2010 Holiday Festivities

We have planned an outstanding roster of events and festivities this Holiday Season.  Whether it be a work get-together, a December birthday, or simply family fun, The Sutton Place Hotel has all the ingredients to make your holidays memorable!

 Happy New Year

Bring in the New Year . . . Sutton Style!

The Sutton Place Hotel offers a variety of elegant dining experiences to help you ring in the New Year.  Don’t want the night to end? Why not complete your festive experience and “Take the Elevator Home” with one of our fabulous hotel package offerings.

 Sutton Place Wine Merchant

When thinking of the special gift, why not choose from one of several festive gift baskets from our wine store.

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5th Annual: Home for the Holidays

 The Sutton Place Hotel is your home-away-from-home this Holiday Season during our 5th Annual Home for the Holidays fundraising initiative benefiting Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. :: More Details 

Festivities Desk

Visit our Festivities Desk and enquire about a variety of holiday gift ideas, including the Sutton Gift Card, available in all denominations to be redeemed towards any products or service at The Sutton Place Hotels in Chicago, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver. :: Order Now

C Restaurant, 2-1600 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. – 604-681-1164 or www.crestaurant.com

Staying home over the holidays? Celebrate everything local at Raincity Grill. Enjoy our a la carte100-mile cuisine on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and New Years Eve. And for a little extra entertainment, be sure to catch the polar bear swim from Raincity Grill’s cozy dining room as we serve up brunch on New Year’s Day.

Raincity Grill, 1193 Denman Street, Vancouver, B.C. -
604.685.7337 or www.raincitygrill.com

Watch the carol ships float by as you dine at nu restaurant + lounge. Warm up with our three-course Christmas Eve dinner for $59 per person, choose from our Boxing Day and New Year’s Day brunches and celebrate with friends with our a la carte New Year’s Eve dinner.

nu restaurant + lounge, 1661 granville street, vancouver b.c. – 604.646.4664 or info@whatisnu.com

Gift Certificate Deal: Say “I love you” with the gift of fine dining. Available in any denomination and valid at all three Kambolis Restaurants, this is the best gift when the way to your loved ones heart is through their stomach. For every $100 gift certificate purchased, we will add a complimentary $25 on the house.

As the holidays draw closer, it is time to start checking off your shopping  lists and to start wrapping those gifts for friends, family and others close to your heart .
We have plenty for the foodie on your list. For the traditionalists we have hand wrapped & beautifully boxed Panettones from Italy; Panforte from Sienna. Special extra virgin olive oils & infused balsamics for the ultimate foodies in your home.

Once again the shop is overflowing with countless ideas and inspirations and is truly a magical sight to see. Can’t decide? Make it simple and choose one of our unique gift baskets, or create your own. Still having trouble deciding? There is always the Pane E Formaggio gift certificate (available in any dollar amount).

Whether you are shopping for that perfect gift, or simply running in for bread, cheese, olives, etc. Pane E Formaggio has everything to make make your holiday shopping effortless. We can assemble beautiful antipasti or cheese trays – - combined with delicious crackers and an assortment of our hand-made breads. You have all you need to WOW your family & friends for the holidays. You just need to sit back, relax and enjoy. Now how good does that sound?

Keeping with our own traditions, we have our unique & delicious Christmas Stollen . . . a ‘must’ try! Our amazing Christmas fruit cake as well as our mince meat tarts, shortbread cookies and extra special pudding bites, for the smaller guilts. Take a break from shopping by sitting in and enjoying the ambiance & warmth of the shop, while sipping on a hot beverage. Peppermint, gingerbread, eggnog lattes & hot chocolates to keep you warm while you check off your Christmas list.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care . . .

Artisan Christmas stockings for $19.99, with 50% of the purchase to help the First Untied Church on the downtown east side. In a season of abundance, it feels good to help others in troubled times. May the spirit of Christmas shine brightly upon them.

Cheese

Our cheese cases are full with new and old imports from around the world. Some of your favorites are back to help make your holiday cheese tray a tasty one.
Epoisses,  White Stilton with Lemon & a Malt Whiskey Cheddar to name a few . . . many of them have been brought in especially for this season. With your favorite holiday beverage in hand, Christmas carols in the background, great food and catching up with family & friends. Isn’t that what the holidays are about?

The $250 gift certificate prize has been drawn. Unfortunately, the email from the random has not yet contacted us. So, we are unable to announce the winner. If we do not hear from this person before the 18th of December, we will do a 2nd draw to still give you time to do you shopping.

A wide array of special crackers & crisps to go with your cheese trays, or to use with our wonderful spreads & dips. Enough flavors to suit everyone’s  taste buds.

Unique glassware, porcelain and olive wood for gift giving or holiday entertaining. Whether it be for Christmas or New Years Eve. There are even napkins  to match.

Traditional Italian Panettones & Pandoros, beautifully packaged and boxed. A great gift of food! Wonderful alternative for making french toast on Christmas morning, before or after all the gifts have been opened.

HOLIDAY STORE HOURS

December 24th — Open till 5pm

December 25th — Closed

December 26th — Open till 6pm

December 27th / 30th — Business as usual

December 31st — Open till 5pm

January 1st — Closed

From all of us at Pane E Formaggio to all of you, we wish you and yours all the very best for a healthy, happy and safe holiday season.

Buon Natale.

Bringing you closer to Italy than you thought!

Sincerely,

Michael, David, Rob & staff
Pane e Formaggio
604-224-1623
www.pane-e-formaggio.com
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For a more traditional bûche de noël, Ganache is offering 2 flavours: Bûche au Chocolat: a chocolate sponge roulade rolled with a dark chocolate pastry cream filling, sour cherries and finished with chocolate buttercream, meringue mushrooms and holiday chocolate décor; Bûche au Marron: a coffee sponge roulade rolled with a chestnut pastry cream filling, chestnut pieces and vanilla buttercream and traditional yulelog décor. Both traditional bûches are available in an 8” size (feeding 8-10 people) for $37.95 or a 12” size (feeding 12-15 people) for $47.95.

Advanced orders for Christmas are recommended for pickups on December 20^th to 24^th and New Years Eve pickups on December 31^st.

Holiday hours for December and January will be as follows:

Thursday, December 24^th - 11am to 5pm

Friday, December 25^th – Closed

Saturday, December 26^th – Closed

Sunday, December 27^th – 11am to 5pm

Monday, December 28^th – 11am to 5pm

Thursday, December 31^st – 11am to 5pm

Friday, January 1^st to Tuesday, January 5^th – Closed

Wednesday, January 6^th – regular store hours

The entire menu, holiday store hours and all contact information can be found online at www.ganacheyaletown.com.

Or just visit Ganache at 1262 Homer Street in Yaletown to see our entire selection of holiday chocolates, cakes and treats.

• C Food: For the art connoisseur and the foodie all-in-one, pick up a copy of C Restaurant’s debut cook book, C Food ($40). Full of beautiful photographs and gourmet recipes, this book doubles as a coffee table masterpiece and a go-to resource for all chefs-to-be.

• Gift Certificate: Say “I love you” with the gift of fine dining. Available in any denomination and valid at all three Kambolis Restaurants, this is the best gift when the way to your loved ones heart is through their stomach. For every $100 gift certificate purchased, C Restaurant will add a complimentary $25 on the house.

• Contemporary Ocean Products: Visiting family out of town? Give the best that B.C. has to offer with C Restaurant’s ocean-wise products like the all-time favourite Smoked Sockeye from the Nass & Skeena Rivers. Available at various retailers, see online (http://www.cproducts.ca/) for locations.

• Chef at Home: If she shines her brightest as the hostess with the mostess, invite Executive Chef Peter Burt or Chef Quang Dang into your home and let him be your private chef for a night. Prices vary depending on the number of guests and the menu selected. To book your own private chef, please email Curtis Wong, Director Sales and Marketing for C Restaurant at curtis@crestaurant.com.

Stock-ing Stuffer: Dreaming of a “Green” Christmas? Consider investing in a stock from Greenscape Capital Group (www.greenscapecapital.com). Greenscape (TSX: GRN) helps you invest towards a greener future by working with companies like Contemporary Ocean Products. So go ahead, ask Santa to help you and the environment out.