Owners Of “This Space” At 243 Union Street Canvassing The Neighbourhood For Ideas
September 19, 2011
Well here’s an interesting concept happening just down the street from our office…
This Space is a community business project situated at 243 Union Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown/Strathcona neighbourhood. Over the coming months, a series of polls will allow people to vote on the various decisions needed to start a business in This Space. From big decisions such as “What type of business?”, to simpler questions like “What art should design the walls?”, the community will help us decide every aspect of This Space. If you live, work or play near This Space, you can vote on these and other questions. We encourage comments and discussion on all related topics. Every question will be important in building a sustainable business that your community needs. If you have skills, there will be opportunities along the way to work for This Space.
Take a closer look here. Personally, I’m only interested in a restaurant that does nothing but proper risotto in many guises. Please make that happen. Thank you.
Loading ...GOODS: Slow Braised & Dry Rubbed Summer Updates From “Big Lou’s Butcher Shop”
August 25, 2011
Big Lou's Butcher Shop is located at 269 Powell Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-566-9229 | www.biglousbutchershop.com
The GOODS from Big Lou’s
Vancouver, BC | The lazy days of summer have been just the opposite at Big Lou’s Butcher Shop and so, with tons of news to pass along we thought we’d combine a few items into squick update on a few new things that have us excited. Get all the details on our Hunting & Game Butchery Class, our picnic baskets and boxed lunches, and our brand new sandwich after the jump… Read more
DINER: Pies Tested & Ready, Anticipated “Pizzeria Farina” To Open This Wednesday
August 15, 2011
Pizzeria Farina, the new pizza joint (delivery by bicycle) landing at Main and Prior in Strathcona, will open its doors on Wednesday, August 17th. Here’s the word: “Everything is near completion and [chef] J.C. Poirier and his team are excited to start serving their classic Italian-inspired pizza. The pizzeria will open at 5PM and will close when the dough runs out.” Can’t hardly wait. In the interim, should it be your thing, you can follow them on Twitter and “like” them on Facebook. Don’t mind me if I just sit here drooling at the photo after the jump (look at that crust!)… Read more
SOUNDTRACKING: Ticket Giveaway To Go See “The Decemberists” Play Stanley Park
July 22, 2011
At noon tomorrow, we’ll be giving away a pair of tickets to go see The Decemberists play at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park on August 23rd. If you haven’t already, be sure to “like” Scout on Facebook here, ’cause that’s where the giveaway is gonna go down. Have your fingers ready, music lovers!
NEXT UP: Thievery Corporation
Awesome Thing We Ate #838: Honest Diner Feast At Hastings’ Imminent Save On Meats
June 21, 2011
Save On Meats | 43 West Hastings | Opening Imminent | More tonight
ALL ANTICIPATED OPENINGS
Field Trip #585: Diggin’ Guerilla Archaeology In Vancouver…
May 31, 2011
Me and a friend took our sons out for a dig and pretzels today somewhere in the recess of our neighbourhood. The only archaeology I’d done before was at the bottom of an old well while I was a foreign student some 15 years ago, back when I thought Indiana Jones’ career was something easily replicated (still not entirely convinced to the contrary).
I remember being not all that amazed by the finds at the time, as the cat and rat skeletons, broken plates, rags and knives discovered during that school dig weren’t things that I could viscerally connect to. My fellow students could put them in a more personal context because they were “of that place”. I was not. I was born in Vancouver, and naturally find the short sweep of its modern history to be profoundly more interesting than that of most other places I’ve ever been to.
I should stress that this isn’t “real” archaeology. We’re not going meters down and hunting for evidence of aboriginal life thousands or hundreds of years ago. We’re looking for old bottle caps and rubbish on and just below the surface to get our kids excited about the past. Without training, geophysical surveys or documents leading to a proverbial “x” (we’ll leave such things to the pros digging real archaeological sites), one simply marks a spot and digs a small, inoffensive hole a few inches deep.
At our spot – an old dump – today, we brought up plenty of cool finds dating from the Victorian to the 1960′s. We found an over-abundance of old glass (including an intact bottle buried in mud) and just as much shattered ceramic of many different types. There were also butchered bones galore, and bits of metal that included an iron skeleton key and an old copper latch hook (amazingly, the only plastic we found was on the surface).
Here are a few shots of the day and of the finds my son and I categorised afterwards at home … Read more
Scout List: Our Eclectic Agenda For Discerning Vancouverites…
April 14, 2011
The main objective of this website is to scout out and promote the things that make Vancouver such a sweet place to be. We do this with an emphasis on the city’s independent spirit to foster a sense of connectedness within and between our communities, and to introduce our readers to the people who grow and cook our food, play the raddest tunes in our better venues, create our most interesting art, and design everything from what we wear to the spaces we inhabit.
The Scout List is our carefully considered, first rate agenda of super awesome things that we’re either doing, wishing that we could do, or conspiring to do this week. From our calendar to yours… Read more
From The Scout Flickr Pool: “The Suburbs”
February 19, 2011
From Scout reader Hubert.
GOODS: “House Wine” Ladies Continue Wine Savvy Series With Exploration Of Classics
February 15, 2011
House Wine: a wine consultancy company from trade vets Michaela Morris & Michelle Bouffard | www.housewine.ca
The GOODS from House Wine
Vancouver, BC | Discover why certain wine regions have developed a reputation for producing some of the world’s greatest wines. Tasters will explore familiar classics such as Bordeaux, Rioja, and Burgundy, as well as the top wines from countries such as Chile and Australia. From Cabernet Sauvignon to Shiraz, and Tempranillo to Merlot, these cellar worthy wines will reveal a whole new side after a they’ve rested for few years. Enjoy the adventure of putting wine away and rediscovering it down the road. Details after the jump… Read more
Year Of The Rabbit Gets Eaten By The Cool Lions Of Chinatown
February 6, 2011
We ventured out a few blocks to Chinatown in the sopping wet today to take in the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. There were lots of clanging cymbals, bagpipes and drums, imperial majesties, clowns, fireworks and dancing lions to keep our kids thrilled, and even some good luck chocolates from the Prime Minister and his family (WTF?), but really it was the people-watching that stoked us the most. Here’s an eyeful of what we saw…
