Joe Fortes serves up a Christmas feast at the Vancouver Native Health Society More than 150 mothers and children from the Downtown Eastside will enjoy a special holiday meal prepared by Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House at the Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 from 1:30 p.m. onward. Guests will…
Tag: Downtown Eastside
EAT DRINK LOCAL
This fall, many of the Downtown East Side’s (DTES) best restaurants are joining together for Eat Drink Local, a celebration of the food scene in Vancouver’s most energetic culinary neighbourhood. Drawn by accessible heritage commercial spaces and the growing community of restaurateurs, the neighbourhoods of the DTES—Gastown, Railtown and East Hastings– have emerged as the…
New Community Farm Takes Root in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Project will provide fresh food, job training, and community development Starting this Saturday, the growing trend towards “urban agriculture” will blossom in one of Vancouver’s least green neighbourhoods. A new half-acre farm is being developed on two parking lots in the 700 block of Hastings Street. Called “SOLEfood”, it aims to nourish community members in…
