'Exquisite attention to detail’. This attitude is reflected in everything you experience at VERSES. From the warm toned wood in the architectural details, old and new, inviting you in, to the colours chosen for the interior palette – subtle & daring – soft, serene, sky blue with bold stripes of a red suited for royalty. No matter where you choose to dine the vantage point is unique and stunning, full of
visual surprises and gorgeous layerings of simple, humble yet elegant materials and objects – the roundness of a tulip petal echoed in the curve of the stools gathered around the bar; light pouring through the jewel coloured stained glass windows that salute each other at either end of the sanctuary bounces off the multitude of glassware placed with reverence on each table.



Debbie McFadden and Brett Shantz, former owner and operators of ‘Select Service Catering’ spent a year looking for the perfect place to open a fine dining establishment in Kitchener. Now, their acquistion of the former New Apostolic Church on Victoria Street North seems preordained.

What at first glance might seem an odd choice – conversion of a church to a restaurant – begins to make perfect sense once you walk into VERSES vestibule. At one time a congregation came to fellowship, breaking bread together with a communion of spirit. With the exception of the addition of tables in place of pews not much has changed. VERSES encourages its guests to stay and linger with their dining companions, the food and the ambience the inspiration for conversation and sharing with each other.