BC Pioneer John Bishop Marks 25 Years with Classics Redux Menu

By |2022-01-23T08:59:12-08:00January 6th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise, Top Drops|

It should have come as no surprise. But John Bishop's 25th anniversary celebrations were as understated as the man himself. Just before Christmas, on December 14th, 2010—25 years to the day when Bishop’s first opened—it was almost business as usual in the modest, west-side Vancouver room that still holds considerable sway in the [...]

Vancouver’s D-Original Sausage: Missing Link to Old World Taste

By |2019-01-16T14:03:35-08:00November 25th, 2010|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Uncategorized|

D-Original Saucisson Sec, Tim Pawsey photo Just like a lot of people, we have a weekly habit of dropping by Vancouver’s Les Amis du Fromage. Not only does ‘Alice ‘n Alison’s’ boast the city’s most extensive (and best maintained) cheese selection but the chances areeven if it’s not cheese related but savoury [...]

Play it Sam! Languedoc Helps Vancouver’s Hollywood Turn 75

By |2018-01-21T15:05:44-08:00October 23rd, 2010|Belly's Budget Best, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Top Drops|

Last night we went to one of the more interesting wine tastings we’ve attended in recent times. The occasion was a 75th anniversary pre-screening reception, before a Hollywood Theatre double bill featuring The American and Casablanca. When we arrived, the compact and cozy lobby was packed with people enthusiastically tasting a selection of AOC wines [...]

Rediscovering Good Pub Food at Vancouver’s St. Regis Hotel

By |2022-02-13T08:13:59-08:00October 14th, 2010|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best|

Recently we broke bread (and sipped some excellent '05 Burrowing Owl Cab) with Jeremy Roncoroni.  He’s the dynamo behind Vancouver’s St. Regis Hotel (602 Dunsmuir St., 604-681-1135), who’s been busy turning that property into one of the city’s most successful boutique business properties. How successful? You should check out what guests are saying [...]

Playing by the (Aussie) Rules: A pre-H*l*d*y Bundle of Value Wines

By |2024-03-05T10:16:39-08:00September 26th, 2010|Belly's Budget Best, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Top Drops|

Around this time of year, wine tastings happen with increasing velocity, as every country-winery-region-producer-importer wants to pour their prized elixir for media—or even for real wine buyers—during the crucial pre-holiday buying period. Every now and then, one comes along that leaves a lasting impression, such as this past week’s Wine Australia extravaganza in [...]

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