Charitable Food Initiatives
The non-profit SIRCH Bistro & Bakery offers affordable nutritious breakfasts and lunches, as well as fresh baked breads and treats in Haliburton Village. Local produce is used whenever possible.
Some innovative partnerships have evolved. For example, our Artisan Baker picks up spent grain used in the brewing process from Haliburton Brewery, and makes it into delicious sourdough bread. The brewery then purchases the bread to use on their charcuterie boards.
The Bistro hosts various events and can be booked for meetings and events. In one end of the Bistro, we have a mini-Thrift Warehouse, to show customers the great variety and quality of goods that we have in the much larger store in Industrial Park.
The Bistro has two programs that address food insecurity, and isolation: Community Kitchen, and Lunch Is On Us. 705-457-1700
Need Food Support?
A new shared website—created by local food banks across Haliburton County—makes it easier to find food support when you need it. Whether you’re looking for the closest location or more information about available services, www.FoodBanksHaliburtonCounty.ca is a helpful resource for individuals and families. If you or someone you know needs food, visit the site to learn more.
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Community Kitchen
Community Kitchen brings volunteers together at the Bistro on Mondays when it is closed to the public. Volunteers gather, and together with the chef they prepare thousands of nutritious meals annually. The meals are frozen and then distributed through health, community service and non-profit housing organizations in Haliburton County and North Hastings. (Prepared meals are essential for those with lack of cooking skills, food insecurity, challenges with mental health, addictions, or illness, as well as those who are homeless, frail or elderly.
Generous farmers, gardeners and growers as well as food banks and grocers donate significant amounts of produce to help the program. Community Kitchen is funded entirely through donations and fundraising.
Once a week from November to March SIRCH offers Lunch Is On Us, a full meal at no charge at the Bistro. Everyone is welcome -- it’s our way of saying thanks to a generous community. It also offers a way for food insecure community members to eat out, and for anyone feeling isolated or alone to join in the fun and meet other people. People love that local musicians will often donate a couple of hours of their time to play during lunch. Lasting friendships have been made at Lunch Is On Us.
Applesauce Project
The Applesauce Project is an annual event where property owners will pick wild apples on their property and bring them in to the
Bistro. Then Community Kitchen volunteers converge for a special day where apples are cooked, sieved and made into servings of applesauce or apple crisps. Those are handed out free to recipients of our Community Kitchen meals, who can use more fruit in their diets.
SIRCH Bistro & Bakery
49 Maple Avenue
Haliburton, Ontario
K0M 1S0
[email protected]
(705) 457-1700
Tuesday - Friday: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (BAKERY ONLY - Open until sold out)
Sunday - Monday: CLOSED
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧!
This year’s Rally for Rhubarb brought in an incredible 253.5 pounds of donated rhubarb... our most successful collection yet!
That rhubarb will now be processed, frozen, and used by our 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 to help prepare nourishing fruit servings and desserts for people across Haliburton County.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 to everyone who donated, shared, encouraged, and helped make this happen. A few stalks from a backyard garden may seem simple, but together, they become something powerful.
This is the ripple effect in action.
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𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐩’𝐬 𝐨𝐧, 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧.
This week, Denise is filling the soup pot with cozy, homemade favourites... the kind that make lunch feel a little slower, warmer, and better.
This week’s soup lineup:
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: Chicken Minestrone
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: Cream of Broccoli
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲: Hamburger Stroganoff
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲: Potato Leek
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲: Cheesy Potato & Peameal
Come in for a bowl, bring a friend, or grab some from the freezer to take home for later.
Good soup. Good company. Good doing.
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𝐀 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐟é 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐅𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐃 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞!
Repair Café is back in Haliburton on 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟒, 𝟗 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟏 𝐩𝐦
at SIRCH Bistro & Bakery, 49 Maple Ave.
This month’s highlights include:
🎣 Fishing Workshop with David Dengis - presentation at 11 am
🎸 String Instrument Maintenance with Bill Candy
🚲 Bike Tune-Up Clinic with Dave from Algonquin Outfitters
Bring in your broken household items, learn something new, and help keep usable goods out of the landfill.
Repair Café is free, friendly, and all about community.
Interested in becoming a volunteer fixer? We’d love to welcome more handy community members to the Repair Café team. Reach out to SIRCH to learn more!
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𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧? 𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭!
Our 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛 continues today and Friday from 10 am to 2 pm at SIRCH Bistro & Bakery.
Your donated garden rhubarb will be transformed into nourishing desserts for our 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦...a simple, sweet way to care for our community.
Thank you for helping us make good food go further.
#RallyForRhubarb #SIRCHBistroBakery #SIRCHCommunityServices #CommunityKitchen #HaliburtonCounty #GardenGiving #DonateRhubarb #FoodSecurity #NeighboursHelpingNeighbours #RootedInCommunity ... See MoreSee Less
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