The week at The Cow and Sow keeps a schedule a Fenelon Falls regular can recite without looking: burgers on Monday, ninety-nine-cent wings on Tuesday, ribs on Wednesday, two-for pizza on Thursday, and a Friday fish fry that runs all day. That rhythm is the clearest read on what the place is — a downtown saloon and eatery built for the way a small town actually eats out, a few steps from the falls that give the town its name. Dickon Robinson opened it in 1996, and the menu still carries his first name on a plate. It is where locals, cottagers, and boaters tying up for the night all end up.
The menu reads like a pub that never decided to specialize, which is its own kind of decision. Poutine alone fills a column — classic, the CBR, the Mr. Pickle, a spicy buffalo, a chili build — under a fries section the kitchen calls the Spudpatch. Around it sit the Cow & Sow Burger, the house pizza and its calzone cousins (listed, inevitably, as cow-zones), wings dusted or sauced, and a Reuben that holds its own against the flashier orders. The Greek streak is real and not decorative: a proper Greek salad, and Dickon's Chicken Souvlaki, the founder's plate, grilled chicken on the same logic. The kitchen keeps a sense of humour about dessert, too — a deep-fried Mars bar, deep-fried pickles, and bacon butter tarts that read as pure Kawartha.
Dickon’s Chicken Souvlaki is more than another chicken plate. It keeps founder Dickon Robinson's name on the menu and gives diners a direct way to order into the restaurant's local history without turning the meal into nostalgia.
The Cow and Sow is strongest when the meal is allowed to become a hangout. Wings, pizza, poutine, burgers, and happy hour fit the downstairs saloon, while the Loft adds pinball, pool, arcade games, and a private-event option above it.
The specials are recurring, source-backed offers: happy hour, burgers, wings, ribs, pizza, and Friday fish. That makes them useful for planning a visit instead of promotional clutter that should stay off the listing.
Wings, burgers, poutine, pizza, wraps, pasta, and Greek-leaning signatures make this a straightforward comfort-food pick for mixed groups.
The upstairs Loft gives the visit a real activity layer: pinball, arcade games, pool, minibar service, and private-event use above the saloon.
A better fit for a casual night out than a quiet dinner: happy hour, wings, pizza, pub plates, and the option to turn the meal into games upstairs.
The value angle is practical rather than gimmicky: weekday happy hour plus recurring burger, wing, rib, pizza, and fish specials give diners clear ways to time a visit.
Groups can order simply here: wings, pizza, poutine, burgers, and wraps, with the upstairs Loft available when the plan needs games or a private room.
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