Taste of The Trucks on The North Shore

Popular street vendor food trucks take over Park Royal North for the first time! Park Royal is excited to host three of Vancouver’s most renowned street food vendors: RimFoodBaht, Zebite and Le Tigre Cuisine. This will mark the first time that these street food vendor trucks have left downtown Vancouver’s core in order to bring…

Fat Dragon News

Cheap Eats From the Dragon In the Mood for Fried Rice and Beer? After 9pm every night, enjoy our Pig Snout Fried Rice and an R&B Brewing Co. brew for $15. Bahn Mi for Lunch! Every day Chef AJ features three different Bahn Mi subs (fish, meat and vegetarian), served with papaya salad for $10…

Mangia Italiano at Campagnolo

Market Menus Every Wednesday the cooks shop at the Main St. Station Farmers’ Market, located just steps from Campagnolo, where they buy the best of local, seasonal ingredients available and prepare a truly market-fresh menu. Our house-made pasta is also available for purchase at the Market. Lasagna Thursdays  Every Thursday night Chef Adam Vaughan makes a big pan…

Guanaco Food Truck

Now that fall is setting in, it’s time to switch from lighter fare over to hearty comfort food.  When I think of comfort food, cuisine from El Savador is not something that immediately jumps to mind, but after sampling a selection from the Guanaco Food Truck, I am thinking that these delicious plates will indeed…

Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Celebrates the Close of Summer

Four Seasons HotelVancouver and Executive Chef Ned Bell are kicking off September at high velocity!  Celebrating health, wellness, superb food and great times, Four Seasons and YEW restaurant + bar are putting some muscle behind their commitment to community.  Take advantage of YEW’s sustainable seafood concept at special events all around the Lower Mainland, including the Hotel’s…

Chef Dale MacKay closes ensemble and ensembleTap restaurants

Top Chef Canada Winner Dale MacKay, best-known for his fierce competitiveness, confirms that he is throwing in the proverbial towel and closing both of his Vancouver restaurants. MacKay, who opened ensemble restaurant and bar and ensemble Tap (eTap) in 2011 after winning season one of Food Network Canada’s Top Chef Canada loves ‘Food City’ but…

Julia Child Celebrates 100th at Pastis

Pastis is one of Vancouver’s top French bistros and when it came to celebrating Julia Child’s 100th Birthday they stepped up and recreated many of the items from her epic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking and are still doing so until September 2. We attended the August 16 dinner, which was both a cooking…

The Westin Grand – Pop Up Patio

Act quick to check out the latest pop up at The Westin Grand at Homer and Robson Street.  Sit poolside and catch the last rays of summer amongst the gardens with music from their live DJ.  On every Thursday and Friday while the weather lasts. The menu is created by Executive Chef Matthew Richmond and…

Enjoy Julia Child at Pastis Until September 2

“…you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. Then you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.” This is your last chance to experience Executive Chef Tobias Grignon’s three-course prix fixe dinners in homage to the centenary of…

Vancouver’s Wildebeest Restaurant is now open

Wildebeest restaurant is now officially open at 120 West Hastings Street. Led by Vancouver service veterans and co-owners James Iranzad (Abigail’s Party) and Josh Pape (The Diamond), Wildebeest will offer unabashedly adventurous cuisine set against the history of Vancouver’s brick and beam Gastown neighbourhood. Focused on whole-animal cookery, Wildebeest’s menu is prepared with the utmost…

IK2GO Hornby Now Open

The GLOWBAL COLLECTION announces a second location for popular IK2GO with take-out and dine-in options Following the success of its first Italian Kitchen To Go, aka IK2GO located on Alberni Street, The GLOWBAL COLLECTION announces the opening of its latest take-out counter and eatery, IK2GO Hornby, located at 1328 Hornby Street. The new south-side downtown…

Changes at Sanafir Announced

The GLOWBAL COLLECTION, a company known for embracing and leading change on the Vancouver dining scene is at it again. Sanafir, the company’s sultry Granville Street dining destination will be undergoing a $450,000 renovation and will re-open this fall with an entirely new concept. “Sanafir brought cultural interest to Granville Street and indulged my family…

Tasty Tomatoes Take Over Provence

It doesn’t matter whether you call them ‘tomatoes,’ ‘tomahtoes,’ ‘tomates’ or ‘pomodoro’ – everyone agrees that the tomato is the ultimate summer ingredient. Eaten fresh-picked out of hand, chopped into salsas and salads, juiced, roasted or sun-dried – there are almost as many ways to enjoy their flavourful goodness as there are heirloom varieties. From…

Best of The West

For the second year in a row The Harmony Arts Festival presented Best of the West. The event was hosted again by Michaela Morris and Michelle Boufard of house wine, who did a spectacular job of pairing up West Vancouver’s best restaurants with stellar BC Wines. Held at the Ambleside Pier at the foot of 14th Street,…

Celebrate BC with White Spot

White Spot may come easily to mind if you are thinking burgers or breakfast, but the rest of the menu is also worth exploring.  This summer they’ve launched a Celebrate BC menu featuring dishes with local ingredients such as mushrooms, tomatoes, goat cheese, salmon, blueberries as well as their new 100% BC VQA wine list….

Brunch Mexicana at The Waldorf

Mexican Brunch is back by popular demand!!! For a limited time, every Sunday starting Aug 12th. To coincide with Food Cart Fest which happens every Sunday at the Waldorf, we are pleased to announce the return of our delicious Desayuno Brunch Mexicana. For the rest of the summer we will be offering a limited menu…

White Spot celebrates BC with new summer menu and wine list

Iconic B.C. restaurant the only casual dining chain in the province to offer a 100% local wine selection In celebration of summertime in beautiful B.C., White Spot today unveiled its 2012 seasonal Celebrate BC menu across the province, featuring summer dishes inspired by fresh, local ingredients. The return of Celebrate BC also marks the launch…

Sol Sun Belt Cookery Opening Night

Our friends Gord Martin (Bin 941, Go Fish) and Abdel Elatouabi (Bravo Bistro, Marrakesh) opened up Sol Sun Belt Cookery unofficially last night and we stopped in for some drinks and dinner.  They were still piecing the room together, but the bar and kitchen were ready to go. The menu here is Mediterranean in style. We…

‘Adult Pirate Paks’ sail back into White Spot on August 15

Iconic B.C. restaurant chain has raised $152,000 in support of Zajac Ranch for Children, sending 75 kids with special needs to camp Ahoy mateys! White Spot is bringing back its special edition ‘Adult Pirate Pak’ on August 15, giving the young-at-heart a chance to feel like a kid again – all while helping a worthy…