Our next gumboot dinner is Wednesday September 21st 6:00 p.m. $50 members / $60 non members Attending producers: Thiessen Farms One Love Farms Mt Lehman Winery Glorious Organics An evening of spirited conversation, wine tasting and fabulous local food. Sit back and enjoy speaking with our attending producers while sipping some premier B.C. wine and tasting some of the best local…
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Top Table Wine Directors Launch Private Blends
Partnership with Laughing Stock Vineyards produces two uniquely blended wines Top Table’s four wine directors—Araxi’s Samantha Rahn, Blue Water Cafe’s Andrea Vescovi, CinCin’s Sarah McCauley, and West’s Owen Knowlton—are excited to debut their inaugural wine label, Director’s Blend, a duo of personally blended wines produced by Laughing Stock Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Augmenting the…
Week of Oaxacan Cuisine in Vancouver
WEEK OF OAXACAN CUISINE September 7th-16th On December 2010, UNESCO declared Traditional Mexican Cuisine as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This was the first time in the world that cuisine has been acknowledged in such a manner by the UNESCO, and this recognition has only been shared between Mexico and France. Given this recognition, Mexico…
True European Café Culture in the Heart of Downtown Vancouver
When picturing some of the most famous European cities in the world – Rome, Paris, Vienna, Prague – an image of crowded pedestrian-filled alley ways or sidewalks with quaint, picturesque street cafes’ often come to mind. Locals gathered at the bar drinking aromatic espressos or cappuccinos, a few reading the local newspaper at tables, and…
Aphrodite’s loves Slow Food
September 23 to October 6 with special meal on September 28 To celebrate all that’s local, Aphrodite’s Café and Pie Shop will showcase food fresh from the farm. Their Fresh Sheet will feature a three-course menu showcasing BC-grown ingredients. Cost: $35, + $10 for a tasting of local wines. RSVP: call Aphrodite’s at 604.733.5808. 10%…
Raising Dough for BC’s Kids at Pane e Formaggio
Loaves of Love Please join in to raise money for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and celebrating Pane e Formaggio’s 10th Anniversary of business in the Point Grey Community! Pane e Formaggio is once again hosting the annual ‘Loaves of Love‘ fundraiser on Saturday, September 17th – 2011. Come by the store at 4532 W. 10th…
Life and Times at YEW
‘YEWTube’ Are you Ready to SEA Change? Life and Times at YEW YEW restaurant + bar continues our online series with an insider’s look at what makes one of Vancouver’s top restaurants tick. Each week we are serving up fun and useful tips and tricks from our talented kitchen and restaurant veterans. Putting a sweet ending…
Metropolitan welcomes Hamid Salimian as Executive Chef
Chef returns to Diva with creative approach to Cascadian cuisine and ready to nurture a new generation in the kitchen www.divamet.com The Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver is thrilled to welcome Chef Hamid Salimian back into the fold in the role of Executive Chef. Known for his contemporary, creative approach to cuisine, Chef Salimian will be…
New Patio Opens at Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
The Best Real Estate in Whistler Just Got Better… And Bigger We say “Whistler winter” and you think skiing, when we know a better thought is après ski. When we say “Whistler summer”, you think mountain biking. The phrase you should be thinking is patio sipping. Season does not matter in Whistler, the fun you…
Nu Greek Robson
542 Robson Street, Vancouver – Opens Daily at 11:00am This summer, Harry Kambolis expanded his Nu Greek brand with two food carts that dished out thousands of chicken and lamb souvlaki in pillowy pita bread to hungry downtown denizens. Never to sit still, or rest on the laurels that flank the stylized Nu logo, Kambolis has…
Bishop’s celebrates the season with 4-course Harvest Table Menus
Ahhh September with its farmers’ markets overflowing with fresh produce. It’s traditionally the time when people gather over tables groaning with delicious food to give thanks for another year of Mother Nature’s bounty. For John Bishop, this time of year is like being a kid in a candy store “everything is at its peak –…
Yelp Eats WEEK for Hunger Relief
It’s no secret Vancouver has some of the best eats in the entire world, but did you know that you will soon be able to put your dining-out dollars toward a good cause? Yelp Eats Week is a perfect way for Vancouverites to explore some of the best restaurants in the lower mainland while supporting…
Late summer updates from Big Lou’s Butcher Shop
First Hunting and Game Butchery class dates announced It’s an old cliché, but many times it’s true that “if you build it, they will come” and so we’ve scheduled our first two Hunting and Game butchery courses for this September. The inaugural courses will be held 4pm on Sunday, September 4th and 6:30pm on Sunday,…
THAI HOUSE RESTAURANT GROUP CELEBRATES SILVER ANNIVERSARY THIS SEPTEMBER
Father and son, Patrick and Desmond Chen, are proud to announce that the Thai House RestaurantGroup will celebrate its 25th anniversary this September. What started as a single restaurant on Robson Street in 1986 has grown to encompass nine successful restaurants: four award winning Thai House locations, Charm Modern Thai and Urban Thai Bistro in…
Sidecut Celebrates an Amazing Year of Rubbing Our Guests the Right Way
Sidecut has delivered on its promise to deliver “steak with an edge” since launching the new concept just over a year ago. Using the top two percent of Canadian Prime Beef and searing in the perfect flavour with the 1800-degree infrared grill are two of the three essential elements to its success. The third, to…
Rosewood Hotel Georgia Opens ‘Reflections’ an outdoor bar & lounge
Perfect Urban Escape, in the heart of the City Vancouver’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia is pleased to announce the opening of ‘Reflections,’ an elegant and stylishly relaxed outdoor bar & lounge; an urban oasis in the heart of the city. Situated on the hotel’s fourth floor atop the roof of its historic Spanish Ballroom, ‘Reflections’ has…
Wild Rice to open in New Westminster
CELEBRATING TEN BY ADDING NUMBER TWO Ten years ago, on August 23rd 2001, Vancouver’s first modern Chinese restaurant opened its doors in an area of town that has since come to be known as Crosstown. Back then it didn’t have a name, and there was not another restaurant for blocks around. All that has changed….
Kale & Nori Culinary Arts is open for business
Kale & Nori Culinary Arts – Vancouver’s newest catering company Kale & Nori Culinary Arts creates beautiful and successful events, focused on vegetables, local seafoods, and proteins, all sourced from the finest local artisans, farmers and purveyors in the Lower Mainland and from across Canada. From Cocktail and Wedding Receptions to Interactive Client “Hands-On” Events and Multi-Course Plated…
PNE Food Galore in 2011
Food – Experience the flavours of the world at the PNE – from complete junk to gourmet, the 2011 PNE has something for everyone. The Fair at the PNE celebrates diverse cuisine from countries around the world. With such an extensive food selection, visitors can choose anything from a light snack to a fine dining experience….
Thierry Opens in Vancouver
Internationally acclaimed Thierry Busset launches his modern shop, café and atelier Top Table proprietor Jack Evrensel, and maître chocolatier and pâtissier Thierry Busset, are delighted to announce the highly anticipated opening of Thierry. The fifth venue in the Top Table family, the chocolaterie pâtisseriejoins the highly acclaimed restaurants Araxi in Whistler and Blue Water Cafe, CinCin and West in Vancouver. It might just be the perfect…
