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DB Bistro And The Dine Out Dogpile

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Our weekly distillation of who wrote what about food and drink in city print…

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In the Georgia Straight, Carolyn Ali goes in search of Vancouver fast food that is both cheap and good for you; Judith Lane promotes Dine Out Vancouver; and Jurgen Gothe continues with his 2008 liquid picks.

Tim Pawsey also does the Dine Out dance in the Vancouver Courier. So does Bruce Stephen in the North Shore Outlook, and Kirsten Thompson in Metro (deep thought: If Wendy Underwood, Amber Sessions, and Emily Armstrong of Tourism Vancouver went into the PR business together, they’d clean up)

Linda Bates checks out one my Lonsdale faves, the Jagerhof, in the Vancouver Sun.

Vancouver Magazine canvases 13 local F&B personalities for their favourite meals of 2008.

Recession Watch: the CBC tries (and fails) to take the economic pulse of the restaurant scene. Psst! Asking the chef de cuisine at Joe Fortes how things are going does not a consensus make (it’s not even a snapshot).

Deana Lancaster visits Le Bistro Chez Michel in the North Shore News.

In the Globe and Mail, Alexandra Gill checked out Main’s Narrow Lounge in the Saturday paper, but what happened to her Wednesday column? Sniff.

In the Westender, I give DB Bistro high marks.

In Metro, Anya Levykh flirts with the saccharine opining on the future of Vancouver’s restaurant scene. Given the dark economic shit storm (that is only just beginning), optimism runs rife.

Recessions, shmessions, I say. We’re not standing in a bread line quite yet, and I’ll bet that if it ever comes to that, it will only be for an organic, yeast-free, artisan loaf from your local farmers’ market. Therefore, let us dine, dance, drink and be merry, for, thank G-d, there are more than a few good restaurants standing strong, and I, for one, plan to enjoy as many of them as possible.

You go girl.

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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, and a contributor to Vancouver and Western Living magazines.

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There are 3 comments

  1. I visited DB the other day; the food was great, but the service was awkward. I’m not even saying that service was very bad, but our server was clearly not meant to serve. Our water glasses were full, but he forgot our appetizer. One of the managers actually took away our plates while I was nibbling on my friend’s food. Just weird experience in general.

    On the other hand, I had excellent service/food at La Quercia and Cibo, both restaurant of which you reviewed fondly.

    Andrew, do you think you get better service as people recognize you from Scout, WE and formerly UD? I always wonder about that.

  2. Helly,

    Sometimes, but I can usually tell when and if it’s happening. If I’m out reviewing I tend to concentrate on how others are being served anyway. It’s amazing what you can learn just by looking at the table next door.

  3. Well, you are still my favorite food critic in Vancouver. You actually write things are bad when they are bad. I appreciate that.

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