At the new Ombré Restaurant in Tofino, the vibe is sunny Mediterranean, but that doesn’t mean the team doesn’t know how to deal with rainy days. After all, this charming village on Vancouver Island’s west coast sees over 300 centimetres of rain each year even without an atmospheric river.

When the fog rolls in and the rain is falling in torrents, it’s tempting to dream of sun-soaked destinations like Marseille, Santorini, Marrakesh or Tangier—which just happen to be the names of the original cocktails on assistant GM Jonathan Carlile’s wanderlust-y list.

Mediterranean flavours shine here: spices like sumac, bay leaves or mint; spirits washed with olive oil or infused with walnuts; regional ingredients like dates, honey and Turkish tobacco. They pair beautifully with chef David Provençal’s tapas-meets-mezze style of share plates, the lentil hummus, for instance, or the focaccia with wild mushrooms, marinated calamari with white beans or the tender pastas made in house.

And for those days you want to keep the summer mood going but warmed up just a little bit for fall’s cooler, stormier days, there’s this refreshing sipper named for the five fishing villages on Italy’s Ligurian coast. Salute!