What’s Good This Week January 17th Edition

January To Do’s Around Vancouver While we wait to hear what the next wave of this pandemic will bring, there is still some safe fun to be had.  We did some Dine Out Vancouver last week and are planning on venturing out a few more times more, but cooking at home is really appealing for…

What’s Good This Week – Nov 5 Edition

What To Do In Vancouver This Week First of all, hello November and how the hell did you get here this quickly? It seems like this fall is just whipping by and even with the extra hour this weekend. This week we’re excited to try some new fall menu items around town starting with Glowbal…

Let’s Patio #onRobson Passport to Summer Fun

Drink and Dine #OnRobson This Summer I came home to a cool kit for a Moscow Mule to celebrate to launch of Let’s Patio #onRobson, a cool campaign from the Robson Street BIA. It’s kind of strange that we don’t head downtown to dine more, but in the summer we are hanging out at home…

CinCin Anniversary Menu

If you eat anywhere this weekend, make it CinCin as it’s the last weekend for their 25th Anniversary special commemorative menu. My friend Tess and I had an excellent and very tasty time trying this menu. I’d do it again in a flash and the price is a deal! It is a super romantic room too, so…

Trial By Fire CinCin God Of The Grill Dinners

Chefs Andrew Richardson and Francis Mallmann host ‘Gods of the Grill’ Dinners at CinCin CinCin Ristorante Executive Chef Andrew Richardson first met Francis Mallmann – South America’s most famous chef – at the 20th Anniversary Autumn Harvest Dinner at Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern. They had an instant, fiery connection and knew they must collaborate on an event…

Il Palazzone Wine Dinner at CinCin

Save up your dollars if you are a fan of Brunellos for this decadent dinner! (it’s $400 but including reception, 5 courses, wine pairings, taxes and gratuity BUT 50% of proceeds will be donated to Stand Tall Education Network) – GLV PR – On Thursday, October 24th, CinCin will host one of the most exclusive wine dinners to be convened in…

CinCin’s Mushroom and Truffle Festival Heralds the Flavours of Autumn

FESTA DEL FUNGO This November will signal CinCin’s eighth annual Festo del Fungo, the celebration of Truffles and Wild Mushrooms that heralds the lusty flavours of autumn. Executive Chef Andrew Richardson, whose Michelin-starred skills have ignited the wood-burning forno at CinCin for the past six months, has been busy meeting with his suppliers – and…

CinCin’s Chef Andrew Richardson welcomes Chef Cindy Pawlcyn

Guest Chef Dinner CinCin’s Andrew Richardson welcomes Napa Valley’s Chef Cindy Pawlcyn Celebrated author, chef, and restaurateur Cindy Pawlcyn launches Cindy’s Supper Club, Meals from Around the World to Share with Family and Friends When: Tuesday, June 26th  |  6:00 p.m. Where: CinCin Ristorante, 1154 Robson Street, Vancouver Cindy Pawlcyn is widely recognized as one of the…

CinCin Welcomes Chef Mark McEwan

Celebrated author, chef and television personality, Mark McEwan, launches ‘Fabbrica’ at CinCin When: Tuesday, November 1st  |  6:30 p.m. Where: CinCin Ristorante, 1154 Robson Street, Vancouver Star of ‘The Heat’ and head judge of ‘Top Chef Canada’, McEwan enjoys a coast-to-coast following. In his new cookbook, Fabbrica, he turns his very able hand to the…

CINCIN Collezione Wine Dinner

Dr. Antonio Moretti ‘Collezione’ Dinner Featuring the wineries of Tenuta Sette Ponti, Feudo Maccari and Orma Monday, October 24, 2011 – Reception at 6:00 p.m. Special Guest:Export Director, Stefano Maggini $140 plus tax and gratuity Dr. Antonio Moretti has amassed a collection of some of the great wine properties of Italy. From the release of…

CinCin Ristorante Now Open For Weekday Lunch

Al Fresco Dining and Summertime Flavours Featured at Robson Street Icon CinCin Ristorante + Bar has opened its doors for weekday lunch, Monday through Friday, complementing its nightly dinner service. Perched above bustling Robson Street in Vancouver’s downtown core, CinCin is the ideal venue to showcase Vancouver, host a business lunch (guaranteed 45-minute departure upon…

West’s Owen Knowlton Named Sommelier of the Year

Top Table Restaurants Top Wine Festival Awards West Restaurant wine director Owen Knowlton was named the “2011 Sommelier of the Year” today at the 8th Annual Awards Lunch convened during the 33rd annual Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. Part of West’s management team since 2005, Owen has worked to build the restaurant’s diverse cellar that…

CinCin Ristorante Welcomes Tuscany’s Terralsole Winery

Exclusive Winemaker’s Dinner Hosts One of Italy’s Top Brunello Producers Where: CinCin Ristorante, 1154 Robson Street, Vancouver When: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, 6:30PM Special Guest: Mario Bollag, Terralsole winemaker and proprietor Through her role as wine director of CinCin Ristorante and frequent trips to Verona’s annual VinItaly Expo, Sarah McCauley has had the opportunity to…

Growing Chefs! Raises Over $12,000 at “From Farms to Forks” Gala

Children’s urban agriculture program set to expand to more schools than ever in 2011  Food Pictures Below! Growing Chefs!  announces that their sold-out annual fundraising gala From Farms to Forks: A Harvest Kitchen Party raised over $12,000 for their 2011 school program. Hosted at the Dirty Apron Cooking School on Monday night (October 25, 2010), seventy-five food…

Vancouver Restaurant Awards 2010

From Van Mag….Our panel of 19 experts judged scores of rooms to determine the best restaurants in and around Vancouver. They recognized both established rooms and upstarts that have made a virtue of the new economy Our panel of 19 experts judged scores of rooms to determine the best restaurants in and around Vancouver. They…

Top Table Bars Fête Olympic Victors with Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte

Podium Athletes Invited to Celebrate at Araxi, Blue Water Cafe, CinCin + West Winning an Olympic medal is no easy feat. The road is long, the sacrifices many, and the support structures that enable athletes to reach the podium are elaborate. But ask an Olympic athlete the key to their success, and the reply is…