Liberty Merchant Company proudly presents the 1st Annual Best of the Northwest Beer Fest tasting event. This Liberty-sponsored event is in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, which helps provides food for up to 25,000 people in need each week. All proceeds from both ticket sales and draw prizes directly support the GVFBS….
Category: Lower Mainland Events
Casks For A Cause
Here’s your chance to sample new beers and contribute to BC Children’s Hospital at the same time. Just sky train out to 22nd station and hope on the free shuttle! Frankie G’s Pub, Craft2Draft, CAMRA South Fraser presents… CASKS FOR A CAUSE A local craft beer event in support of BC Childrens Hospital. This hospital is…
Battle Royal Total Beer Glory
Four BC breweries battle it out in the Doolin’s ring for TOTAL BEER GLORY! Whoever sells out their keg first will reign as a Doolin’s featured tap for all of June. Plus extreme bragging rights! This boxing ring style event will feature some of Vancouver’s great Craft Breweries to celebrate Vancouver Craft Beer Week! Featuring…
Green & Leafy Festival
The First Annual Green & Leafy Festival is happening this Thursday at the Yaletown Farmers Market, celebrating the abundance of in-season salad greens. The festival will feature a chef-guided tour of the market and its vendors with Chef Alvin Pillay. What: Green & Leafy Festival and Chef Tour with Alvin Pillay When: Thursday, May 29…
Horseshoe Bay Craft Beer Festival
Head to Horeshoe Bay’s Breakwater at Sewells Marina on June 21, 2014 where 10 local breweries have been lined up for attendees to sip and sample through. Check out Howe Sound Brewing, Persephone Brewing Company, Bridge Brewing Company, Parallel 49 Brewing Company, Longwood Brewery, Deepcove Brewers & Distillers, Central City, Russell Brewing Company, Stanley Park…
Get Your Prawn On at Provence Marinaside
We can’t seem to get enough BC Spot Prawns this year, perhaps because price issues have made them even more precious. However we’d rather eat less than none at all so we are allocating our food dollars accordingly and making room in our schedules for this tasty menu from Provence Marinaside. Chef’s BC Spot Prawn…
Craft Beer at Wildebeest
On Tuesday, June 3rd join Wildebeest in celebrating Vancouver Craft Beer Week with a six-course French-Canadian menu complete with accompanying paired pours from Quebec’s Le Trou du Diable, Dieu du Ciel, and Les Trois Mousquetaires microbrasseries. Brewmaster Isaac Tremblay of Le Trou du Diable will also be in attendance, giving guests the opportunity to indulge…
Tofino Grazing in the Gardens
The 12th Annual Grazing in the Gardens event welcomes a community of food and drink. The afternoon includes canapes by local chefs and island purveyors, paired with BC wines and island microbrews, carefully tucked away throughout 12 acres of the rainforest, in the Tofino Botanical Gardens. Live music with long time friend of the festival, Dinah…
Vancouver Foodster Goes Latin
Tour the city’s best Latin American restaurants on June 25 with your route planned by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up special bites for hungry visitors; a variety of different Latin cuisines will be presented by some of Vancouver’s top chefs. From 6-9 pm that night hop on a bike, walk, bus or…
Chef Robin and Swallow Tail Supper Club Celebrate MEAT!
Summer’s almost here and it’s time to celebrate with friends in Chef Robin at the Swallow Tail Supper Club’s garden! A few teasers from the menu: Chef Robin’s heather smoked bison ribs and blackened ping gai chicken, all prepared on her Jamaican drum smoker. This feast will be served buffet style and includes dessert. Bring…
La Pentola Famiglia Supper Series May 25
La Pentola’s Famiglia Supper Series continues this May with a delectable seafood dinner. Sunday, May 25th at 6pm dine family style at a communal table. For this 10+ course Italian feast Chef Lucais will feature Organic Ocean’s freshest seafood including spot prawns, pacific octopus, squid ink risotto, albacore tuna, ‘bottarga’, Haida Gwaii Halibut and more….
Blackbird Spot Prawn Feast 2.0
Missed out on the May 18th Blackbird’s spot prawn boil? Here’s another change to get your prawns on June 1, 2014. The Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar & Driftwood Brewing present a second BC Spot Prawn Boil. They’ll boil them up traditionally and dump them out on the newspaper covered table in front of you….
Sunday BBQ with Big Lou’s at 33 Acres Brewery
What’s that? Beer and BBQ? Well it’s been done before, but certainly not as well as it will be with this particular beer and BBQ team starting May 25th, 2014. Last Sunday we saw Mark Urwin of 46 South Fish Co. shucking up Kaipara Oysters at 33 acres and sampled through all their current stellar beers and…
Cirque Returns to Vancouver With Totem
Cirque du Soleil has once again brought its circus talent to town under the hard-to-miss giant blue and yellow tent at Concord Pacific Place. The show begins with a human crystal ball descending from the ceiling into a tortoise shell filled with amphibian-like creatures that jump, flip and spin, setting the stage for another amazing…
Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands at Books to Cooks
Author Don Genova will be at Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks to celebrate the publication of his book, Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Don will be visiting from Vancouver Island to lead a salon discussion about the food artisans of these regions. It’s also a celebration the anniversary of Don and his wife who…
Battle of the Bartenders Beer Cocktail Comp VCBW
Tuesday June 3 6:00 pm- Late $20 (+ taxes & fees) Ten of Vancouver’s Top Bartenders will square off at The Blackbird with only bar tools and their imagination to create a beer-cocktail using one feature Craft beer. Annual bragging rights and a Craft beer focused prize are on the line. Attendees will judge draught versions…
Cicerone vs Sommelier – Beer or Wine?
Vancouver Craft Beer Week presents. Wednesday June 4 6:00-10:00pm $115 (+ taxes & fees) The ultimate food pairing challenge! Returning beer champion Cicerone Don Farion (BierCraft, Bomber Brewing) will square off against wine expert Michaela Morris from House Wine over a luxurious five course tasting menu created by ARC Executive Chef Alessandro Vianello. Each course will…
Vancouver Craft Beer Week Opening Night!
May 30, 2014 – The Peak Presents VCBW Opening Night hosted by Prevail 5-10 pm – who’s in? The top of the hops, the beast of the yeast, not our fault if you don’t love malt – best damn party ever thrown! Join Prevail Prevail of Swollen Members, DJ Flipout, the Hip Hop Karaoke All…
Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates Main Street May 14
Cruise the Main Street neighborhood from Broadway to 28th Avenue on an evening tasting extravaganza from 6pm until 9:30 pm on May 14 – presented by Vancouver Foodster. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). Vegetarian options will be available at many of the participating restaurants. Bring…
Blackbird Spot Prawn Feast
Missed out on the Chef’s Table spot prawns festival last weekend? Here’s another change to get you prawn on. On May 18th, The Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar & Driftwood Brewing present a BC Spot Prawn Boil. They’ll boil them up traditionally and dump them out on the newspaper covered table in front of you….
