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Tasting Diversity – Speed dating wine-style with some of Chile’s best

March 7, 2012

Another Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival done! But what an action packed week, with an amazing array of events, most of which went off without a hitch. Kudos to the tireless Playhouse team, to the legion of unsung volunteers who make this thing work, and especially to Wines of Chile, for truly raising the bar on [...]

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When the Good News is All Garbage: Composter is a Game-changer

January 17, 2012

  Calling all restaurateurs! When it comes to how you dispose of your garbage, if you have even the slightest hint of a social conscience (and from my experience most do), this one’s a game-changer. What if you could forget about filling that dumpster with all kinds of garbage every day, reduce your organic waste [...]

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Taking the LEED: Cactus Club Readies English Bay for March 2012 Launch

December 8, 2011

As a long time West Ender, I like to think I have a vested interest in what happens at English Bay. For me, it represents the very heart of the city. In a way, it’s the ‘essence’ in Vancouver’s quintessence. To put it mildly, there was quite the kerfuffle when Cactus Club landed the Park [...]

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

October 5, 2011

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 culinary evolution [...]

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

September 8, 2011

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 you can [...]

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

August 18, 2011

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 the fun. I’d forgotten how enjoyable it is to take the ferry across False Creek–especially on a perfect summer’s day. But as I [...]

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Summerhill Winery: Boxed in by Slow Moving BC VQA Regulations

August 15, 2011

Is it just a storm in a wine glass? Or is there more to this than meets the eye? Summerhill Winery (besides being infatuated with shapes Cheopic) is well known for its penchant for all things organic and environmental, so it came as no surprise to hear that the view-kissed East Kelowna winery, that greets [...]

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Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food & Wine Yields a Wealth of Local Flavours

July 26, 2011

 Taste 2012 runs July 19-22. Read about last year’s below—then book this year’s here!   We’re just back from Victoria, where we took in a couple of days at Taste Victoria—the very successful food and wine celebration organised by culinary tourism maven Kathy McAree, who runs Travel with Taste. It’s good to see this event really [...]

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

July 1, 2011

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 some of them. We’re a long time fan of The Bin-Meister, aka Gord Martin, who essentially [...]

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Time to Jump on the Canucks Bandwagon at Newly Arrived Ensemble

May 27, 2011

Here’s a quick heads up on a good deal for hockey fans at just unveiled Ensemble in the former Corner Suite Bistro space. The casual newcomer, which is not short of bar TVs, offers its delicious pulled pork sandwich and a glass of Red Truck Pale Ale for just $14 on game nights during the [...]

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