Here's something that still makes me smile. Lake Cowichan is a town of about three thousand people, and within a few easy blocks of each other you'll find five places to get a coffee and something baked. I'd expect that in a city. In a lakeside town where half the doors are shut on a January Tuesday, it feels like a small miracle. The best part? No two of them are alike. Grab a friend (or go solo, I won't judge) and let me walk you through them. Ed's Coffeehouse 67 South Shor

Something I love. This logging town of three thousand+ has hot dogs, a sushi restaurant, a Mexican street food place, coffee, and a bubble tea counter inside a plant shop. All within a few blocks of one another. It's worth saying plainly, because the assumption about small towns is burgers or nothing, and that assumption is wrong here. Come hungry, and bring a friend who likes to share. Lakeside Sushi Unit 2, 78 Cowichan Lake Road The rolls are named after places around the l