Excursion
The excursion will take place in two parts – first a lunch on campus, and then we will bus folks to and from the first location.
- First up: A trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Canada’s largest (over 2400 acres) garden and nature sanctuary. RBG has multiple gardens and properties to explore – including the Rock Garden and Hendrie Park and the Rose Garden – which include beautiful blooms of all varieties, cafés, restaurants, and water features. RBG is a beautiful, peaceful retreat to appreciate nature and our relationship to it.
- Second: A tour and tasting at Collective Arts, a Hamilton institution that firmly believes in “Drinking Creatively.” Collective Arts is a brewery that makes beer, cider, cocktails, spirits, and energy / wellness drinks. They also host a beer garden in the summer. At this excursion, you will get a tour behind the scenes to see where the magic happens and will get to try some of their creations – a great combination of education and entertainment.
Restaurants & Cafés
VEGAN
Democracy*
Apothecary Kitchen
Rise Up Vegan Pizzeria
COMFORT:
MaiPai
BARDO
The Burnt Tongue
Electric Diner
The Mule
Sagarmatha Curry Palace
India Village
Bangkok Spoon
Pintoh
MORE FORMAL:
Berkeley North
Undefined
The French
Aberdeen Tavern
CAFÉS:
Mulberry Coffeehouse
Relay
Café Oranje
Saint James Espresso Bar
Tim Horton’s (the first storefront of this enormously famous Canadian chain)
Points of interest
If you’ve got some extra time while in Hamilton, here are some interesting things you might wish to check out:
Shopping: Locke Street (also lots of restaurants here)
Dundurn Castle
Waterfalls (Nature hike)
Royal Botanical Gardens
Art Gallery of Hamilton