Calabash Rum & Chocolate tasting at Calabash – Sunday October 19th

Rum & Chocolate tasting at Calabash! Sunday October 19th |  6pm – 8pm |  $35 (tax inc) Five rums, a rum cocktail, handmade chocolate & a entertaining presentation about rum. All for $35, bargain! Moonshine Tastings will be teaming up with local chocolatier Riadh Aine of Bumble & Oak to bring you one of the tastiest combinations of all…

Calabash Bistro Does Brunch

Brunch just got even more laid back with Gastown’s Calabash Bistro’s launch of their new brunch menu. Stop in and stay a while with dishes that feature Caribbean flavours with Western twists. Calabash’s house-made jerk spice makes a welcome appearance here, but nothing is too spicy unless you want to add a dash of their…

Vancouver Foodster presents the Best Chicken Wings Challenge

If you are a chicken wing lover I am sure you’ll have some of your own favourites.  Vancouver Foodster is running a challenge right now though, so it might just be the time to try some new flavours. We sampled a few with some mixed results.  Number one?  Read on. As part of an exceptionally…

Slow Food Vancouver Earth Day Celebration April 22nd Earth Workshops

Slow Food Vancouver celebrates Earth Day with a series of workshops, open houses and tastings around the City. We are featuring restaurants, chefs and businesses that are in support of GOOD, CLEAN, and FAIR. When purchasing a ticket a percentage will be donated to Slow Food Vancouver and it’s projects, so please mention Slow Food…

Craft Cocktail Tour Series: Gastown Edition

August 19th, 2010 – [ get notified for the next tour ] Create and sip craft cocktails with Veteran Vancouver Barman and Cocktailian, Jay Jones (formerly Pourhouse), with Melody as your host in an interactive and informative cocktail tour through 5 Gastown gems. The hands-on tour presents fundamental cocktail-making theories and techniques in a stylish…