Celebrating Thirty Years in Whistler
August 26, 2026
Thirty years this November
Mongolie Grill opened in Whistler Village in 1996 and has been independently owned and operated ever since, which, in a resort town, is rarer than it sounds. This November we celebrate thirty years.
The bowl that started it
You still build your own bowl, it is still weighed before it is cooked and it is still cooked in front of you on our signature cast-iron grill. Around it, a lot has changed in thirty years, and much of it is in places you cannot see from a table.
What changed is behind the scenes
We were early to the community's compost programme. Plastic, tin, paper and glass go to the local depot. The linens and takeout containers were swapped for biodegradable ones, the paper towel dispensers came out in favour of hand dryers and the plastic straws went for compostable.
“None of it is remarkable on its own. It is thirty years of small decisions adding up”
The community part
We support the Whistler Community Services Foodbank and a handful of other local organisations, and we have for a long time. That is the part of being here three decades that we are most attached to.
“A Whistler restaurant, rather than a restaurant that happens to be in Whistler”
Thanks for coming in
Some of you have been coming since the first winter. Some of you are here for four days and will never be back, and that is fine too. Either way, thank you for thirty years. We will be at the grill.
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