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Bessie North House

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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!

Reservations open on the 1st of each month at noon AST for the following month.

07/23/2025

Corn season is upon us. Thanks to for growing the best corn around 🌽❤️

07/22/2025

David decided he was going to learn how to make chocolates this past winter and it has been a resounding success!! This data comes from me trying a lot of chocolates and our guests feed back 😉😉
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These are dark chocolate outside with strawberry gel and strawberry ganache on the inside. So tasty 🤤
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05/30/2025

Asparagus, nori, ramp

04/30/2025

We have had lots of new people join us in this space so it felt like time to do another introduction post. So, this is us, Susan and David! We are the owner operators of Bessie North House. One of David’s famous line is ‘I cook and Susan does everything else’ We are a two person team that run an intimate 12 seat restaurant in our 140 year old farmhouse located in Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Susan has spent her career in the hospitality industry and David’s first career was in engineering then 12 years ago he made a move and went to Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa to become a chef.
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We wanted to build a space where you feel welcome and comfortable and the food was super tasty. It took us almost 3 years to find this house but when we did we knew this was the place.
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We welcomed our first guests in 2018 and haven’t looked back. We are starting our 8th season and are excited for you to join us!
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Bessie North House is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, one seating at 6pm and a reservation is required.
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To make your reservation head over to our website and book your table! We look forward to welcoming you 🌿

02/18/2025

A beautiful reminder that Spring will be here soon!
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This season we will be open May to November, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, one seating at 6pm.
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Reservations for May will be available on our website on April 1
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Looking forward to seeing you soon!

01/25/2025

Last week Dave was invited to NSCC Kingstec to talk to the pastry and culinary students about how he develops and plates our desserts here at Bessie North House. He plated a carrot dessert and a chocolate with beet dessert. What a great group of students! Lots of great questions!

A big Thank You to the instructors at Kingstec for the invite and to the students for an engaging morning.

12/25/2024

Well here we are, another year gone by and what a year it was!!

There are so many people we want to thank and our farmers and suppliers are at the top of our list. Without them David would have nothing to cook and I would have nothing to talk to you all about! So, thank you to everyone who grows and sources our food, we appreciate you all so much.

Now I want to thank you!!! Thank you for supporting us whether it was coming to see us, sending supportive notes and emails or purchasing a gift card. We couldn’t continue to do what we love to do without you. This past season we saw lots of old friends and new and can’t wait to see you all again next season.

So let’s wrap this up……Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and a beautiful winter. Now get back to Charlie Brown Christmas and mimosas!!

All of the love,
Susan, David, Henry, Bessie and Boots ❤️❤️

12/01/2024

December 1, first snow fall, beautiful 🤩

11/23/2024

Cod and kale mosaic

11/18/2024

Gift cards are available for purchase on our website. Follow the link in our bio 🎁

11/16/2024

Cabbage, kale, broccoli, daikon terrine. Sautéed broccoli, pickled daikon, lemon ginger/cilantro oil sauce, topped with crispy ginger and broccoli shoots.

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Canning, NS

Opening Hours

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

Website

http://www.bessienorthhouse.com/

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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.

Vegetarian options are available with advance notice.

We have a Bring Your Own Wine policy, limit one bottle of wine per person.

Dinner start promptly at 6:00 pm. Your evening with us is approximatly 3 hours. As all guests are served at the same time, we ask that you please arrive 5-10 minutes early for your reservation.

To book a reservation, email us at [email protected]

Hours of Operation

April -- Friday & Saturday evenings

May - September -- Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings

October -December -- Friday & Saturday evenings

How to find us

Location - Bessie North House 23 Bessie North Road, Canning, Nova Scotia B0P 1H0

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A little about us…….

Susan Meldrum Smart

Susan is the General Manager, runs the front of house and is co-owner of the Bessie North House. She brings a combined 25 years of hospitality experience to the business. Looking to add to her hospitality experience, she returned to school where she received the Diploma in Wine Business Management at the Niagara College before returning home to Nova Scotia where she managed the retail operations at Avondale Sky Winery for 3 years.

David Smart

David is Chef and co-owner of the Bessie North House. He spent most of his career as an engineer, all the while indulging his love of cooking for friends. At the encouragement of others, he enrolled at the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Ottawa. David’s style of cooking in rooted in classic French cuisine. At the heart of it all, it’s about taking something beautiful that mother nature has created and expressing it as its best self on a plate.