Cam Allen | Aug 30, 2012


For five years, Sundance Studio Tour has welcomed thousands of patrons throughout the Labour Day weekend. To facilitate growth, allowing more artists to participate, a move to The Fall River Restaurant’s “river view” location was a natural progression and to reflect the expansion, the name has been changed to Sundance Artisan Festival. The festival, which takes place Sept 1st to 3rdthis year, is an evolution of creative, innovative and traditional artisans, local farm-to-plate cuisine and eclectic toe-tapping music. As always, the theme of Sundance is individual creativity with an element of reclaimed, recycled or natural materials, with impressions in wood, stone, cloth, metal, clay and other media. The original expressions of the returning artists will be complimented by new artists, 30 in all.

Along with visual art, patrons will enjoy the natural flavours of handcrafted food and organic drinks, to suit every taste. Culinary delights include organic salads, fiery pulled pork from Seed to Sausage, Arctic Char sandwiches, organic beer and Ontario wines. Flat bread pizza, served from a wood-fired stone oven, is a mouth-watering addition to the sight, sound and now taste of Sundance. For pancake lovers, the Maberly Fire Department will serve up a traditional breakfast, smothered in local maple syrup, on Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m.

The new hosts of Sundance, restaurant owners, Paul and Michele Zammit, welcome former patrons to return to the peaceful setting they offer in Maberly at the corner of Highway #7 and Country Rd. 36. Listen to the wind, watch the river, enjoy the moment of tranquility in the country.

Once you have visited the festival, walk next door and delight your senses yet again with the finest organic lunch or dinner you have ever enjoyed. The Fall River restaurant was recognized by the Ottawa Citizen as “Canada’s Greenest Restaurant,” and Sundance Festival is a natural addition to the restaurant’s mandate… natural, organic, complimentary and memorable.

 

 

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