My longtime colleague and good friend Anthony Gismondi invited me for a chat on his popular BC Food & Wine radio show. The topic: where to go for decent sustenance before, during and after Vancouver International Wine Festival. (Listen to the show’s podcast here.) Regarded as one of the continent’s [...]
Five Sails Chef Alex Kim is primed! Updated, Feb 2, 2025… Congratulations to Alex Kim and team, whose “Taste of Pacific Northwest” has won gold at the Canadian Culinary Championship. Obviously, the judges were as wowed as I was! Congrats also to Silver winner Moncton chef Jordan Holden of [...]
Forage is closing. How sad! The hyper locally-focused destination room in the Listel Hotel will serve its final seating at brunch on November 17th. Its demise comes after just 12 years. During that time Forage has set the pace for sustainable dining in Vancouver. And it’s done so with singular focus and conviction that few, [...]
Winemaker’s dinners come in every iteration. But—no question—last night’s Fairview Cellars collab with Vancouver’s Provence Marinaside was one for the books—a sold-out soirée marked by myriad good tastes both in the glass and on the plate. What’s more, there was a real vibe in the room, one of genuine enjoyment [...]
Dine Out Vancouver (Jan 20-Feb 5) turns 21 this year. Hard to believe that it all started in 2003 with just 57 restaurants. Equally impressive is that some restos have been there every year—such as Bacchus at the Wedgewood. This year, says Dine Out manager Lucas Pavan, no less than 370 [...]
Updated July 31st, 2020 (Press release) Earlier this year, John Bishop announced that he was closing Bishop’s on August 1 after 35 years as one of Vancouver’s most popular restaurants. But COVID-19 has changed all that and Bishop’s will now remain open until the end of the year. “Just before COVID arrived, we announced that [...]
Hy's has announced a take-out service (in both Vancouver and Whistler), offering almost all of its menu items at 20% off, along with several 'prepped' stalwarts that you can finish at home.
Curry Cup 2019 is a wrap! I’ve judged at a few competitions over the years. But I’d have to say that the Curry Cup is one of the coolest. Maybe it has something to do with my U.K. upbringing. But I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for a good curry—which is still [...]
Burgoo is comfort food central. Yesterday a few of us dropped by Burgoo on Burrard for lunch. It turned out to be the perfect choice for a warming bowl of French onion soup and a good salad. The soup was wickedly good, topped with lashings of broiled cheese and packed with croutons in a tasty [...]
Lot185 is a new spot downtown with plenty of promise. If you look back a while, there wasn’t a whole lot happening around what’s now Jack Poole Plaza. Then along came Cactus Club, followed by Tap & Barrel. And now, perhaps not surprisingly, Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre has thrown its hat into the [...]
