DINER: Every Instagrammed Shot Of “Dine Out Vancouver” Stored In A Single Gallery

The Dine Out Vancouver food festival has been a lot of tasty fun for us so far (L’Abattoir last night especially). Part of the reason we’ve been enjoying it so much is because we’ve been test driving (on invitation) a new multi-platform service called Fanbase. It allows us to manage, curate and present in gallery format every Instagram with a specific hashtag. Beibg the food lovers that we are, we decided to do our test campaign with Dine Out’s official hashtag, #DOVF, and the images just started pouring in. Fanbase is still in a closed beta, but it’s been working seamlessly for us. You can take a look at the ever-growing public gallery of local diner’s images here or by clicking the screenshot above. Keep the photos coming everyone!

Everything That You Need To Know About The 2013 “Dine Out Vancouver” Food Fest

With the 11th annual Dine Out Vancouver food festival (the largest of its kind in North America) on the immediate horizon, it’s high time that we told you everything that a discerning food and drink lover should get really excited about. Feast on the intel after the jump… Read more

Smoke Break #922: A Beautiful Love Story About Working In The Restaurant Business

by Andrew Morrison | This is for all the restaurant industry folks coming off shift tonight. Dine Out Vancouver and Feast Van are both nearing their respective ends (Feb. 5th), and having worked the former for many years, I know you must be dog tired and dreaming of a trip far, far away in order to recharge your batteries and blow some of the cash that you’ve toiled so long and hard for. Might I suggest Midtown Manhattan? There, you can pay a visit to Prime Burger, where some of the staff have been on hand for 50 years, and where you just might find the inspiration to look forward to your first night back, whether it be at Hapa or Hawksworth. Of course, if you’d sooner go to Maui, knock yourself out. Maybe just enjoy the film above on the flight between well-earned beers.

For many of the guys that work here, the restaurant is like a second home – some of them have been slinging burgers, making shakes, and waiting on customers at this location for decades. Opened in 1938, the place hasn’t been altered since the early ’60s, and it looks all the better for it.

Via The Kraftfuttermischwerk.

TAKE ANOTHER BREAK

GOODS: “Dine Over” Evening At The Waldorf To Celebrate End Of Dine Out And Feast Van

The Waldorf Hotel is located at 1489 East Hastings in beautiful Vancouver, BC | 604.253.7141 | WaldorfHotel.com

The GOODS from The Waldorf Hotel

Vancouver, BC | Join us on Monday, February 6th for a special, multi-room edition of the Ice Cream Social. We’re calling this event “Dine Over” because it’s the first night after Dine Out and Feast Van. So come on down if you’re a waitress who got yelled at because something from the set menu had been 86′d or a waiter who got stiffed because a customer thought the gratuity was included. To show our appreciation to all the brave souls who toughed it out during for the two week dining festivals, we’re offering 2 for 1 admission to service industry employees so they can blow off some steam, enjoy cheap drinks and dance to the best rock and pop from the 50′s and 60′s… Read more

GOODS: Cozy On Up To “The Oakwood” In Kits During The Last Four Days Of Dine Out

The Oakwood Canadian Bistro is located at 2741 West 4th in Vancouver, BC | 604.558.1965 www.theoakwood.ca

The GOODS from Oakwood Canadian Bistro

Vancouver, BC | Only four days remain of Tourism Vancouver’s 2012 Dine Out (the celebrated festival comes to a close this Sunday, February 5th). Take your Dine Out adventures this week to Kitsilano’s latest room – The Oakwood Canadian Bistro – and try their tasty $28, 3-course menu while sipping premiere BC craft beers and hand crafted cocktails. Menu after the jump… Read more

Seen In Vancouver #337: On Enduring The Rain & Loving The Chow At Street Food City

by Andrew Morrison | Today was the first day of Street Food City, the three day food truck smorgasbord component of Dine Out Vancouver. Located right in front of the VAG, the laager-cloister of trucks made for a scene that sucker-punched our gullets and amped up our appetites, even in the rain (hooray for the covered tents with tables and chairs). While it would be nice to see the City arrange for something like this on every night of the summer, I’m grateful for any sort of baby step, and this looked and felt rather like a leap. The good chow was hot and flowing, so much so that some among the sellers had already sold out by the time we upped and left. Moral: whether the weather rules or sucks tomorrow (Wednesday) or the next day (Thursday), this is where you should be getting your bites on between 11am and 3pm.

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EVERYTHING SEEN IN VANCOUVER

GOODS: Dockside Paired Up With Live Performances During “Dine Out Vancouver”

Dockside Restaurant is located at 1253 Johnston St. in Vancouver BC | 604-685-7070 | docksidebrewing.com

The GOODS from Dockside

Vancouver, BC | Perhaps it’s just post-holiday blahs but there’s sometimes a tendency for Vancouver restaurant staff to turn a jaundiced eye toward Dine Out, the now 10-year old celebration of Vancouver’s vibrant dining scene. Not so, here at Dockside Restaurant and Brewing Company! The 10th edition of Dine Out Vancouver is set to be the biggest yet and we’re proudly jumping with both feet by participating in two Dine Out Special events while also offering a three-course set menu throughout the festival. Read more

DINER: New “Dine Out” Ad Shows How A Real Professional Deals With Tea For 15

Frustrated with server complaints about parties of 15 booking for Dine Out and only ordering tea or hot water with lemon to drink, Tourism Vancouver commissioned this ad depicting an Iranian server making short work of the same. See? It isn’t such a big deal…

UPDATE: No they didn’t.

“DB Bistro Moderne” Enters Fall With Six Deals On Six Nights…

db bistro moderne is located at 2551 West Broadway in Vancouver, BC | 604-739-7115 | www.dbbistro.ca

News from Scout supporter db bistro moderne

Vancouver, BC | West Broadway’s db bistro moderne is entering Autumn with a unique deal for each night of the week save Monday. These include specials on each of chef Nathan Guggenheimer’s gourmet burgers (paired with a beer), cocktail deals, tableside apple tarte tatins, 45-day dry-aged Kettle Ridge Cote de Boeuf, and more. Take a look at all the details after the jump… Read more

Nathan Guggenheimer Up To Old Tricks With New Oyster Comp…

DB Bistro chef de cuisine Nathan Guggenheimer is a fun-loving shit disturber. His kitchen talents aside, it was he who dreamed up last year’s memorable Guggenheimer Dog Gobble (a truly terrifying hot dog eating contest for debaucherous restaurant industry staff). Now he’s got it in his head to host an oyster shucking showdown. A $10 entrance fee gets you in, a pint of Tree Brewing Co. beer, plus the loan of a chef’s towel and shucking knife. First place wins a wine-soaked dinner for two at sister restaurant Lumière. Second gets lunch for two at DB Bistro. Third scores winner a DB Bistro gift card. I presume fourth place receives only scorn and ridicule. They’re probably going to be sending out a press release with all the skinny, but we already have some of the awesome details – like the rules and what’s in store for spectators – after the leap. Read on, mothershuckers… Read more

Db Bistro Moderne To Continue “DINE OUT” Menus All Summer

db bistro moderne is located at 2551 West Broadway in Vancouver, BC | 604-739-7115 | www.dbbistro.ca

News from Scout supporter db bistro moderne

Vancouver, BC | db Bistro Moderne Vancouver is pleased to announce the continuation of special Dine Out Vancouver prix-fixe pricing, all summer long.  “It was an easy decision for us,” comments General Manager Chris González. “Our loyal clientele asked, and we answered with an enthusiastic commitment to continue the $38 and $28, three-course, prix-fixe menus we originally created during the popular Dine Out promotion.” Read more

2010 Olympic Games Pushes Back “Dine Out Vancouver” To Spring

With the Olympics arriving around the same time as Tourism Vancouver’s annual Dine Out Vancouver promotion, it was plain that some rescheduling was in order. The whole point of Dine Out is to help put bums in seats during what is traditionally the slowest period on the restaurant calendar (end of January and the beginning of February), so with reservations in scarce supply during the Games it would be wise to find another time of the year in need of a steroidal shot in the arm. The following note – just arrived from TV – makes total sense:

The official Dine Out Vancouver promotion dates for next year are April 26 to May 6.

That’s a pre-patio, rainy, shitty, not-yet-nice-out time here in Vancouver, when I assume everyone will be piss poor and spiritually broken from all the revelry of the months previous. It’s sort of refreshing to imagine a life after the Olympics, no?

Killer Dine Out Deals Extending Into February

Three of the best restaurants in the city are going to be carrying over their Dine Out menus well beyond the February 1st expiry date…

Direct from the press release:

Harry Kambolis’ three restaurants know our local producers and suppliers, but they also know our local diners. In homage to Vancouver’s love affair with Dine Out Vancouver, Raincity Grill, C Restaurant, and nu restaurant + lounge have extended their prix fixe menus until Wednesday, February 11th. So if you weren’t fast enough making your reservations, this extension gives you the opportunity to enjoy one more (or perhaps now all three) of Vancouver’s top restaurants serving sustainably sourced local food, wise to the farm and our ocean. All extended Dine Out Vancouver menus are naturally paired with BC VQA wines (see menus below).

RAINCITY GRILL

DINE OUT VANCOUVER MENU

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$38

:: Appetizer ::

BUTTERNUT SQUASH VELOUTE

thyme emulsion, thyme oil

Suggested Wine Pairing: Jackson-Triggs, Sauvignon Blanc

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STUFFED LEG OF FRASER VALLEY CHICKEN

celery root, pearl onion, roasted mushroom, bacon, red wine puree

Suggested Wine Pairing: Sumac Ridge, Merlot

-Or-

WILD SALMON MOSAIC

fried eggplant, field pepper fondue, sherry emulsion, crispy béchamel

Suggested Wine Pairing: Inniskillin, Pinot Noir

:: Entrees ::

GRILLED CONFIT OF ‘SLOPING HILL’ PORK

sweet onion risotto, onion ring, burnt onion praline, brown butter broth

Suggested Wine Pairing: Cedar Creek, Pinot Gris

-Or-

SEARED FILLET OF WILD BC SALMON

maple glazed thyme gnocchi, roasted butternut squash, stout cured onion,

smoked salmon froth

Suggested Wine Pairing: Inniskillin, Chardonnay

-Or-

‘PEMBERTON MEADOWS’ BRAISED BEEF

‘helmers’ potato pave, grilled shallot, ‘north arm farm’ parsley root, marrow jus

Suggested Wine Pairing: Cedar Creek, Cabernet/Merlot

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butter braised dungeness crab 10 -

seared bayne sound scallops 12 -

sautéed seasonal mushrooms 6 -

:: Dessert ::

AGASSIZ HAZELNUT & CHOCOLATE DELICE

salted butter caramel, smoked milk ice cream

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails’ Gate, Late Harvest Optima

-Or-

WINE POACHED ANJOU PEAR

prune & ‘okanagan spirit’ poire william ice cream cornet, anise praline,

fireweed honey anglaise

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails’ Gate, Late Harvest Optima

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C RESTAURANT

DINE OUT VANCOUVER MENU

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$38

:: Appetizer ::

North Arm Farms Parsnip Veloute

Blackberry honey pearls, crispy brioche

Suggested Wine Pairing: Sumac Ridge Gewurztraminer

-Or-

Hot Smoked Langley Trout

Summerland gala apple & belgian endive salad, Agassiz hazelnut dressing

Suggested Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Riesling

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Octopus Bacon Wrapped Scallop

pickled multicoloured beet root, truffle foam *add $3.95

Suggested Wine Pairing: Jackson-Triggs Sauvignon Blanc

:: Entrees ::

Pan Seared Johnstone Straight Silverbrite Salmon

White bean and chorizo cassoulet, frothy Spot Prawn bisque

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails’ Gate Rose

-Or-

Pan Seared AAA Beef Flatiron Steak

Overnight braised brisket, crushed Yukon Gold potatoes, caramelized cauliflower, Agassiz garlic jus

Suggested Wine Pairing: Sumac Ridge Cellar Selection Merlot Cabernet

-Or-

Wild Mushroom Fricasse

linguini noodles, confit of shallots, fresh italian parsley, rosemary emulsion

Suggested Wine Pairing: Inniskillin Pinot Noir

:: Dessert ::

Lemon Tart with Fresh vanilla

Preserved fraser valley blueberry gel

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails’ Gate Optima

-Or-

Chocolate and Poached Pear Layer Cake

Cinnamon Crumble, Caramel Chantilly

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails’ Gate Optima

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NU RESTAURANT + LOUNGE

DINE OUT VANCOUVER MENU

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$28

:: Appetizer ::

Salad of Organic Lettuces, Spiced Poached Pear,

Blue cheese, red wine vinaigrette

Suggested Wine Pairing: Nk’Mip Riesling

-Or-

Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup

Maple crème fraiche

Ginger candy

Suggested Wine Pairing: Inniskillin Pinot Blanc

-Or-

Wild Salmon Cake, Smoked Paprika Aioli

Herb salad, tomato “sand”

Suggested Wine Pairing: Sumac Ridge Sauvignon Blanc

:: Entrees ::

Braised Lamb Cheek

Roasted garlic pomme puree, Pemberton root vegetable fricassee

Gremolata, rosemary jus

Suggested Wine Pairing: Jackson-Triggs Cabernet Sauvignon

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Pan Seared Silverbrite Salmon

Grainy mustard potato cake, braised purple kale and red chard

Roasted pepper emulsion

Suggested Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Chardonnay

:: Dessert ::

Summerland Gala Apple Bread Pudding

Nutmeg chantilly cream

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails Gate Optima

-Or-

Vanilla Crème Brulee

Candied pecans, espresso biscotti

Suggested Wine Pairing: Quails Gate Optima

For more information or to make your reservations please contact: Raincity Grill at 604-685-7337 (www.raincitygrill.com), C Restaurant at 604-681-1164 (www.crestaurant.com) or nu restaurant + lounge at 604-646-4668 (www.whatisnu.com).

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