Thanksgiving Around Vancouver

What’s Up In Vancouver For Thanksgiving Celebrations We couldn’t let our favourite time of year go by without a couple of recommendations for y’all. What to do for Vancouver Thanksgiving? Suggests include Five Sails, Joe Fortes, H Tasting Lounge, Nightingale and more. Celebrate Thanksgiving Dinner this year at Dockside Restaurant Enjoy delicious turkey and fixings…

Last Minute Thanksgiving Meals Around Vancouver

No Plans For Turkey Dinner Yet? Thanksgiving Feasts Still Available Around Vancouver Still haven’t made up your mind on what to do for that Thanksgiving Dinner? There’s still time to get some turkey if you act quickly, but reservations are filling up fast. We’re heading to friends so I’m digging out my recipe for Pecan…

What’s Good This Week May 28

Vancouver To Do’s For The Last Days Of May Good god it’s almost June! There’s sunshine in the weather forecast and lots to do this week. What are your plans for the summer? It’s going to be a great one! While your thinking on that, here’s a few musts for this week should you have…

Get Happy At Dockside – New Happy Hour Menu

Happy Hour Features at Dockside Restaurant Seven Days a Week We stopped in to try the new fall menu at Dockside in October and loved the lamb shank pictured above, as well as many other dishes, and also returned in November on our way to Vancouver Theatresports for pre-theatre snacks including flatbread and calamari. The…

Dine Out Vancouver Continues til February 5th

Dine Out Vancouver Offers 3-course Menu Deals Dine Out Vancouver has one week left and while we wish we had more evenings free for dining out, we did get to a few and have a couple photos and recommendations to share. Chicha Chalaco Ceviche- albacore tuna, sockeye salmon, pacific ling cod, scallops, prawns, green tigre…

Thanksgiving Dinner Without The Fuss

Thanksgiving Dinner Reservations Still Open What are you doing for this Thanksgiving? We’ve ordered our turkey and I hear it’s being brined and stuffed this year, thanks to Michael. I’ll make a pumpkin pecan pie and head to the Vancouver Farmers Market to sort out some fresh veggies to round out the meal. If you…

Easter Around Vancouver

What’s Up for Easter Around Vancouver?? We’re staying in town this weekend and I think the theme will be more spring cleaning than bunny hopping, but we’ll likely at least get a brunch in and Tess, Michael and I will be boozing it up on Saturday night at BC Distilled. I mean tasting and evaluation some local…

Valentine’s Day and No Reservation? A Few Resos Left!

So you forgot to reserve that table for the big day and now you’re in big trouble. Fear not, Vancouverites, there’s still a few to be, but act quickly! This list is current as of 1:30 pm Feb. 13, 2015 and we’ll add a few more once and if we hear of them. Granville Island…

A Few Options To Celebrate the New Year In Vancouver

L’Abattoir  L’Abattoir is offering up two ways for guests this year. Those seated in the main dining area will be served the full a la carte dinner including baked Pacific oysters with Burgundy truffle; juicy pork shoulder with boudin noir; or Pacific ling cod fillet with a crispy sesame crust. Behind the bar, Shaun Layton will keep the…

Dockside Restaurant to host Big Lou’s Butcher Shop BBQ on BC Day

Summer long weekends and the BBQ are a perfect match and on BC Day, Monday, August 6th Dockside Restaurant will welcome Big Lou’s Butcher Shop as they make a guest appearance to cook up some of their award-winning locally-sourced meats on Dockside’s famous patio. The Big Lou’s Butcher Shop team will be cooking up and serving…