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…
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Tofino Brewing Blond Ale
Headed down to Feast Tofino Dock Festival and grabbed a mug of Tofino Brewing Blonde Ale to cheer on the release of a rehabilitated octopus! Had it in a plastic cup which is by no means the best way to drink it, but it worked dockside and was less of a hazard if you happened…
Pizza Fabrika Opening Soon
Vancouver is oh so very pizza-obsessed so the Wiese borthers (founders of Davie Street’s La Brasserie) are smartly capitalizing on this trend, once again choosing a West End location, this time at Cardero and Bidwell. Fabrika, meaning factory will open mid-June and will present menu of a dozen or so traditionally-based pizza’s with the obligatory…
Tofino Brewing Tuff Session Ale
As they say, when in Rome! Our latest journey to the far west coast brought us to Tofino where Tofino Brewing rules the taps. Had to grab a growler of this Tuff Session Ale and will be going back for some bottles for the ride home. This sessionable ale (meaning lower in alcohol allowing you…
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…
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….
Celebrate the Cowichan
JERICHO CAFÉ PRESENTS Our talented chef pal Stephen John Letts presents a pop-up Dinner on Monday May 26th and a more formal evening on May 27th at Foxglove Inn and Gardens in Crofton to celebrate the spring bounty of the Cowichan Valley. MENU $50.00 Plus Taxes Does not and Tip (BYOW) Possible variations of the…
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…
CONTEST CLOSED #Contest #Win 2 Tickets to May 28 The Cultch DVOTE
CONTEST CLOSED. DVOTE – Vision Impure (Vancouver) and Nova Dance (Toronto). At first glance dance artists Noam Gagnon and Nova Bhattacharya seem to come from completely different worlds, but a closer look reveals their shared passion for mining personal experience to create revealing and transcendent performances. DVOTE is their investigation into the dichotomies that separate devotion…
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…
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…
Jennifer Schell Puts the Okanagan on the Culinary World Map
First there was one award, then another, another, and yet another, bringing the trophy count now to an impressive five for Okanagan-based writer Jennifer Schell. Schell grew up in the sunny Okanagan, a farm girl at heart, who’s equally comfortable dressing to the nines to check out the latest hot spot in dining. She’s traveled…
A New Bun In The Oven – PappaRoti
If you’ve visited Malaysia in the last ten years you are bound to have run into PappaRoti, a buttery and coffee-caramel coated bun. The PappaRoti Cafe’s now number 400 worldwide; the first location recently opened on Canada down towards the end of Robson Street. So what are these buns all about? Well they sound sweeter…
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….
Osoyoos Oyster Festival Antics
WHAT? Oysters in the Okanagan? I’ve been asked far too many times “are there oysters farms in the Okanagan?” Well no, they don’t yet grow in Osoyoos Lake, but contrary to popular belief, oysters can live outside the ocean for several weeks and I guarantee that all the oysters in this Osoyoos Oyster Festival got…
Spa Day at New Image College of Fine Arts
Last week I took a much needed afternoon to myself to beautify my tired feet and get my nails in order. Fortunately for me at New Image College of Fine Arts they offer an esthetics training and once the students have mastered the skills, they can take on clients to fine tune their trade. The…
Tequila Hits Vancouver
The next best thing to a trip to Mexico is the Vancouver International Tequila Expo. This year the main event is Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from 7-10 pm. Entrance fee gets you twenty tasting tokens and if you are still standing, you can buy additional tokens with proceeds to the British Columbia Hospitality…
Chefs Chop, Foodies Chomp at 12th EAT! Vancouver
Come hungry to EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival and celebrate all things food, cooking, entertaining, and culinary travel at BC Place Stadium on May 30, 31 & June 1, 2014. Chopped Canada judges Lynn Crawford, Chuck Hughes, and Vikram Vij will take the Food Network Celebrity Stage, joined by Ned Bell of Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and EAT! Vancouver veteran, Rob Feenie of Cactus Club Restaurants. The…
Cirque du Soleil TOTEM May 15 – June 19, 2014
Billed as “a fascinating journey into the evolution of mankind” the newest Cirque du Soleil performance runs from May 15-June 19, 2014 under the blue-and-yellow big top at Concord Pacific Place. Tickets at www.cirquedusoleil.com/totem. We”ll be checking it out on opening night and will report back on what is sure to be an amazing spectacle! Written and directed…
