The Wheatsheaf Pub, Hemer, Canada

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Just a twenty minute drive south of Nanaimo in the small country town of Hemer is one of our favourite places to go for an afternoon outing and early dinner. The Wheatsheaf Pub is quiet in the mid afternoon, cozy inside with a fireplace, or nice outside on the deck when the weather’s warm.

My current favourite is a half order of potato and cheese perogies–four large home made perogies loaded down with fried bacon and onions and served with a side of sour cream and a little salad. $9.75C. Sid likes the meat eater’s pizza ($14.25)–too big for one person to eat but great to take home the rest of for another meal for the two of us. We always get a Grower’s Peach cooler each, which is a nice cool taste of summer all year ($6 X 2).

Appies here are yummy too. They mostly come with carrot and celery sticks on the side. We like the prawns.

We’ve never tried the burgers because they look too huge for our senior appetites but I’ve noticed young working men scarfing them down.

The atmosphere is friendly, the décor is old and homey, there’s a bookcase to borrow from and a pool table to play at. Even live music some evenings. Next time you’re out for a country drive in the vicinity perhaps you’d like to stop in!