Best Patios

Smoke & Oak: Ribs ‘n Riesling at Wild Goose

view from Smoke & Oak Bistro

Last week—on yet another glorious Okanagan summer’s day—we found ourselves on the patio at Wild Goose. Nothing unusual about that. But this was the first time I had managed to get back to check out Smoke & Oak Bistro, which they launched late last year. Some of my best food and wine moments ever have […]

Read on … August 22, 2014 Barbecue

Wild Rice Closes Groundbreaking Original

Wild Rice: Andrew Wong and Stu Irving

Wild Rice, Andrew Wong’s trend-setting downtown room at Vancouver’s Pender and Carrall streets, has closed. Wong has decided to focus his energies entirely on Wild Rice Bistro at River Market, in New Westminster. I’m sure he’ll do well at the centre of such a rapidly growing region. If you haven’t yet made the trip to River Market, […]

Read on … February 2, 2014 Belly's Best Bites

The Roof at Black+Blue: Emad Yacoub Unwraps Another Stunner (Video)

Black+Blue

  I’m never really surprised but I am often amazed by what Emad Yacoub gets up to. He’s the dynamo behind Vancouver’s ever-expanding Glowbal Group. Come April 25th, Yacoub will take things at Black & Blue Steakhouse to the next level—literally—when he officially opens  The Roof at Black+Blue. Even getting a streetside patio permit in Vancouver can be […]

Read on … April 13, 2013 Belly's Best Bites