Frog City Cafe, Linden Gardens

315 Linden Ave · Kaleden, B.C.

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Open
Wednesday – Sunday
The garden
Six and a half acres
The patio
Dog-friendly
Find us
315 Linden Ave, Kaleden

Long live live music

Every bulb is
a night in the garden.

Seventeen nights on the garden patio and under the tent, from August right through to December. Come early for Dough Bros flatbreads, and reserve if you're eating. Pick a light to see who's playing.

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Dough Bros fire Neapolitan flatbreads beside the stage before the music starts.

See every show and event →

Have a look around

Six and a half acres —
and a room to come inside to.

Private events & catering

Close the gate.
The garden is yours.

Two ways in. Book a catered buffet dinner for forty to a hundred and the room comes with it — or rent the space on its own and add platters or small bites on top. Everything comes out of our own kitchen.

Looking for live music? Those are ticketed public nights and a different thing entirely — the season is up here.

  • Staff dinners
  • Holiday parties
  • Celebrations of life
  • Fundraisers
  • AGMs
  • Speaker & gallery nights

The facility rental

$1,000

Already inside the catered dinner prices — that's why those are quoted per person. Charged on its own if you're renting the space and adding platters or small bites.

  • Exclusive use of the facility
  • The speaker system
  • Microphones — as many as you need
  • The projector, so you have sound and display
  • Every table and chair set up beforehand and taken down after
  • All the linens laundered afterwards

Route one

A catered dinner

Rental included

Buffet style, forty to a hundred guests, everything cooked here. The $1,000 rental is already inside the per-person price — one number covers the room and the meal. Three tiers on the same table; the food gets better as you climb.

1

Basic

$47/person

The entry point for a proper seated dinner, and the right call when the group eats much the same way.

Three salads, two sides, one entrée and house-baked bread.

2

Standard

$55/person

Our most-booked tier. A table of forty won't all want the same plate.

Everything in Basic plus a second entrée, so every guest has a real choice.

3

Banquet

market price

Milestones, anniversaries and the evenings you want people to remember.

Everything in Basic plus a premium entrée — butcher's roasted ribeye with bordelaise and horseradish, or wild-caught roasted salmon with lemon dill cream. Priced at market value on the day you book.

Add a dessert course to any tier — $10 a person, coffee and tea included.

Route two

Just the space

$1,000

The room, the sound, the projector and the set-up on their own — right for celebrations of life, meetings and gatherings where you mostly need somewhere good to be. No guest minimum. Then add as much or as little food as you want, on top of the rental.

Event Platters

from $50/platter

On top of the $1,000 rental

Open houses, receptions, AGMs and gentle gatherings.

Veggie, fruit and sandwich platters, dessert trays, and water, iced tea, lemonade or coffee stations. Order only what the room needs.

Small Bites

$25/person

On top of the $1,000 rental

Speaker nights, gallery openings and evenings that begin with a drink in hand.

Choose any five from the crostini, skewers, sliders and tarts. Canapés rather than a sit-down meal — nobody needs a knife and fork.

Start here

Tell us what you're planning.

Catered dinners
40 guests minimum, 100 maximum
Service
Buffet style
Space only
No guest minimum
Facility rental
$1,000 — inside the dinner prices
Pricing
Before GST and gratuities

What's on the table

Salads choose three
  • Greek Salad
  • Broccoli Salad V/GF
  • Classic Caesar Salad
  • Frog City Salad Mixed greens in honey-Dijon vinaigrette, soft goat's cheese, fresh fruit.
  • Spinach Salad V/GF Peppers, celery, red onion and local apples or pears, house vinaigrette.
  • Asian Kale Noodle Salad Ginger peanut dressing.
  • Tomato Bocconcini Basil vinaigrette.
Side dishes choose two
  • Seasonal Grilled Vegetables V/GF
  • Roasted Nugget Potatoes V/GF
  • Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
  • Wild Rice Pilaf V/GF
  • Black Bean, Corn and Avocado Succotash V/GF
  • Garlic Roasted Broccoli V/GF
  • Lemon Parmesan Roasted Asparagus or Green Beans Seasonal availability.
Entrées standard & premium
  • Roasted Pork Loin Hunter's sauce.
  • Free Range Brick Roasted Lemon Herb Chicken GF
  • Baked Vegetarian Pesto Lasagna
  • Lentil Ragù with Courgetti V/GF
  • Butcher's Roasted Ribeye Banquet Bordelaise and horseradish.
  • Wild Caught Roasted Salmon Banquet Lemon dill cream sauce.
Small bites choose five · $25pp
  • Crostini — Mushroom & Garlic Herb garlic mushroom, lemon aioli, truffle oil.
  • Crostini — Bruschetta Vegetarian, or add bacon.
  • Crostini — Jalapeño & Goat's Cheese Jalapeño jam, soft goat's cheese, a slice of pineapple.
  • Skewer — Grissini & Prosciutto Thin salted bread sticks wrapped in prosciutto.
  • Skewer — Sesame Soy Chicken Grilled chicken in a soy sesame marinade.
  • Skewer — Tortellini Cherry tomatoes and bocconcini, balsamic reduction.
  • Slider — Pulled Pork with Slaw
  • Tart — Mushroom Brie
Platters & stations no guest minimum
  • Garden Veggie Platter $50 Ranch and honey-Dijon dipping dressings. Serves 10–15.
  • Fruit Platter $50 Mixed sliced fruit. Serves 10–15. V/GF
  • Sandwich Platter $60 Serves 5–10. Black forest ham, turkey, tomato and Swiss, or chickpea salad (V). Gluten-free bread available.
  • Baked Dessert Bites Tray $50 Serves 20–25.
  • Gluten-free Dessert Bites Tray Special order.
  • Water Station $30 Serves 50.
  • Iced Tea or Lemonade Station $40 Per 10 litres.
  • Coffee and Tea Station $1.25 Per cup.
The bar licensed premises
  • Wine by the glass, red or white
  • Bottles from local wineries
  • Beer, local and macrobrewery Can or bottle.
  • Bailey's and coffee
  • Caesars
  • Mimosas

Current bar prices come with your quote. Run an open bar and we'll track it and add it to your final bill, or let guests pay as they go. We're licensed, so no alcohol may be brought onto or taken off the property without a special event permit agreed with us in advance.

Private Event Agreement

This is the agreement we work from. Once a date is held we'll send you a copy to sign, filled in with your details.

Your event

  • On-site contact — Lalita or David will be here on the day.
  • Guest count — a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 100 for catered dinners. Renting the space on its own carries no minimum.
  • Menu selection — chosen from the current event catering menus.
  • Dietary needs — tell us the number of guests with allergies or restrictions and what they are, well ahead of the day.

Facility rental — $1,000

Covers exclusive use of the facility, the speaker system, microphones, the projector for sound and display, setting up and taking down every table and chair, and laundering all the linens afterwards.

It is already inside the per-person price of the three catered dinner tiers. If you're renting the space on its own, it's charged as $1,000 and any platters or small bites are added on top.

Deposit and payment

  • A security deposit of half the estimated food bill is due 21 days before the event to hold your date. It comes off the final total.
  • The balance is due at the close of the event. We take cash, debit, credit, and e-transfer to frogcitycafeowners@gmail.com.
  • We can't split cheques.

Cancellation

  • Cancel between 21 and 8 days before — half the deposit is refunded.
  • Cancel within 7 days — the deposit is not refunded.

Bar and alcohol

  • Run an open bar and we'll track it and add it to your final bill, or let guests pay as they go. You can also skip the bar entirely.
  • Wine by the glass and bottles from local wineries, local and macrobrewery beer, Bailey's and coffee, Caesars and mimosas. Current prices come with your quote.
  • We're licensed, so by law no alcohol may be brought onto or taken off the property without a special event permit obtained by you and agreed with us in advance.
  • Our staff may refuse service to anyone underage or who appears unable to tolerate more.

Food

  • All food is supplied and prepared by Frog City Cafe as contracted. Nothing may be brought in or taken away without our written approval first.
  • Cake from an outside licensed commercial bakery is welcome — there's a $2 per person cutting fee.

Parking

There's a large lot, plus marked spots along the driveway and room on Linden Avenue. Please don't block the neighbours' driveways.

All pricing is before GST and gratuities.

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Getting married?

Weddings aren't booked through the cafe — they're handled by the gardens themselves, next door and under the same trees.

Weddings at Linden Gardens →

Linden Gardens

The patio sits in the
middle of the garden.

Six and a half acres of ponds, linden trees, hydrangeas and shade, wrapped the whole way around where you're sitting. Wander before lunch, or take the long way back to the car afterwards.

Day pass$10
Season — individual$35
Season — family$50

Ask your server to add a pass to your bill.

Tables set under the tree canopy in the garden

Come find us

315 Linden Ave,
Kaleden.

Summer
Wednesday – Sunday, 9am – 4pm
Breakfast
Burritos, 9:30 – 10:30am
Lunch
11am – 3pm
Show nights
Ticketed through the season. Come early for flatbreads, and reserve for garden patio shows.
Email
frogcitycafeowners@gmail.com
Instagram
@frogcitycafe
Dog-friendly patio, for friendly dogs
Frog City CafeLinden Gardens · Kaleden BC · Est 2007

A safe, inclusive and welcoming place for artists, staff and patrons. Our venue does not tolerate hate in any form.

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