{"id":35965,"date":"2016-11-16T09:13:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=35965"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:17:20","slug":"chef-jefferson-alvarez-cacao-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/chef-jefferson-alvarez-cacao-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Jefferson Alvarez Cacao Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chef Jefferson Alvarez\u00a0has had a busy fall as he&#8217;s recently opened Cacao, inspired Latin American plates in Kitsilano. 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