Dinner at Lily Mae’s Gastown

At 12 Powell Street in Gastown lies a sweet little bistro cafe with a super cozy room and a very European feel to both the room and the food.  They’ve recently revamped their menu so we stopped in for dinner to check it out and try a few bites.  The restaurant is owned by Armand Tencha and Jeff Jefkins and…

Calabash Bistro Does Brunch

Brunch just got even more laid back with Gastown’s Calabash Bistro’s launch of their new brunch menu. Stop in and stay a while with dishes that feature Caribbean flavours with Western twists. Calabash’s house-made jerk spice makes a welcome appearance here, but nothing is too spicy unless you want to add a dash of their…

Lily Mae’s Comfort Cafe Now Open in Gastown

PERMANENTLY CLOSED “French café meets prairie kitchen” in Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhood Armand Tencha and Jeff Jefkins happily announce the opening of their comfort cafe, Lily Mae’s. Located in historic Gastown, a neighbourhood Tencha and Jefkins have called home for the past seven years, the cozy 25-seat dining destination packs a charming punch. Equal parts Euro-flair…

Rogue Kitchen and Wetbar

Last summer, Rogue Wet Bar moved into Waterfront station replacing Transcontinental.  Rogue offers a more casual menu; Transcontinental’s hipper, younger cousin.  The interior is spacious with two dining levels and large windows, and the patio provides views of passersby in the summer.  It’s just out of Gastown, on a main transit route, dictating the crowd…

Online ordering and whole pies to go now available at Acme Cafe.

Gastown’s Acme Cafe is now offering the perfect solution to a lunchtime line up – online ordering at www.acmecafe.ca. Customers can place their to-go order, set their pick-up time and pay via credit card through the web site. Prepaid online orders will be ready for a quick pick up at the coffee bar – easy as…

Keep your fork, there’s pie! Acme Cafe opens in Gastown.

Acme Cafe is now open for business! Located in Gastown’s historic Paris Block, just steps from the new Woodward’s building, Acme Cafe is an homage to the classic diners and coffee shops of old – a friendly neighbourhood eatery that serves up hot coffee and homemade comfort food with a smile. Open for breakfast, lunch…

Judas Goat in Blood Alley

Judas Goat, a tiny 28-seat Spanish-inspired tapas bar, located next door to Salt Tasting Room in Blood Alley, Gastown, has opened for business!  Executive Chef Lee Humphries’ small dishes include: a bruschetta of chorizo, caramelized onion & dark chocolate, braised pork belly on onion puree with pine nuts & orange gremolata and a terrine of…

Salt open during 2010

Salt Tasting Room’s All-Stars Welcome Locals & The World For 2010 Games The team at Gastown’s award-winning Salt Tasting Room, renowned for artisan cheeses, handcrafted charcuterie and constant Golds for their wine program, will be open and accessible throughout the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, both in the main Tasting Room and underground in the 50…

Two Chefs Poplar Grove Wine Drinker Dinner set for December 2nd

Two Chefs and a Table is pleased to announce the next in its series of Wine Drinker Dinners to be held December 2nd in partnership with the award-winning Poplar Grove Winery. Located on the slopes of the Naramata Bench, just outside Penticton, Poplar Grove Winery began as a quintessential garage winery in 1993. Over the…