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    French Creek Seafood - The one on the far left is the oyster with no meat / just a shell.  Clearly, they are not aware of it when selling them to me?

    French Creek Seafood

    3.3(13 reviews)
    6.6 km
    $$$

    For a number of years we have bought shaved salt ice here during our annual fishing trip out of…read moreGold River. For one whole tote, delivered to the parking area beside our boat, the price was $35 in the early 2000s. One tote was enough to fill 3 or 4 ice chests, plus a couple of fish lockers on the boat. In recent year the aged woman who runs the place has been accusing us of "stealing Ice" and has raised the price every year. In July 2023 she raised it to $150, and told us the commercial fishermen were complaining because they used their own totes???? She also insisted on cash payment, which we suspect went directly into her own pocket. Beware the Ice Nazi of French Creek! We, nor our fellow fishermen, will ever again stop there.

    We recently moved to Parksville and were delighted to learn there is a fresh seafood store near us…read more This is my first yelp review and the one-star rating of this place prompted me to sign up for Yelp and proceed with this review. First visit we bought shrimp cakes. You know if you don't mix jello enough, there's a layer of thick rubber at the bottom? That's the consistency of the shrimp cakes. The next time I asked if the crab cakes were any different, and she said if you don't like the consistency of the shrimp cakes, you're not going to like the consistency of the crab cakes. Second visit was for halibut. Not fresh, but apparently flash frozen and cut the same day as it is sold. Was extremely watery, so...... Third visit is a charm - or not! Fresh sockeye salmon for $27.99 a pound. They were not deboned so I spent half an hour deboning four fillets. Of the four, one still had a section of bone attached to the side which had to be trimmed. One fillet had a large section of fat that had to be trimmed. There goes about $6. Thrifty's and Quality Foods has better seafood - just sayin....

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    Mooberry Vineyard & Little Qualicum Cheese Works - Store front where u can purchase wine,chees,milk,souvenirs,seeds,kitchen utencil n garden tools

    Mooberry Vineyard & Little Qualicum Cheese Works

    3.3(4 reviews)
    4.7 km
    $$

    This was a short drive from our resort in Parksville. The parking lot is a short walk from the…read more"calfe", cheese and wine tasting room, and gift shop. The extensive cheese counter is self serve. We ended up purchasing the fromage fraise cranberry pepper spread and raclette cheese. The wine tasting at Mooberry is free ! (be sure and tip the very nice staff). Ended up purchasing the blackberry wine bottle. All are fruit wines, NOT grape based. The gift store has a lot of specialty gifts as well. The "calfe" serves an amazing grilled cheese sandwich and has many coffee specialty drinks as well. There is an outdoor seating area for visitors as well. WE did not do the farm tour, but did stop by the very friendly, beautiful ponies that like to be petted. They are in the pen just up from the parking lot. if you bring a pets / dog they are expected to be kept just outside the calfe area.

    My sister and I decided to go here while staying in Parksville because I wanted to visit the farm…read moreand she likes wine and cheese. :P Turns out we both loved the farm and the cheese! (I don't drink wine.) The farm was clean (by farm standards), the animals were friendly, and the people even more so. Little Qualicum Cheeseworks has a small shop on the farm where you can try and buy many different cheese types. We loved the brie most, but also liked the Oo La La Hot Jill. We bought the brie as well as Gooseberry wine, Mango Curry Topping for cheese, and German Chocolate cookies. All delicious. Make a trip to Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, even just to try (and inevitably buy) the cheese!

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    Back Road Java - gourmet - Updated September 2026

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