Upcoming Events for December, 2011

Those who’ve dined at Coho on holidays know we do it up in style. Reservations are already coming in, and tables are limited – particularly for New Year’s Eve – so don’t delay booking your table. There are also a couple of dates left for private holiday parties or special event catering. Here’s Chef Bill’s [...]

Photographer Shares Coho Images

Our lovely food photos are compliments of Jonathan Steinberg, the photographer for one of the weddings Coho had the privilege of catering this summer. Jonathan’s training in photojournalism helps him approach each event as a story:

Sea Shepherd Moves to the Neighborhood

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) has opened a new gallery just kitty-corner from Coho. Established in 1977, the international non-profit marine wildlife conservation organization works to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans.

Salish Sea Salt Debuts

As the Locavore Movement becomes more prominent, people who commit to eating only those foods grown within a limited geographical range usually run into the same dilemma: we are missing a very crucial ingredient – salt. Of course, being on an island surrounded by sea water, you’d think this wouldn’t be an issue, but until [...]

New Chef At Coho

If you take a peek through the kitchen doors, you’ll find a new face behind the range. We are thrilled to introduce our new head chef, Bill Messick. Joining us from the finest restaurants in Colorado, Bill was anxious to escape the congestion, the smog, and the hustle & bustle of city life. He was [...]

The Ladies Man Pre-Theater Dinner Special

The San Juan Community Theatre production of The Ladies Man is the hilarious French story of a physician who tells “one, tiny, little, hardly noticeable lie” to cover an innocent but embarrassing indiscretion. From that single untruth tumbles a cascade of increasingly convoluted deceptions, misunderstandings and mistaken identities. Guest Director Chris Jorie calls The Ladies [...]

Farmers Market Moves to Permanent Home

Check out the Farmers Market in their new home, The Brickworks, right next door to Coho Restaurant. It currently runs every Saturday, from 10 am to 1 pm, through the last Saturday in October. You can park at near-by Mi Casita and Wells Fargo Bank, or hoof it to Key Bank and San Juan County [...]

Brickworks Art Market Debuts

You’ve still got time to enjoy the Brickworks Art Market, right next door to Coho Restaurant. Local artisans and crafters will have their works on display every Thursday night, 5 – 8 pm through September 1st. We enjoyed the varied selection of art, and the jazz sax player.

Chef Alphonsine Cooks at Ag Guild Fund Raiser

Chef Alphonsine spent last weekend working like a fiend to create a bountiful dinner for an event to benefit renovation of the Brickworks Town Center and Farmers Market on Sunday. The wonderful island-grown ingredients were donated by market vendors: Blue Moon Farms, Rob Waldron, Sweet Earth Farms, Westcott Bay Seafood, Bakery San Juan, Quail Croft [...]

San Juan Island Distillery Features Two Gins

San Juan Island Distillery now makes two great gins. They were running out of their cider to distill, so had to develop one based on neutral grain spirits. It’s the same botanicals, and equally (if not more) delicious. We still have their original Spy Hop Gin at the restaurant. Even though distillery owner Suzy Pingree [...]