SoBo famously started as a food truck back in 2003 and moved to its current location at 311 Neill St. in 2007. The place is bright, airy, and clearly popular amongst the locals.

Sobo restaurant chef Lisa Ahier has a new cookbook offering recipes and stories from Tofino’s beloved ‘sophisticated bohemian’ restaurant.

Awesome fish and chips and a very chic new tapas bar upstairs (don't miss the desserts). SoBo: Tofino Botanical Gardens, 1084 Pacific Rim Hwy.; 250-725-2341.

Owners Eric Murdoch and David Provencal. (Provided) Nestled snugly in the former SoBo spot at 311 Neill Street (that bid adieu last summer), Ombré is here to keep that tradition alive as Tofino’s ...

Ready to expand on that success, a top talent from Wolf in the Fog is preparing for the opening of Ombré, a new restaurant set to open in Tofino this summer in the former SoBo location.

Meals, sans drinks or dessert, can often be pulled off for $15. Sobo is West Coast cuisine at its finest – think spicy salmon chowder and salads loaded with grated beets and carrots.

Random House/Appetite, $29.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-449-01585-8 In this freshman cookbook from the food-truck "SoBo" turned restaurant, bold flavors from the Pacific Northwest take prominence.

Cookbook review ‘The SoBo Cookbook: Recipes from the Tofino Restaurant at the end of the Canadian Road’ by Lisa Ahier with Andrew Morrison (Appetite by Random House, $29.95) ...

Where to eat: SOBO, 250-725-2341, sobo.ca. Enjoy the home-cooked flavors of cream of roasted chanterelle mushroom soup, cornbread, tacos and burritos.