St. Patrick’s Day Tastes Around Vancouver

Saint Patrick’s Day was traditionally a religious holiday, a celebration of the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, honouring Saint Patrick. Gradually it morphed into a feast day, coinciding with the lifting of the Lenten restrictions and involving indulgent eats and the drinking of alcohol, which are restricted during Lent. These days, anything goes and although…

Pit for Your Supper at The Irish Heather

What happens when you combine over 2,000 pounds of fresh cherries, approximately 50 volunteers and a 40-foot long table? Gather your friends, put on your aprons, roll up your sleeves and get ready to dive into pitting a mountain of Okanagan cherries at The Irish Heather’s Pit for Your Supper on July 18, 2012. Guests will…

The Glenrothes Whisky Tasting

DATE: Wednesday November 16, 2011 TIME: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm VENUE: Irish Heather & Shebeen Whisk(e)y House – 212 Carrall Street, Vancouver PRICE: $40 each plus tax and 15% service. Your evening will begin with a cocktail reception in the Irish Heather’s private Whisk(e)y House, the Shebeen, home to the largest whiskey collection in British Columbia…

Craft Beer & Spotted Prawn Boil

Thursday, May 26 Irish Heather COST: $50.00 includes 3 different beers, meal, tax & gratuity RSVP: sean@irishheather.com – note the 2 ‘h’s in the email TIME: 6:30pm Celebrate “Slow Fish” and the art of craft beer. Mingle in the Shebeen and learn more about Slow Food Vancouver, Crannog Ale and Organic Ocean. Then, roll up your…

Irish Heather Long Table Series

Our LTS continues with another 6 weeks of meals including 2 Craft Beer Festival Dinners, a Canadian Military Fund Raiser, Lamb Dinners for Easter and a 2 course for $20 on Mother’s Day. All LTS Dinners Are $16 * (except specially marked menus) WELCOME TO THE LONG TABLE SERIES! The Long Table Series (LTS) is an…

Vancouver Beer Craft Week – The Brooklyn Crawl

$57 Join on us Tuesday May 10th and Wednesday May 11th (7pm – 10pm) for a crawl through a few of our locations here in Gastown while enjoying the beer of Brooklyn Brewery . The evening will start with a reception in the Shebeen Whisk(e)y House, followed by dinner at the Irish Heather served on the 40′ communal…

News from Sean Heather

It is hard to believe that we are already a week into the New Year. Here at the Irish Heather we are excited about what this year has in store. We will be launching a lunch delivery service at months end, opening a retail component to our bakery by mid February and opening “Bitter” by…

News From Sean Heather

Over the last few weeks we have added some new dimensions to our little company. “Judas Goat Taberna” and “Fetch Hot Dogs” are now open and next week our partnership with Rennie Marketing Systems with give birth to “Everything Cafe”.  We recently signed a lease for the ground floor corner units in the Pennsylvania Hotel,…

VCBW – Gastropub Crawl – Shebeen, Heather, Salt

Upright Crawl Irish Heather 210 Carrall Street, Vancouver (map) Tel: 604 255 4218 5:30pm – 6:30pm, Shebeen 6:30pm – 8:00pm, Long Table at Irish Heather 8:00pm – 9:00pm, Salt Portland’s Upright Brewing specializes in farmhouse-inspired ales rooted in France and Belgium, but made with local ingredients and a Pacific Northwest twist. The name is a…

THE IRISH HEATHER’S LONG TABLE SERIES

April 4th to April 22nd 2010 The Irish Heather’s Long Table suppers are priced at $15 or $17 (plus tax and tip) and that includes a meal and a beverage.  Only three of the suppers are $17 and that is a reflection of the cost involved with a different cut of meat. For those who…

Kurtis Kolt Hits The Road

News from Kurtis Kolt It is with a heavy heart that I, Kurtis Kolt, announce that I’ve given notice of my resignation at Salt Tasting Room effective Friday, April 23rd, 2010. I have spent almost four years at Salt, more than any other place in my career, and consider myself privileged to have been at the helm of an…

Irish Heather announces more Long Table Series

Long Table Series January 11th – February 11th We are delighted to announce the new Long Table Series menus & dates 11 new entrees 3 new beverages, including a first time showing of a red wine please click HERE for details The Goat is almost here!! Our next project, The Judas Goat is almost ready…

Irish Heather Gastropub

Long Table Series Christmas Day Full Irish Breakfast at 1130am & Christmas Dinner at 530pm Click HERE for more info. OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY The pub will be open from 1030am-8pm – there won’t be any food service except for the Breakfast and Dinner sitting on the Long Table to reserve or for info, email HERE…

The Irish Heather’s Christmas Menus

Due to an overwhelming response to the notion of running a couple of LTS Dinners on Christmas Day we have decided to run a Christmas Morning Breakfast and an early Christmas Day Dinner. CHRISTMAS MORNING BREAKFAST FULL IRISH BREAKFAST -Scrambled eggs, rashers (Irish Bacon), pork sausage, black pudding, grilled tomato, baked beans & toasted wheaten…

Irish Heather’s Long Table Series – adds another

LTS SPIRIT SUPPER Grand Marnier 730pm $40 plus tax & service 1 cocktail, 5 tasters, 1 entree & 1 dessert DATE: Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 TIME: 7:30pm to 10pm VENUE: Reception in Shebeen, tasting and dinner on the Long Table KEY SPEAKER: Richard Prideaux – Grand Marnier Ambassador, Canada PRICE: $40 plus Tax and 15%…

Irish Heather Long Table Series/Judas Goat

Another 4 awesome weeks – Sorry for the slow start in getting this news out..I, like many of you, succumbed to the maddening flu. The LTS has continued to be a phenomenal success, so much so that we had to take a short one week vacation from it. ClickHERE for the menu line up for…

Irish Heather Long Table Series

Attended the Irish Heather’s Long Table Series last night.  Absolutely fabulous meal, great way to meet some new people and at $15 a plate, one of the better deals in town.  November menus out shortly. Thursday, October 22 – 630pm-$15 plus tax SOLD OUT Braised Beef Short Ribs With Roast Parsnips And Horseradish Jus –…

Irish Heather Long Table Series continues

Irish Heather Weather Is Here! – Time For A Pot Pie & A Pint The phenomenal success of our LTS Dinners keeps rolling on. Currently every date in September and several in October are fully booked. For information click HERE In keeping with the notion that you can’t get enough of a good thing, we…

The Long Table Series – Irish Heather does dinner and drink for $12

Commencing June 15th and running through the summer, The Irish Heather GastroPub is hosting a series of dinners on our 40 ft communal table. Each dinner will run Monday-Wednesday, weekly and feature a pint of beer (or bottle) and a great meal. Our new Executive Chef Lee Humphries, formerly of Figmint, West and Opus Hotel…