Wild Poppy Market

Formerly Wild Poppy Bistro, the newly re-opened Wild Poppy Market offers thoughtfully delicious grab & go meals, drinks, local brands and absolutely spectacular gluten-free baking! Learn more about Wild Poppy Market …

Find Wild Poppy Market just one quick block off  Trans Canada Highway 1 in Ladysmith – turn left at the Buller Street lights, then right on 1st Avenue.  Click here for map.

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• Online Ordering Now Available!
• COVID Considerations
• Open Tuesday – Saturday 9am to 4pm.
• NOTE: CLOSED SUN-MON & Stat Holidays

Baked Goods Menu – offerings change by day but can include muffins, scones, cinnamon rolls, cookies, pies, cheesecake and cream puffs.

• Gluten-free baking is created from documented to be gluten-free ingredients, in a dedicated space by personal dedicated to the task and then baked in dedicated gluten-free ovens. All utensils are dedicated and labelled gluten free. 

• Gluten-free baking is displayed and served from within a dedicated area at the front end. 

• Wheat donuts are prepared OFF SITE (never at Wild Poppy Market) then topped in a designated area away from the regular preparation flow, from ingredients used only for those purposes. Wheat donuts displayed in a cabinet and served from a designated area, away from the flow of the front end.

• A Note about Oats – pure oats are used in gluten-free “Date Squares’ and in ‘Overnight Oats.’ Oat flour is not used at Wild Poppy Market

Market Menu – offerings change by day but can include soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, panini, English muffins and bowls.

• Gluten-free menu items are carefully prepared on site, then wrapped or sealed, carefully displayed and identified as gluten-free (red stickers.)

• Wheat menu items are baked off site, carefully prepared on site using strict no cross-contact protocol.  Typically sandwiches, wraps, panini, English muffins are then wrapped or sealed, carefully displayed and identified as vegan (green stickers) and / or containing wheat (blue stickers.)

Market Shopping – Wild Poppy is pleased to partner with ‘passionate people creating fabulous things’ from the Island and across Canada.

Enjoy  your favourite gluten-free brands but note,  some items do contain gluten in an effort to meet the needs of all  customers.

Read ingredient labels carefully.

View the slider above to behold the breadth of available brands!

Meet the Chef
Kate Cram is a married mother of 3 boys. She grew up on Vancouver Island, moving to New York after high school to attend The Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park.

Upon graduating with an associate degree in Culinary Arts, she returned to the island to pursue a career in fine dining.

In August of 1999 she and her family, opened her first restaurant, The Sunflower Café.

In 2003, she opened Old Town Bakery in Ladysmith. The Old Town Bakery became very successful and is widely known for its cinnamon buns.

Happily, immersed in baking. Kate became a Red Seal Baker in 2008. In 2013, after experiencing many health challenges, Kate and her husband Geoff, opened Wild Poppy Bistro, a restaurant specializing in thoughtfully sourced and prepared foods with an emphasis on gluten free and vegan options.

In 2018, Kate became a Registered Holistic Nutritionist which aided in menu development and helped her to understand that food itself is natures best medicine.

Contact Kate at [email protected]

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