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Hit Container Brewing for One-Night-Only Table Service with PiDGiN

Everyone can use a dose of affordable, approachable fun right about now... Enter Chef Wes Young and the PiDGiN kitchen crew, who are carting their mobile commissary kitchen over to Container Brewing for a good-time party-time on March 26th...

19 Years of Serving Big-Ass Burritos in Mt Pleasant: Get Down with Budgie’s at The Lido TONIGHT!

Before you dance the night away in a crowd of nice, fun-loving people, get to know your hostess and Budgie's founder, Macey Budgell, in this quick-and-dirty interview.

A New Season of Arts Programming is Setting Off at Gallery 881, Beginning Sept. 16th

This month there are plenty of ways to fill up your noggin and calendar with interesting and diverse cultural fixes, beginning with a visual and sonic "bang!"

Creative “Indies” November Pop Up Art Show is Now Accepting Submissions

Calling all BOH/FOH-industry-folk-slash-artists: this is your chance show off your creative side, at an upcoming art show slated to go up on the walls of The Irish Heather...

Hit East Van for the 2nd Annual Vancouver Brewers Fest, April 19-28th

Since a single person (and liver) can only handle so many beers and beer-drinking celebrations, some prioritizing is in order. Topping off our list of events is the imminent (and, in our opinion, non-negotiable) Vancouver Brewers Fest.

Scout Book Club, Vol. 1

We like consuming words on the page almost as much as we like consuming food on the plate. Welcome to the Scout Book Club: a brief and regular rundown of what we're reading, what's staring at us from the bookshelf begging to be read next, and what we've already read and recommend.

We Want to Stuff Our Faces With Nostalgic Treats at Hong Kong’s ‘Eat Darling Eat’

This futuristic spot focuses on the fancification of nostalgic childhood faves like pineapple buns, tong sui and egg tarts.

33 Acres’ Interview With Sean Partlow of the ‘Back In Five’ Pop-Up

The latest community journal piece / film from 33 Acres focuses on Sean Partlow, who runs the Back In Five pop-up restaurant in Victoria

Renovated Our Town Cafe Revealed in Mt. Pleasant

The new cafe looks fancier than the original, but the real improvements are in systems, methods, machines and product.

What the Backcountry Brewing Crew Listen to Keep the Good Times Going

The Squamish team were positively amped to share their top three tunes for blasting in the brewery before, during and after hours.

You Should Know the Story of the Building at the Heart of Mount Pleasant

The 1947 scalene icon sits like a sphinx at the intersection of Main and Kingsway, hiding a sexy secret beneath its rough stucco.

The Shop’s TJ Schneider Talks Denim, Five Years in Chinatown and Dining with Brad Pitt

Thalia Stopa has a lengthy chat with polymath TJ Schneider of The Shop on its 5th anniversary in Chinatown.

Sunshine, Concrete Couches and Ping Pong Next to a Brewery on a Bike Route

The new double-triangle bike route hangout on Vernon Drive (at Union Street) is the chillest place to take a break during rush hour.

Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

First Look Inside Chinatown’s Highly Anticipated ‘Kissa Tanto’ At 263 E. Pender St.

Getting Your Rotisserie Chicken With A Side Of History At The Homer St. Cafe & Bar

Tracing The Story Of The Forbidding Building At 300 Alexander Street In Railtown

Two Industry Veterans Set To Launch 25 Seat Wine Bar “Latab” On Helmcken Street

New Klee Larsen-Crawford Show Opening Tonight At Strange Fellows Brewing

Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

Bao Bei Team To Open New Concept ‘Kissa Tanto’ On East Pender St. In Chinatown

On The Ancient Apartment Building That Sits Sphinx-Like On Mt. Pleasant’s Slope

On East Hastings’ Bizarre, Military-Style Historical Oddities, “The Three Halfies”

On The Indefatigable “Helen’s Grill” – A Greasy Spoon Main St. Fixture Since ’61

A Last Look At UBC’s 60 Year Old “Empire Pool” Before Its Total Destruction

Getting Lost Inside The Elizabethan Hedge Labyrinth Out At VanDusen Gardens

On Vancouver’s Maritime Museum, A Stunning Icon Of Mid-Century Modernism

Remembering A Piece Of Chinatown Before It’s Destroyed For A Mid-Rise Condo

Sipping History In “Delamont Park”, Kitsilano’s Forgotten Micro-Neighbourhood

Peeling Back The Woody Layers Of The Legendary “Railway Club” On Dunsmuir

The Story Behind Mount Pleasant’s Iconic “Depencier House” On Eighth Avenue

Drinking Up 101 Years Of History In The Building That Houses The “Alibi Room”

On The Historic Buildings Artfully Stashed Away Inside A Local Shopping Mall

Exploring The Artistic Institution That Is Mt. Pleasant’s Iconic Western Front

On The Wenanoh, A Mount Pleasant Apartment Building Hiding Secret Treasures

Peeling Back The Layers At The Sylvia Hotel — Ivy-Covered Jewel Of The West End

The New Local History Book ‘Vancouver Confidential’

Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

Talking Process & Plans With Jeff Hamada, Creator Of “Booooooom”

On Groceries & Police Shootouts At The Finch’s Market Location In Strathcona

Looking In/Up At Mount Pleasant’s Iconic 1912 “Skyscraper”, The Lee Building

Peeling Back The Layers Of Boozy Bootlegger History At Gastown’s Peckinpah

SCOUT LIST: 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now & Next Week

AWESOME THING WE DRANK #672: Bliss Juice At The New “Smak” On West Pender

SCOUT LIST: 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now & Next Week

The New “Black Lodge” Is Like A Crazy Twin Peaks Dream In The Fraserhood

DINER: New “Salt Tasting Room” Location In Kitsilano Now Softly Open On Broadway

HEADS UP: “The Good, The Bad & The Holy” Show Opens At Gastown’s Catalog Gallery

VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #189: We Put A Big Fir Tree In Every Roundabout

SCOUT LIST: 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now & Next Week

DINER: Blood Alley’s Salt Tasting Room To Open New Location In Kitsilano Next Month

The Scout List: A Curated Agenda For Discerning Vancouverites

SCOUT LIST: The 10 Things That You Should Probably Do Between Now And Next Week…

HEADS UP: Le Marche St. George Pop-Up With “Mikuni Wild Harvest” This Saturday

DINER: Pape & Iranzad Pick Up Ex-West Chef David Gunawan For New “Wildebeest”

SCOUT LIST: 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now & Next Week

HEADS UP: It’s “Vinyl Appreciation Night” This Friday At Kitsilano’s Zulu Records

The Scout List: A Curated Agenda For Discerning Vancouverites

SCOUT LIST: The 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

Zulu Report: Everything That You Should Listen To This Week

SCOUT LIST: The 12 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

SCOUT LIST: The 10 Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And Next Week

Cool Thing We Want #258: A Sweet Planter Necklace From Designer Colleen Jordan…

Cool Thing We Want #259: Mark Gonzales’ Super Sweet Signature Adidas SK8 Sneaks

Post-Riot Therapy: 101 Greatest Things About Life In Vancouver

Zulu Report: Everything That You Should Listen To This Week

Scout List: Our Eclectic Agenda For Discerning Vancouverites…

Scout List: Our Eclectic Agenda For Discerning Vancouverites…

Zulu Report: Everything That You Should Listen To This Week

Scout List: Film At The Waldorf And Crazy Good Hot Chocolate

Scout List: Owen Lightly Cooks For Kicks & Other Cool Beans…

Zulu Report: Everything That You Need To Listen To This Week

Foreign Intelligence Brief #235: Greenpeace Vs Exploding Nerds

Zulu Report: Speaking Modern English & Hearing Local Natives

Scout List: A Cunning Scheme To Milk Vancouver Of Its Awesome

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If… Gabriel Nderitu Lived Among Us

The View From Your Window #46

Brad Miller’s “Red Wagon” Diner Open At East Hastings & Garden

Scout List: Where To Buy Cheap Used Bikes & Watch The Goonies

Zulu Report: Tired Of Feeling Tired? Get Up Get Out Get Down!

Zulu Report: Bootlegging Bob Dylan & Digging “Die Antwoord”

Because Paying A $20 Cover To Drink Beer In A Tent Is Retarded

Scout List: Because “The Games” Are Not The Only Show In Town

Five Minutes With Nathan Lee & Trevor Coghill Of Contexture

Scout List: Our Guide To Milking Vancouver On The Super Cheap

Zulu Report: J. Tillman Plays The Biltmore & Blackroc Rocks

On The Scout Ipod: Seer Believer By Norway’s “The White Birch”

Anticipated “F@cking Taco Shop” On West Hastings Nearly Open