Butter up someone you love with The Bench Bakehouse heart-shaped cookies, baguettes and bake-at-home pastries News from our friends at The Bench Bakehouse. GLV A whole lot of love (and butter) goes into The Bench Bakehouse’s delicious pastries and classic baked goods. Freshly baked, decorate-it-yourself and bake-at-home Valentine treat options are available now for pre-order…
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Odd Society Spirits and The Red Wagon Collaboration
Neighbourly cocktails bridge the gap between physically distanced hearts Odd Society Spirits Already synonymous with comfort, Odd Society Spirits and The Red Wagon encourage safe connection through a special cocktail collaboration for Valentine’s Day weekend. Pull up a stool and let bar managers Olivia Povarchook (Odd Society Spirits) and Rob Scope (The Red Wagon) lift…
BC Dames Relief Fund
BC Dames step up to the plate and offer relief through new funding opportunities Les Dames d’Escoffier, BC Chapter establishes $40,000 COVID relief fund for food-focused organizations supporting women Feb. 11 2021, Vancouver, BC – Recognizing the onerous challenges that charities and community programs in British Columbia are confronting during the global pandemic, Les…
Café Medina Valentine’s Day Take-Home Brunch
Prepare-at-Home Packages from Vancouver’s Café Medina Include Brunch, Mimosa Kits News from our friends at Café Medina. GLV Fans of Vancouver brunch institution Café Medina can experience the ‘Medina mystique’ as part of their Valentine’s Day celebrations both by dining in for brunch or dinner, or at home thanks to new Valentine’s Brunch Kits available…
National Pizza Day with Coors Organic and Bowen Island Pizza Co.
Coors Organic and Bowen Island Pizza Co. Collaborate to Donate to Second Harvest National Pizza Day, a day that’s garnered more than 200k Instagram shares, is coming up on February 9, 2021. And what pairs best with pizza? Beer, of course, and Coors Organic has the solution. Coors Organic wants to help Canadians Savour What’s…
Chowder Chowdown Festival
Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder Chowdown The Chowder Chowdown is going country wide as the National Chowder Chowdown Festival! This month-long celebration takes place throughout February across Canada to celebrate sustainable seafood. Ocean Wise Seafood partners from across the country will be selling sustainable seafood chowders, inspired by some of the best culinary experts out there….
Chefs’ Table Fundraising Chocolate
Chefs’ Table Society of BC has a Sweet Tooth To raise funds for the CTS Culinary Library, which I’m looking extremely forward to, you can now purchase speciality chocolate bars to be delivered directly to your home to support the cause. Chefs’ Table Society of BC (CTS) launches fundraiser featuring a speciality chocolate bar. With…
Homer Street Café’s Valentine’s Day Take-Out Dinner
Bring Romance Home with Homer Street Café’s Valentine’s Day Take-Out Dinner So many delicious menus are available this Valentine’s Day, but we couldn’t help but share this one! Advance orders begin Wednesday, Jan. 27 for the special couple’s menu at Homer Street Cafe. GLV This Valentine’s Day, Homer Street Café and Bar is offering up…
Cheerios Heart Shapes
Cheerios Changes Iconic O’s into Happy Heart Shapes for National Heart Health Month We’ve partnered with General Mills Canada to spread the news about their support for overall health and happiness with their limited-edition cereal and Fitbit Inspire 2 giveaway this February. Can’t wait to pour ourselves a bowl! GLV General Mills Canada makes a…
Vancouver Restaurateurs Open Slim’s BBQ
Vancouver Restaurant Heavyweights Join Forces to Open Slim’s BBQ News from our restaurant friends! A new BBQ spot is opening soon! The Narrow Group’s David Duprey partners with restaurateurs Christina Cottell and Shoel Davidson to Slim’s BBQ to Main Street. Read all about it! GLV Mount Pleasant will soon be home to some seriously good…
Honda For the Holidays
Honda Clarity Test Drive We had originally booked the Honda Clarity over the holidays, as we had planned to head up to Kelowna to visit my parents, but when we were told that staying home would best, we had to devise other ways to entertain ourselves. The Honda Clarity is a plug in hybrid, so…
Giveaway – The Wellness Show At-Home
The Wellness Show Goes Online for 2021 We’ve partnered with The Wellness Show At-Home, running January 31 to February 14, 2021 for a Giveaway of a Cookbook from Victoria author Eric Akis, Everyone Can Cook, and a box of Natera Life keto bars! We’re also updating you on the latest wellness trends. Scroll down to…
Minami Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day
Minami Restaurant New dine-in and take-out options This will be an interesting year to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year. News in from Minami about their new menus, that definitely look like something worth celebrating. GLV This February celebrate the weekend of family, love, and romance with Minami’s new dine-in and take-out options. Available…
Clearly Free Glasses For Kids Program
Clearly’s Initiatives for Clearer Vision We partnered with Clearly to spread the news about two programs that assist the community with the costs of vision care, and to let you know their stores have measures in place to ensure physical distancing. Each store has health screenings and sanitization of frames after a person touches or…
The Red Wagon Rolls into A New Location and Expands Hours
Vancouver’s Beloved Red Wagon Diner Opens for Dinner at its New Address Some news from one of our favourite East Van Eateries. GLV Fans of The Red Wagon diner exhaled last week when the popular eatery reopened after quietly moving to a new location (2128 E. Hastings St.), two blocks west on Hastings Street. Incorporating…
Tacofino Announces Shift Change Editions
Shift Change Hospitality Industry Initiative and Program Extension Through 2021 Important news from Tacofino: Latest Online Discussions Surround Inclusive Hiring for Food and Beverage Workers on the Autism Spectrum (Jan. 12) and Visibility of LGBTQ2+ in The Kitchen (Feb. 9) Tacofino, the BC-based restaurant group behind ‘Shift Change’ — an initiative dedicated to help improve…
Dr. Henry Whisky Sauce Fundraiser
Dr. Henry Whisky Sauce fundraising proceeds donation of $17,000 On January 12 at Gourmet Warehouse, Chef Ann Kirsebom will present cheques to VGH/UBC Health Services and the BCCDC Public Health Emergency Response Fund! Chef Kirseböm , a Vancouver chef, saucier and chocolate maker, created a delicious fundraiser this past October, the Dr. Henry Whisky Sauce….
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Frying Pan Pizza Kits
Rocky Mountain Flatbread introduces Frying Pan Pizza Kits Over the holidays there wasn’t the usual nights out on the town with friends and cooking at home from scratch became rather tiresome! Was it just me or did everyone feel that all they’ve been doing is dishes? Finally, we were saved for a from the mayhem…
A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day!
A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day! Concert Stream and “Save the Children” Beneficiary Spectacular roster of A-list artists will join Bowie alumni to celebrate the rock icon’s 74th birthday and honor the 5th anniversary of his passing. UPDATE – Now January 9th, 2021 at 6 pm PST Concert streams at 6 p.m. PT on…
What’s Good This Week – January 5th Edition
Tasty Things to Do in Vancouver On my Lyft ride home today, the rain pounded depressingly down as we drove by the Hotel Georgia. Far before Hawksworth, when the hotel housed Night Court, and the back bar was called Casablanca’s, I frequented these various watering holes, and they hold many memories. Suddenly I became sorrowful…
