Cafés and Gourmet Shops to Discover This Winter in Gaspésie

Here are a few cafés that are worth visiting for a treat or two during your winter stay in Gaspésie.

Café La Caisse, Baie-des-Sables

This café offers a simple, fresh and tasty menu. Breakfast with croissants, muffins, coffee and occasionally brunch, lunch with soups, salads, sandwiches and occasionally daily specials (depending on availability), dinner with theme evenings, happy hour events. 

Located in the heart of downtown Matane, the Boulangerie Café Toujours Dimanche is a must for foodies. Breads, pastries and other treats are prepared daily with top-quality ingredients and lots of love. Stop in for breakfast or a coffee and stock up on regional products in the new gourmet food section.

Photo: Boulangerie Toujours Dimanche

Le Vivier, Matane

Le Vivier est une épicerie boutique où on peut se procurer des fromages, de la viande, des fruits et légumes produits localement, divers produits biologiques et des bières gaspésiennes. 

La Miss Café is a café restaurant, where you can eat light and healthy meals, as well as drink specialty coffees and other homemade drinks. It is also a store specializing in coffee accessories and equipment.

This boutique offers a tasting counter for fine cheeses, artisanal charcuterie, imported wines and local products. An abundance of discoveries that will please the finest gourmets!

Photo: Boutique Gourmande Plein ma valise

Couleur Chocolat, Économusée du Chocolatier, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

Carl Pelletier, the master chocolatier behind Couleur Chocolat, offers a wide range of delicacies in store. You will discover a vast choice of chocolates, caramels and other irresistible sweets.

Couleur Chocolat, Économusée du Chocolatier. Photo: Jérôme Landry

L'Hybride — café & librairie, Marsoui

L’Hybride — café & librairie offers products from local and Quebec partners in a warm and relaxed atmosphere. With high-speed Internet access, L'Hybride also welcomes teleworkers and is also a space for socialization and relaxation; there are several board games, card games, coloring books and children's toys on site.

L'Amarré is a warm and colorful place. Café, local pantry, take-out, bulk food section, selection of Gaspésian beers, inn, crafts and local products.

Photo: L'Amarré

Marché des Saveurs Gaspésiennes, Gaspé

Le Marché des Saveurs Gaspésiennes offers gourmet products from Gaspésie and elsewhere, including cheeses and deli meats; pastries and breads made on site; gourmet, organic and gluten-free products; and prepared dishes (to take out). 

Photo: Marché des Saveurs gaspésiennes

oh les pains, Gaspé

The oh les pains bakery offers you quality products and is a warm and authentic meeting point for both citizens and visitors from around the world.

Nath & compagnie, Percé

Nath & compagnie offers you a unique cultural experience, housing under the same roof an ecological stationery and a café-bookstore, where you can have a coffee while discovering books and their favorite objects. Enjoy pastries and discover their varied menu.

Photo: Nath & compagnie

Ferme Bourdages Tradition, Saint-Siméon

Ferme Bourdages Tradition specializes in growing strawberries, strawberry wine production and bio-food processing. Discover their products: breads, pies, pâtés, jams, coulis, wines and many other local products at the shop.

Ferme Bourdages Tradition. Photo: Dany Vachon

Boulangerie La Pétrie, Bonaventure

Enjoy fresh baked goods, made from organic or sustainably grown flours, in a warm atmosphere. Succumb to pure butter croissants, decadent Danishes or delicious desserts. In addition, Boulangerie La Pétrie also offers sandwiches and salads.

Offering over a dozen fresh breads baked daily, La Mie Véritable also sells fine pastries, croissants, chocolatines and other treats made with organic flour. 

La Mie Véritable. Photo : Dany Vachon

Ambroise, a pastry chef of French origin, makes delicious pastries. Accompany these delicacies with a coffee or smoothie and stock up on ready-to-eat items.

Au Bec Pointu offers artisanal pastries, cakes, homemade muffins and pastries. Savor their sushi, Thai stir-fries as well as a variety of prepared dishes such as pâtés, salads, soups and traditional desserts.

Also visit the Chocolaterie BelJade, where Sophie Marion, a passionate chocolatier, invites you to discover her love for chocolate. You will find a variety of pralines, dark, milk or alcoholic chocolates, truffles, gift boxes, as well as an ice cream bar to enjoy on site.

Why not enjoy multiple foodie stops during your winter stay in Gaspésie!

See also: 

• 5 Snowshoe and Cross-Country Ski Trails in Gaspésie
• 5 Places to Learn How to Backcountry Ski in Gaspésie
• 5 Microbreweries to Discover in Gaspésie This Winter