Red & White Provisions Pop Up 337 E. Hastings

Run by the Big Lou’s Butcher Shop team, Red & White Provisions is popping up at 337 E. Hastings on June 11th-12th and again from June 17th-19th offering a range of fantastic and familiar sandwiches and sides. The first week of the pop-up will be a lunch-only service–think of it as a food truck with comfortable seating…

St. Patrick’s Day Vancouver

March 17 falls on a Tuesday this year, but that needn’t keep you raising a pint or two in celebration of Irish luck. The Irish Heather “No Cover, No Green Beer, No Plastic Clover” is the mantra at the Irish Heather as they celebrate their 19th St. Patrick’s Day since opening the Irish Heather’s doors in Gastown. The…

The Chicken Shack is coming back for another Southern food session

Southern and Soul Food favourites to be served in new location in East Van During it’s first go-around the Chicken Shack pop-up fried chicken joint satisfied many Southern and Soul food cravings and, after two long years of waiting, it’s coming back on for four more days of great eats. The next version of Chicken…

Sunday BBQ with Big Lou’s at 33 Acres Brewery

What’s that? Beer and BBQ? Well it’s been done before, but certainly not as well as it will be with this particular beer and BBQ team starting May 25th, 2014. Last Sunday we saw Mark Urwin of 46 South Fish Co. shucking up Kaipara Oysters at 33 acres and sampled through all their current stellar beers and…

St. Patrick’s Day Vancouver

March 17, 2014 falls on a Monday this year, but that needn’t keep you raising a pint or two in celebration of Irish luck. The Irish Heather “No Cover, No Green Beer, No Plastic Clover” is the mantra at the Irish Heather as they celebrate their 18th St. Patrick’s Day since opening the Irish Heather’s doors in…

“Two Chefs Chicken Shack” is popping up in Railtown this March

Bistro set for a three-day bonanza of Southern food and drink It’s no secret that Two Chefs and a Table and Big Lou’s Butcher Shop love Southern and Soul Food and they’ve continuously looked for ways to put more BBQ and Southern goodness on their menu. This March, for the first time, there’s going to…

Big Lou’s Butcher Shop is a one-stop thanksgiving destination

Order your turkey, turducken or full dinner to make the day a feast The spectacular September weather might make it feel like summer, but the calendar says that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and with only two weeks until the big day, it’s an ideal time to pre order the centrepiece of your feast….

Big Lou’s Butchering Classes

@biglousbutcher Inspired by Old World butcheries and bistros, Big Lou’s Butcher Shop satisfies discerning carnivores with a focus on fresh, sustainable and local meats. Recently , Two Chefs butchers began sharing their carving know-how in small, group-focused two-hour classes which cover a variety of facets of the art and craft of butchery. Deer – FEBRUARY…

The Social Feed at Big Lou’s

Big Lou’s – Friday, September 9th 6:25pm and 8:25 pm / Gastown/Railtown 14 seat communal table *Price includes tax and tip http://www.thesocialfeed.com/ Ever watched an old Rocky video late-night and fallen asleep to sweet dreams of long table dinner party’n in a meat packing plant? Well we at TSF are all about making dreams come true, and to make our…

Late summer updates from Big Lou’s Butcher Shop

First Hunting and Game Butchery class dates announced It’s an old cliché, but many times it’s true that “if you build it, they will come” and so we’ve scheduled our first two Hunting and Game butchery courses for this September. The inaugural courses will be held 4pm on Sunday, September 4th and 6:30pm on Sunday,…