The Float - charcoal burgers, fries & ice-cream floats at Shawnigan Lake. Lakeside delivery, opening Summer 2026.
Shawnigan Lake
Burgers · Fries · Rings & Floats
A sprinkle of yesterday, todaY.
No Fúss, all the Müss.
Menu - charcoal burgers, fries, ice-cream floats & the Beach Box
The FloaT
Charcoal grilled & trilled, Shawnigan
Always fresh, locally sourced, till we run out
Mines $12
BC ground chuck, cheese, double smoked bacon, greens & andalousê.
Mushroom-lentil patty, mango chimichurri & em'press.
Snappy frank in a roll, Carnival Island chilli & müss.
Cedar-seared salmon cake, capers, panko & em'press.
Sides $5
Kennebec spuds, hand-cut by a teenager, twice-fried golden.
Frites, yorkie gravy & squeaky raclette cheese curds.
Walla onions, buttermilk-brined & tempura-crisp, with Kat'sup.
Sometimes we have fresh lake fish, or local s'mores kits. Watch.
Dippies
garlic aïoli & onion relish
tarragon, chive, lime & avocado
fire-smoked tomatoes
mustard, horseradish & honey
spicy sabzu & poblano
Float On $5
Big vanilla ice-cream scoop, Italian soda.
blood orange
lemon
espresso shot
birch beer
Beach Bach
Feeds 4–5We pack it up, you pack it in and begin.
- Burgs, dogs ×4
- 2 baskets - fries or rings
- 4 Floats - Italian ice-cream sodas
Each float crowned with house whipped cream.
Buns — potato, brioche, or lettuce wrap.
We run out of things - because we source as local as we can. Cowichan Valley beef, dairy & buns, local pork dogs, and Pacific salmon. When we're out, we're out - 86'd.
Fun fact: life is too short to eat your feelings when the food won't step up. Also root-beer floats were big in the late 1900s.
come on down
Where, When, How?
Opening Summer 2026 on Shawnigan Lake - feet-in-the-sand burgers all summer long. The exact spot's coming soon.
Where
Shawnigan Lake, BC
Cowichan Valley · Vancouver Island
30 minutes north of Victoria, in the Cowichan Valley. The rest is a secret
Lake Runner
Weather Permitted
Batched drops: 1:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:00 PM
Hours
Seasonal - open May through September. Weather days happen on the lake; we post when we close early.
Hey, remember when you told me “Not all who wander are lost”. Erm, you forgot to pick me up at YYJ, unless that was the point.
Anyway, I made it. The sun's out, food is real. There's a Burgermeister here with a boat. Free spirit. Although he said we can catch halibut in fresh water.
To Anthony
General Delivery
Victoria, BC · V8W 1L4
Or Organ Trail
From Ezekiel
“Concerned Citizen”
The Float, Shawnigan Lake
