Worth A Stop

The Cola Diner and Soda Museum

6060 Island Highway, Qualicum Bay, BC

If we heard it once, we heard it ten times, ‘you have to stop at the Coca-Cola place!” The wonderful little restaurant’s real name is the Cola Diner and Tim says the hamburgers are worth a ferry ride to Vancouver Island. Joe and Petra Friede call their diner a Cola Emporium, an entire early 1900’s drug store soda fountain. As soon as we spotted the diner, we were mesmerized by red and white Coca Cola soft drink signs emblazoned on every conceivable surface. A riot of colour and wonderful hospitality, the Cola Diner is a fun place to stop. Just north of Qualicum Beach on Highway 19A, look for the vintage automobiles parked outside.