Restaurateur Peter Contos Opens Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill in West Kelowna

Kelowna’s Westside has been rather limited when it comes to dining choices, but that has changed as The Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill just opened on Main Street. The Lost Horn offers a fast-casual approach to dining, focusing on quality, local ingredients wherever possible. Kelowna is a mecca for fresh fruit, produce and vegetables and has become known for artisanal products, offering everything from specialty meats to honey and cheese, and the restaurant is working alongside local farmers to bring your seasonal items at their freshest.

The restaurant’s owner and operator, Peter Contos, is no stranger to the restaurant business. Growing up his father’s restaurant in Edmonton, Peter loved the way people interacted over food, sharing stories while breaking bread. By age twenty-five he owned his first restaurant in Banff, and he eventually moved west to Vancouver to open the well-awarded Ouzeri on West Broadway. The Ouzeri was always bustling, full of regulars, and Peter was always at the center of the room ensuring all were well looked after. My friend Tess that you see so often in our social media worked there, it’s where I met her, and I used to work for Peter across the street, at a restaurant called Magiaria, on Broadway where Olympia Pizza resides now.

Peter Contos moved to Kelowna’s west side to pursue an education in wine and shortly thereafter saw the opportunity to bring a true community-focused restaurant to the area. He’s built a menu with filled with health-conscious quality ingredients with a Mediterranean flare. You’ll find grilled lamb chops, fresh artisan breads, baguette & panini sandwiches, oups, Charcuterie, Nicoise salad, duck confit poutine, traditional Greek gyros, spanakopita, and souvlaki, falafel, empanadas, artisan pizzas & pastas and with plenty of quick meals takeout when time is tight. The menu is customizable, if you want your sandwich, souvlaki, or lamb chops with pomme frites, roasted potatoes, soup or salad, the choice is yours.

The Lost Horn can cater outside the restaurant as well, they’ve got a large outdoor grill & rotisserie for lamb or pig roast for up to 100 people, and a small private room should you wish to host a special evening. Winemakers dinners and collaborations with other artisans, chefs and producers in the area will be frequent, this will be a true neighbourhood place, reflecting local community values.

The Lost Horn Suppliers

True Grain Breads
Okanagan Grocery
Terroir Cheese
Carmelis Goat Cheese
Black Sheep Vegan Cheese
Basswood Honey
Paynters Market
Illichmann’s

THE LOST HORN MENU

SOUP
MEDITERRANEAN FLAVOUR OF THE DAY 9

APPETIZERS
WARM OLIVES 8
MIXED CURED IN HOUSE OLIVE CITRUS CINNAMON

KEFTAS 14
OLIVE PESTO SEARED LEMON

MELIZANO 10
EGGPLANTS FRESH HERBS PITA

ZUCCHINI CROQUETTES 12
GRATED ZUCCHINI FRESH HERBS TZATZIKI

CHARCUTERIE BOARD 25
CHEESES CURED MEAT LOCAL SEASONAL MEDITERRANEAN ACCOMPANIMENTS
PITA ZATHAR

GRILLED QUAIL 16
MOROCCAN CITRUS TABOULEH OLIVES TZATZIKI

CALAMARI 14
GLUTEN FREE FRIED GREEK SPICES TZATZIKI GRILLED LEMON

FRIES 7
HOUSE MADE KENNEBEC SPICES FETA RED ONIONS LEMON EVOO

MEDITERRANEAN POTATOES 7
ROASTED CREAMERS HERBS EVOO

DUCK POUTINE 14
DUCK CONFIT GRILLED HALOUMI CHEESE EGG RAS AL HANOUT

VEGAN POUTINE 13
KENNEBEC FRIES VEGAN CHEESE GRAVY

SALADS

TABOULEH 9
BULGUR PARSLEY MINT TOMATOES LEMON OIL

LOST HORN CAESAR 12
GRILLED ROMAINE ROASTED CHICKPEAS GRILLED LEMON YOGURT GRATED MIZITHRA
CRUMBLED LOUKANIKO ROASTED TOMATOES

AEGEAN SALAD 10
ARUGULA TOMATOES CUCUMBER RED ONIONS BELL PEPPER DILL
OREGANO FETA EVOO OLIVES

WRAPS & GYROS
WITH SALAD & POMMES FRITES

FALAFEL 15
FALAFEL HARISSA MAYO CUCUMBER LETTUCE TOMATOES RED ONIONS

LAMB 17
ROASTED LAMB TZATZIKI MAYO CUCUMBER LETTUCE TOMATOES RED ONIONS

GYRO 16
PORK OR CHICKEN
HERITAGE PORK OR ROSEDOWN CHICKEN TZATZIKI PITA

MAIN

DUCK CONFIT 21
COUSCOUS CRANBERRY WALNUT CONFIT LEMON FRESH HERBS

LAMB T-BONE 26
MARINATED GRILLED LEMON ORZO VEGETABLE

LAMB SHANK 23
RED WINE GREEK INSPIRED DEMI-GLACE ORZO VEGETABLE

CHICKEN 21
THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHT BRINE NUTMEG CINNAMON POMEGRANATE GLAZE
COUSCOUS

MERGUEZ 19
GRILLED LAMB SAUSAGE FRIES SALAD HARISSA

PASTA CREATION M/P
OUR DAILY PASTA INSPIRED BY THE OLD WORLD

KEBAB 18
PORK OR CHICKEN
MEDITERRANEAN POTATOES SALAD PITA TZATZIKI

SHORT RIBS BERBERE 28
BONELESS SHORT RIBS FRENCH SHALLOTS RED WINE ALL SPICE

NICOISE 26
SEARED RARE TUNA POTATOES BEANS ARTICHOKE HEART GRILLED PEPPERS BEANS
GARLIC SEASONAL TOMATOES DIJON DRESSING

PRAWNS MUSSELS CLAMS 28
TOMATO FETA OREGANO LEMON ORZO

DESSERTS

RUSTIC TIRAMISU 10

FLAN 8
SWEET SPOON FRUIT ORANGE FLOWER WATER

DECONSTRUCTED BAKLAVA 8
LOCAL HONEY WALNUTS PISTACHIO GELATO
ADD ZAMBUCA 3