Howe Sound Bringing Its Ales To Salt Cellar This Monday Night

Salt Tasting Room is located in Gastown's Blood Alley | 604-633-1912 | www.salttastingroom.com

News from Scout supporter Salt Tasting Room

Vancouver, BC | Gastown’s Salt Cellar at Salt Tasting Room is excited to host B.C.’s own Howe Sound Brewing as part of the ongoing Salt Cellar Series on Monday, April 19th at 7:00pm.

Howe Sound Brewing provides premium quality, all natural, micro-brewed beers to BC’s Sea To Sky Corridor, from Vancouver to Whistler BC. All of their ales and lagers are handcrafted with no preservatives and they’ve garnered many awards and medals for their efforts.

Salt look forward to hosting the folks from the brewery to taste through an array of their lagers, ales, bitters, imperials, and stouts. The beers will be served in two flights, paired with delicious charcuterie from J, N & Z Deli, Oyama Sausage Company and Moccia’s Italian Meat Market. Artisan Cheeses from the UK, Spain, Italy, France & BC will be on offer along with artisan breads and more.

For more information, and to buy tickets at 40 bucks a pop, visit http://www.salttastingroom.com/cellar or call 604-633-1912 Read more

The Long Awaited “Judas Goat” Opens In Gastown’s Blood Alley

Co-owner Scott Hawthorn mugs through a Hunter & Gather designed felt peephole in the entrance to Judas Goat

Judas Goat has finally opened in Gastown, and it looks great for a shoebox hideaway that doesn’t take itself too seriously. For an explanation of the art within from co-owner Sean Heather and shot shots of the pre-opening interior shots of the 21 seat, Spanish-inspired tapas micr0-restaurant and wine bar, click here. For shots from their first full day in action, check below for several… Read more

Salt’s All-Stars Welcome Locals And The World For 2010 Games

Gastown's Salt Tasting Room sees a homecoming of alumni just in time for the Olympic Games

News from Scout supporter Salt Tasting Room

Vancouver, BC | The team at Gastown’s award-winning Salt Tasting Room, renowned for artisan cheeses, handcrafted charcuterie and constant Golds for their wine program, will be open and accessible throughout the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, both in the main Tasting Room and underground in the 50 seat Salt Cellar.

To accommodate thousands of locals and tourists, Salt has assembled it’s own Olympic team, beefing up their staff with an All-Star selection of Salt alumni and some of Vancouver’s favourite wine professionals.

Alumni-wise, Jake Skakun (former Manager) and Miguel Quezada (former Server) are flying in from San Francisco and New York respectively, plus making Salt cameos during the Games will be AltoVin’s Mark McNeil (former Chambar Sommelier), The Province’s wine writer James Nevison (author of the bestselling Had A Glass series) and many more surprise appearances. Read more

Holiday Hours & Happenings At Gastown’s “Salt Tasting Room”

Salt Tasting Room | Blood Alley, Gastown | Vancouver, BC | 604-633-1912 | www.salttastingroom.com

News from Scout supporter Salt Tasting Room

Vancouver, BC | Salt Tasting Room will be open for your wine, cheese and charcuterie pleasure throughout most of the holidays. We’ll be open both day and night on Christmas Eve! Take a break from dashing around during the day or to celebrate your last minute shopping finally being done at night! Read more

Salt Tasting Room Brings Moccia’s & Driftwood Together

Monday, November 16th, 7:00 p.m. - $40 | 604-633-1912 | SaltTastingRoom.com

News from Scout supporter Salt Tasting Room

Join us for a fun, casual evening with the boys from Moccia’s and beers from Driftwood in the Salt Cellar on November 16th at 7:00 pm. Learn about the classic art of charcuterie, sample a variety of styles, and enjoy some phenomenal local craft beer. Read more

Gastown’s “Judas Goat” Inching Toward Early 2010 Opening…

I took this video today of construction continuing apace at Judas Goat, the tiny tapas joint going in right beside Salt Tasting Room in Gastown’s soon-to-be-much spiffier Blood Alley. Look for it in January. Read more

Vancouver Lexicon: Blood Alley

Blood Alley | place | A Gastown alleyway that stretches from Abbott to Carrall, running parallel with Water and Cordova. Home to old apartments, back doors, rats and little restaurants Salt Tasting Room and Judas Goat. Used as a toilet by bridge and tunnel douchebags emerging drunk from The Blarney Stone.

Pronunciation: Blud-al-ee

Usage: “It smells like cheap beer piss in Blood Alley”

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Blood Alley Getting Spanish Tapas Bar

From the little known Department of Just When You Thought 2009 Was Going To Totally Suck comes phenomenal news from a Gastown alleyway.

Restaurateur Sean Heather is planning to open a new concept in the small space currently under development right next door to Salt Tasting Room in Blood Alley. It will be a 21 seat Spanish tapas joint, with food items selling for $2 to $3 and liquids focusing on sherry, wine, and beer. There is no name just yet.

Sean will be doing a guest travel blog for Scout when he travels to do research in Spain next month, so stay tuned for more updates as things progress. Arriving late summer ’09. If you have any suggestions for names, let loose in the comments below.

More Saltiness…

Here are some shots from last week’s unveiling of Iberico ham for local chefs in the Salt Cellar. Vegetarians and small children may want to skip it…

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Andrew Morrison is a west coast boy who studied history and classics at the Universities of Cape Town and Toronto after an adolescence spent riding skateboards and working in restaurants. He is the editor of Scout Magazine, the weekly food and restaurant columnist for the Westender newspaper, a contributor to Vancouver and Western Living magazines, and a proud board member of the Chef’s Table Society of BC. He lives and works by the beach in Vancouver.

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Salt Tasting Room

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Blood Alley, Gastown | Vancouver, BC | MAP
Telephone: 604-633-1912
Web: www.salttastingroom.com
Twitter: SaltTastingRoom
Hours: noon to midnight, daily

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The People Who Make It Happen

Owners: Sean Heather & Scott Hawthorn
Operations Manager: Mike Mitchell
General Manager: Christopher McFadden
Chef: Alvin Pillay

About Salt Tasting Room

Recently praised by Bon Appetit magazine,  Salt Tasting Room is a dynamic charcuterie  and wine room with exposed brick walls and a long share table. Open daily from noon to midnight, guests choose items from a chalkboard menu featuring the most diverse selection of local charcuterie, cured meats and global artisan cheeses in the city, along with an extensive selection of wine (by the glass, bottle or flight) and more than 20 varieties of Sherry. Let Salt’s savvy, casual & charismatic staff guide you through Salt’s ever-changing menu of meat, cheese & wine!

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