Harry Kambolis Opens Brand New NU

Open now at 332 Water Street, Harry Kambolis’s latest incarnation of NU brings modern Greek food to Gastown. Along with NU’s original menu, the location has fresh sweets and pitas available from an on-site micro-bakery. The only Greek bakery in Gastown, NU Modern Greek offers a unique selection of fresh pastries including mouthwatering honey and…

Nu Greek Robson

542 Robson Street, Vancouver – Opens Daily at 11:00am This summer, Harry Kambolis expanded his Nu Greek brand with two food carts that dished out thousands of chicken and lamb souvlaki in pillowy pita bread to hungry downtown denizens. Never to sit still, or rest on the laurels that flank the stylized Nu logo, Kambolis has…

Greek Day at Nu

Saturday, June 25th – starting at 4:00pm The Greek Easter feast at Georgia Kambolis’ house in West Vancouver has been a yearly tradition for foodies and media who’ve been lucky enough to get an invitation. With Nu’s winter rebranding as a Greek restaurant, Georgia and her son, restaurateur Harry Kambolis, decided to open things up…

HARRY KAMBOLIS’ STREET CRED

Restaurateur Harry Kambolis has landed the Holy Grail of Vancouver city licences: one of the coveted street food permits.  “It was very competitive,” admits Kambolis, “The application required very detailed information, with points being awarded for succinct and, I’m assuming, promising answers. We really sharpened our pencils.” Some of the criteria required included a plan…

SEAFOOD CHAMPIONS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED AT SEAFOOD SUMMIT

SeaWeb’s Seafood Champions finalists were announced today during the opening session of Seafood Summit 2011. The Seafood Summit is internationally recognized as a key forum that inspires productive dialogue designed to help today’s global business leaders, policymakers, producers, scientists and partners in the environmental movement to critically examine the factors influencing progress toward a sustainable…

The Kambolis Restaurant Group wants to welcome 2011 with you

After years of bands, fireworks and bells and whistles, they’ve decided to embrace quiet simplicity. C, Raincity Grill and Nu will be offering our a la carte menu, at regular prices. Come early or come late for a sophisticated meal built with ingredients that are foraged, farmed and fished close to home. C has the freshest…

Kambolis Restaurant Group brings contemporary Greek to Vancouver

Nu Restaurant re-imagines classic Greek cuisine Harry Kambolis dished out food to family and friends at his last Greek Easter celebration, a yearly tradition that has grown in scope and size since it started 15 years ago. It was then that he envisioned the pillars of Greek eating – family and freshness – finding a…

C Restaurant champ at Gold Medal Plates

C Restaurant Executive Chef Robert Clark was crowned the culinary champion at Vancouver’s Gold Medal Plates on Friday night, a competition pairing premier chefs with Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes from coast-to-coast.  “We’ve been participating in Gold Medal Plates for years, but taking home gold with the recent Vancouver Olympics still so fresh in our…

West End Car Free Festival’s Recipe Challenge

CLARK vs. KAMBOLIS Stop by Raincity Grill on Father’s Day – Sunday, June 20 during the West End Car-Free Festival as Executive Chef Robert Clark takes over the restaurant’s Denman Street sidewalk to serve up a street-friendly menu. Watch over Raincity’s grill as two recipes battle it out. First up are Chef Clark’s chili cheese…

A new face joins Raincity Grill’s local, sustainable mission.

Restaurant owner, Harry Kambolis and Executive Chef, Robert Clark, recently named Jennifer Peters as their new Chef de Cuisine. And as per usual they found a gem no further than 100 Miles away. Peters began her career at La Belle Auberge as an apprentice under the local great, Bruno Marti. Following La Belle Auberge, Peters…

Nu restaurant + lounge welcomes Peter Burt as Chef de Cuisine

Burt brings with him over 16 years of culinary experience honing his craft across the country from Chateau Lake Louise to finishing his apprenticeship with Maurizio Bertossi in Halifax. He then traveled to Australia, working his way across the country finishing with a chef poison at the company kitchen in the Barossa valley before returning…

Dining in the dark: restaurants get romantic to spark conservation

Close to 40 restaurants in Vancouver, Richmond and North Vancouver will dim their lights and dial up the ambiance on Oct. 28 to show support for electricity conservation. A new initiative by BC Hydro, in partnership with Tourism Vancouver, will see restaurants like downtown’s C Restaurant and Kitsilano’s Trattoria Italian Kitchen, serving dinner by candlelight….

Contemporary Ocean Products (COP) has officially gone public

Parent company, Greenscape Capital Group Inc. will manage the product line moving forward. The Initial Public Offering (IPO) takes place on Friday, October 23, 2009. The announcement marks the IPO of Canada’s first company solely focused on operating a broad spectrum of green consumer segments including: COP, Lela Designs and Open Sundaes. Greenscape is dedicated…

C Food Cookbook from C Restaurant

From the restaurant the Globe and Mail calls “the most original and exciting fish and seafood restaurant this country has ever seen,” comes a highly anticipated cookbook by owner Harry Kambolis and executive chef Robert Clark. C Food brings the bold avant garde concepts of C Restaurant to the printed page in a stunning book…