurants in Canada!
We are honoured to have been selected as Canada’s 33rd Best Restaurant for 2023, and ‘Best Destination Restaurant’ and 37th Best Restaurant for 2022 by ‘Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants’, Canada’s ‘Best Fine Dining Restaurant‘ for 2022 by the Trip Advisor Community, and ‘4th Best New Restaurant in Canada’ in 2019 by Air Canada’s enRoute magazine at the ‘Canada’s Best New Restaurant’ awards.
Check out the menu and one of a kind wine list www.pluvio.ca
Lisa Ahier is known far and wide as the owner and chef at Sobo in Tofino.
Lisa Ahier
Sobo is the kind of dining and room you like so much, you send all your best friends there.
Its the centre of the town. Locals meet there for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Lisa has moved on from Sobo and is now making notes for her third book and has become the darling of this years Top Chef competition.
Five shows in and she’s still there, the oldest competitor since they started years ago.
We have lots to talk about – lean in, its a hoot.
https://www.instagram.com/lisaahier/
STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON
2025 Van Wine Fest
The Hatch
Howling Bluff
Artema
