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Birthday bash to raise proceeds for the Vancouver Firefighters’ Charitable Society Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House, Vancouver’s long-standing iconic downtown restaurant, is proud to host its eighth annual Slurp & Swirl™ – A Wine and Oyster Celebration – on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 6pm to 11pm. Co-presented by Mackie Research Capital Corporation and [...]

ANOTHER GOLD FOR JOE Joe’s appetite for gold grows. At the start of April it was five Golden Plate Awards.  Then at month’s end, it was another Gold in the Fetzer’s Great Beginnings appetizer challenge at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. Guests tasted, compared and voted – and there is simply no arguing with [...]

WE HAVE GOLDEN PLATES Once again, the judges (you) have spoken. And we love what you had to say about us in the 2010 Golden Plate Awards. Joe Fortes stepped up to the podium and walked away with 5 top three finishes: two firsts, two seconds and a third. •1st Place: Best Restaurant to “Seal [...]

We are turning 25 this year. If we were a car, we’d officially be a classic. It so happens that 1985, the year we got started, was also the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Joe Fortes (the man) in Vancouver. Coincidence? We think not. Joe, the legendary English bay lifeguard, was named the city’s [...]

A GIFT IN GOOD TASTE Our “One for You, Fun for Me” gift certificates are enlightened self-interest in an envelope. You buy $100 in Joe Fortes Gift Certificates to give to friends and family you really like (and who have a real liking for fine food), and we give you a $25 Gift Certificate to [...]

RELEASING THE FINAL 30 TICKETS The shuckers, the slurpers, and the swirlers are returning. The last two would be you, if you’re quick enough to get tickets to the 7th annual Slurp & Swirl™. This is voted one of Canada’s top 5 “Local Secrets, Big Finds” on Travelcity.ca. It’s one of those nights people remember [...]

On this week’s segment we chat about the upcoming Slurp and Swirl oysterfest with Nessa van Bergen from Joe Fortes Restaurant.  Our wine pick is an oyster-friendly Le Petit Sigma Blanc from Le Vieux Pin Winery and we begin meatball month with some samples from The Edge Social Grill and Lounge in the Granville corridor. [...]

Tickets are already moving for our annual Slurp & Swirl™, a wine and oyster benefit evening supporting the British Columbia Professional Firefighters’ Burn Fund and one of the top events in the city – also voted as one of Canada’s Top 5 “Local Secrets, Big Finds” on Travelocity.ca! As is tradition, there will again be [...]