{"id":21626,"date":"2013-08-31T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=21626"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:19:17","slug":"gastown-bbq-and-chili-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/gastown-bbq-and-chili-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastown BBQ and Chili Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBQ2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/gastown-bbq-and-chili-festival-2\/bbq-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBQ2.jpg?fit=600%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,466\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BBQ\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBQ2.jpg?fit=600%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21627\" alt=\"BBQ\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBQ2-300x233.jpg?resize=300%2C233\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBQ2.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBQ2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On August 31 and September 1, come and join select merchants for the second annual Gastown BBQ and Chili Festival. 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