Bessie North House

Bessie North House An intimate dining experience in the beautiful Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada. Head over to the Book Now button. We look forward to seeing you!
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Reservations open on the 1st of each month at noon AST for the following month.

This is what a Chef on vacation looks like, relaxing at a coffee shop……probably thinking about food 😉😉We took a little b...
11/04/2024

This is what a Chef on vacation looks like, relaxing at a coffee shop……probably thinking about food 😉😉

We took a little break last week to rest and get ready for the final few weeks of our 2024 season. We are back at it today and looking forward to seeing you!

October is coming to an end and Mother Nature is putting on a show for us! We have limited availability this Sunday the ...
10/23/2024

October is coming to an end and Mother Nature is putting on a show for us! We have limited availability this Sunday the 27th, if you would like to join us.

Link in bio 🥰🍁🍂

Turbot, tomato, fennel, saffron 📷: .coast.food.stories
10/14/2024

Turbot, tomato, fennel, saffron

📷: .coast.food.stories

Delicata squash + fresh herbs from our garden
09/27/2024

Delicata squash + fresh herbs from our garden

Tomatoes on the smoker
09/19/2024

Tomatoes on the smoker

Eggs
09/15/2024

Eggs

Honey & Fennel Sourdough
08/02/2024

Honey & Fennel Sourdough

Doing some work ❤️❤️
06/12/2024

Doing some work ❤️❤️

2024 Reservations!! Reservations for the month of April will open on March 1, 12 noon AST 😁😁
02/20/2024

2024 Reservations!! Reservations for the month of April will open on March 1, 12 noon AST 😁😁

Hello! Over the past few months we have had lots of new people join us in this space so we wanted to say Hey! and tell y...
02/05/2024

Hello! Over the past few months we have had lots of new people join us in this space so we wanted to say Hey! and tell you a bit about who we are and what we do.

We are Susan Meldrum and David Smart, partners in life and in business. We are the owner operators of Bessie North House, David is the Chef, I do all of the other stuff. You chat with and see me the most when you spend an evening with us but David always welcomes you into his kitchen.

We met in 2012 while I was working with the folks at Avondale Sky winery and David was establishing his brand at his new restaurant, Front and Central, in Wolfville. We quickly realized that we enjoyed spending time with one another and that we had a lot of the same goals and dreams. One of these dreams was to have a small, intimate restaurant that served beautiful and delicious food made from what the talented farmers in the Annapolis Valley produced. Also to make our guests feel at ease, at home and well taken care of all the while getting a bit of a fun, food education (we love a good vegetable ’show & tell’ 😁)

A couple years pass and we decided it was time to start looking for ‘the house’, the house to bring these dreams to life, and finally 3 years later we found it. A big shout out to our realtor, for her patience, we looked at A LOT of houses. After we found our home things moved fast. We built a commercial kitchen, we painted, we gathered all we needed to build a restaurant in our home, we got married in our back pasture surrounded by beautiful friends and then it was time to open our door to you!!

June 2018 was our first service and here we are 7 years later 😊

This year we found someone who loves old homes as much as we do and started work on the outside of the house so it will match the inside. We built a new website. We will start using a new booking system, ResDiary. And we have some fun plans for our flower/herb garden this year!

So, if you are new here, thanks for joining us, if you’ve been here for a while, thanks for sticking with us.

We are super excited for our 7th season to start in April!

With love and gratitude,
Susan & David

Hello Beautiful People!! Reservations for our 2024 season will be booked through an online booking system. Reservations ...
01/26/2024

Hello Beautiful People!!

Reservations for our 2024 season will be booked through an online booking system. Reservations for the month of April will open on March 1, reservation for the month of May will open on April 1 and so on throughout the season. You will find the link to book reservations on our new website, which we are also currently working on, our page and Instagram bio. The link will not be active until March 1.

If you have any questions or want to get in touch please reach us through our DMs. Cheers!

This is what January looked like for us here at Bessie North House 😊 David working hard at getting our booking system re...
01/21/2024

This is what January looked like for us here at Bessie North House 😊 David working hard at getting our booking system ready and Bessie being a great assistant 😂

Reminder: Reservations for the month of April will open on March 1.

We are also doing some work on our email so if you want to get in touch or have any questions please reach out to us in our DMs for the next couple of weeks.

Well that’s a wrap! Season 6 in the books! We can’t thank you enough for helping us make this past season one of our be...
12/25/2023

Well that’s a wrap! Season 6 in the books! We can’t thank you enough for helping us make this past season one of our best yet. We worked hard, we travelled, we made new friends and deepened our relationships with others, we felt inspired, we felt tired, we laughed, cried and everything in between. The long and the short of it is that we are so very grateful, for you, for your continued support, for your hungry bellies and your beautiful souls. Let’s do it all again next year!

Next season we will be using an online booking system, ResDiary, for reservation bookings. On February 1 reservations for the month of April will open, on March 1 reservations for the month of May will open and so on through out the season. The link will be active on February 1, time tbd and you will find it on our Facebook and Instagram pages and our website. More info coming soon so stay tuned!!

Susan, David, Bessie & Henry ❤️❤️👩🏼‍💼👨🏼‍🍳🐶🐶

A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to David!! Hope you have an amazing day! We love you the most, love Susan, Bessie & Henry ❤️❤️❤️
12/11/2023

A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to David!! Hope you have an amazing day! We love you the most, love Susan, Bessie & Henry ❤️❤️❤️

Sunchoke
11/11/2023

Sunchoke

Our neighbors, Rory and Haley, have started a small patch of saffron in their garden. We went over today to take a look,...
10/28/2023

Our neighbors, Rory and Haley, have started a small patch of saffron in their garden. We went over today to take a look, learn and be amazed by these beautiful little plants.

We have been using their saffron for the last couple of seasons and feel so fortunate to have people growing super cool things right here in our neighborhood 🤩

Fall = brassicas Thanks Ted 🥬 family.farm
10/18/2023

Fall = brassicas

Thanks Ted 🥬 family.farm

Mushrooms 😍
10/12/2023

Mushrooms 😍

Address

23 Bessie North Road
Canning, NS
B0P1H0

Opening Hours

Friday 6pm - 9pm
Saturday 6pm - 9pm

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David is making some bread. He has been recipe testing for the last couple of weeks and I have been lucky enough to be the ‘Official Taste Tester’ 🤤👍🏻🤩

Dessert . . . . . . #chocolate #miso #caramel #hazelnut #course8 #december #menu #festive #surprise #bessienorthhouse #farmhouserestaurant #cooking #connecting #cheflife #chef

We planted some grape vines 🍇 . . . . #farming #cooking #connecting #farmtotable #farmhouserestaurant #farmhousedining #grapevines #vineyard #grapes #vines #wine #chardonnay #lacadie #nswine #whatwedoonsundays #summer

New chicks!! We have welcomed 20 new chicks to the farm. They are 3 days old and making lots of noise 😉😊💕🐥 . . . #soundon #farming #cooking #connecting #farmtotable #chickens #layers #fresheggs #husbandandwifeteam #smallbusinessowner #entrepeneur #supportyourfarmers #farmhousedining #socute #sofluffy

Sweet potato purée. . . . #farming #cooking #connecting #february #menu #restaurant #course6

David and I were fortunate to have the day off yesterday so spent the afternoon enjoying the crisp fall air with Bessie and Henry. . . . #farming #cooking #connecting #familytime #englishsetters #fall #walks #farmdogs #huntingdogs #worklifebalance #enjoyeveryday

The bees are loving the golden rod! Beautiful and bee food, this weed is really earning its keep! . . . #farming #cooking #connecting #bee #bees #beehives #beefood #feedthebees #weedsareflowerstoo #weedsarebeefood #farmtotable

You haven’t heard from us for a few days because Bessie and I took a little holiday away from the farm to hang out at Ponhook Lake with her Dad, brother, Aunt and Grandmother. This is Bessie and her brother Jed having quite the time on the beach! We are now back to the farm and back to work 😁

We have had lots of people asking how Bessie is doing so here she is hunting for her ball in the back pasture! #doinggreat #gettingbig #18weeks #34lbs #farmdog #englishsetter #englishsettersofinstagram #englishsetterpuppy #puppy #happypuppy #birddog

The first pass of the plow on this years garden expansion! We are going to be growing sooo many veggies this year. We are so excited to share our bounty with you! #farming #cooking #connecting #farmtotable #garden #kitchengarden #growing #vegetables #fruits #grains #spring #gardenprep #openingsoon #contactinbio

What a beautiful spring morning!! The birds are singing, the cows are awake and the pheasants are making their presence known!! 🕊 🐂 🌞

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Farm-to-Table Restaurant

Bessie North House is a reservation required, farm-to-table restaurant in rural Nova Scotia.

As a culmination of both of our dreams, we have opened the Bessie North House Restaurant in our 130-year-old farmhouse located on five acres of land at the base of the North Mountain in North’s Corner, Nova Scotia. Just one hour from Halifax, we’re situated in a unique corner of the Annapolis Valley in rich agricultural lands surrounded by local farms, producers, and vineyards.

Dining with us…..

We serve a seven-course, seasonally inspired prix-fixe menu using produce from our garden and other local producers. Dinner is $110 per person plus tax and gratuity.

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