On Vancouver’s Robson Street, (and on West Broadway) Everything Old is Nu Again

By |2019-02-10T11:04:01-08:00October 5th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise, Sustainable|

It’s a tasty irony indeed that Nu Greek Robson (542 Robson St., Vancouver) is right next door to Japadog (530 Robson St.)  Somehow the notion of having a direct descendant of the city’s original souvlaki mainstay side by side with east-meets-west hotdog heaven adds up to perfect bookends: a capsule of Vancouver’s ethnic [...]

In Vancouver, BC, Chef Meets Grape. And Sustainable Pink Salmon too

By |2019-11-19T16:42:25-08:00September 28th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Ocean Wise, Sustainable|

Updated. April 13th, 2012. Here's a pretty solid endorsement of properly handled FAS salmon: Vancouver chefs salute FAS salmon Maybe it's a tipping point. A few things occured to me concerning the winner we picked at last week’s Chef Meets Grape Small Plates Challenge, organised by the BC Wine Institute. First of all, congrats [...]

Vancouver Icon Bishop’s Celebrates the Season with Harvest Table Dinners

By |2022-06-18T14:55:46-07:00September 8th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Ocean Wise, Sustainable, Uncategorized|

Not to pour cold water on Dine Out Vancouver’s impressive record, but we’ve always wondered why so many people wait for January to roll around, when there are other worthy dining deals on offer at all times of the year. Case in point: Bishop’s Harvest Table dinners (September 13th through October 20th), where [...]

Edible Canada at the Market: A Tasty chat with Eric Pateman

By |2021-11-15T09:05:37-08:00August 18th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise, Travel|

Cheers! Eric Pateman's original Vancouver culinary concierge business has grown rapidly in just four years, Tim Pawsey photo Now Closed. The other day we checked out Edible Canada at the Market, the new, all-things-very-culinary-Canuckish bistro on Granville Island, that opened—appropriately—on Canada Day. As it turned out, getting there proved to be half [...]

Vancouver’s Gord Martin Dumps Bin 942 in Favour of Second Go Fish! (Now closed)

By |2021-11-20T08:38:32-08:00July 1st, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise, Sustainable|

Gord Martin took a 2004 gamble with Go Fish and won, Tim Pawsey photo Updated: Please note: this location is closed. But the original outdoor location is still thriving ...   One of the rewards of taking too many photos is that eventually you can always find a reason to use at least [...]

PICA’s Bistro 101 Bumps it up a Notch on Granville Island’s Waterfront

By |2018-04-04T16:40:32-07:00June 28th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Cocktails, Wine|

The Hired Belly has decided there are probably two very good reasons why he doesn’t live closer to Granville Island. One is the proximity to nearby Les Amis du Fromage. The other is the newly renovated Bistro 101 at Pacific Institute for the Culinary Arts–or PICA as it’s known. Last night we dropped [...]

Fresh | Local | Wild: Taking it to the Street with Taste, Vancouver Style

By |2018-01-21T15:05:40-08:00June 20th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise|

We can’t get over how easy it is to grab a quick bite on Vancouver streets these days. Heading down to the Wines of Chile trade tasting last week, we realised we’d need some pre-sipping sustenance. The answer? How handy! Almost across the street from the Fairmont Pacific Rim (well, at Hastings & [...]

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