VV Tapas in Strathcona and the Resurgence of True Tapas

By |2020-05-26T11:53:08-07:00March 14th, 2020|Dining, Latest Posts|

Updated May 25th. VV Tapas Lounge will re-open in-house dining as of May 26th, with a NEW menu. 🎉🥂 “We will be open from Tuesday to Saturday from 4:00 pm to close and happy hour will be from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm to close. Pick up and Doordash delivery will continue.”  “In [...]

Glowbal Group puts the wind in Five Sails

By |2020-03-12T08:27:58-07:00March 12th, 2020|Dining, Latest Posts|

“There’s no view in Vancouver anywhere like this,” says Glowbal Group CEO Emad Yacoub. We were sitting by the west-facing windows in the Five Sails Restaurant, just off the soaring Pan Pacific atrium. Yacoub’s company (which operates numerous successful entities) took over the iconic space on January 1, from the accomplished husband and wife team [...]

5 Reasons to Relish Dine Out Vancouver 2020

By |2023-02-04T08:47:10-08:00January 22nd, 2020|Dining, Latest Posts|

With 18 years of Dine Out under my (thankfully elastic) belt, a few hours spent clicking through the current festival’s menu offerings has me convinced that this is one of the best lineups yet. There are plenty of good reasons to relish Dine Out Vancouver. While the festival has grown to include many more special [...]

West Restaurant: a West Coast Tasting Tradition

By |2020-01-06T17:57:19-08:00August 31st, 2019|Dining, Latest Posts|

The Tasting Menu is back. Although, truth be told, at West Restaurant it never went away.  Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to witness the artistry of West Chef Bobby Milheron in two contrasting settings. The first was at the BC Seafood Festival in Comox. The second was at the South Granville restaurant itself. [...]

Papi’s Revitalizes Iconic West End Spot

By |2019-07-31T14:05:15-07:00July 31st, 2019|Latest Posts, Dining|

Papi’s Seafood & Oyster Bar—the successor to Beach Bay Café—recently arrived in the space once occupied by long-running Raincity Grill. It’s hard to say precisely why Beach Bay didn’t make it. But, evidently, Viaggio Hospitality (Ancora, Uva, Cibo) felt it was time to start over. English Bay has long been Vancouver’s summertime epicentre. Arguably the [...]

Curry Cup 2019 Crowns The Cascade Room

By |2019-03-14T08:23:17-07:00March 12th, 2019|Dining, Latest Posts, Sustainable|

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 [...]

Ancora Ambleside: A Dazzling West Van Lure

By |2021-01-23T15:37:09-08:00February 13th, 2019|Dining, Latest Posts, Wine|

Ancora arrives Recently opened (on January 8th), Ancora is already a going concern. That should come as no surprise. ‘Mainland’ Vancouverites have already embraced chef Ricardo Valverde’s Nikkei cuisine. A marriage of Peruvian and Japanese styles, the origins of Nikkei date from the late 19th century. Around this time several thousand Japanese people came to [...]

8 Dine Out Vancouver $25 Tasty Deals

By |2023-01-15T14:24:04-08:00January 21st, 2019|Dining, Latest Posts|

Dine Out Vancouver's been around for 17 years now. Way back when it was a pretty straightforward setup. A few dozen restos offered three course menus at $10, $20 or $30. (Yes, hard to believe but there really was a time when you could still get an almost free lunch.)  ;-)  Today’s greatly expanded Dine [...]

Secret Supper Soirée at Dine Out Vancouver Festival

By |2019-03-05T09:14:47-08:00January 18th, 2019|Latest Posts, Dining|

Dine Out—as most people know—is built around a whole lot of special, three course menus. Some 300 or so Vancouver area restaurants offer varying degrees of deals and experiences. Yet what many don't realize is that Dine Out has grown into the Dine Out Vancouver Festival. The two week long extravaganza includes culinary experiences of [...]

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