The GOODS from West Restaurant

Vancouver, BC | This autumn we are pleased to present two guest chef dinners and two wine dinners at West. The first sees Chef Quang Dang welcoming Chef Martin Juneau of critically-acclaimed Pastaga restaurant to West. Pastaga was named one of enRoute Magazine’s Top New Restaurants in Canada in 2012. The two chefs will collaborate to craft a five-course tasting menu from outstanding British Columbia and Quebec ingredients on October 21st. The second, on November 4th, brings in Guest Chef Daniel Patterson of San Francisco’s COI Restaurant. Awarded two Michelin stars and placement on San Pellegrino’s ‘World’s Best Restaurants’ list, COI has captured the palates of San Franciscans and its many visitors as a true culinary destination. Join us at West with special guest Chef Daniel Patterson as he narrates the journey of building his restaurant and its menus through a prism of locality as West Executive Chef Quang Dang cooks a five-course menu drawn from the cookbook. Get all the information on these dinners and the wine dinners – featuring the Okanagan’s Painted Rock and Napa’s Louis M. Martini – after the jump…

Guest Chef Martin Juneau of Pastaga Restaurant – Montreal
When: Monday October 21st at 6:30pm
Cost: $100 per person + tax + gratuity
Includes five-course dinner, beverages are additional.
Tickets: Please contact Owen Knowlton, 604 738 8938 or email owen [at] westrestaurant.com to book your table.

Guest Chef Daniel Patterson of COI Restaurant – San Francisco
Co-Presented by Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks
When: Monday, November 4th at 6:30pm
Cost: $160 per person
Includes five-course dinner + copy of Chef Patterson’s new cookbook, ‘COI’.
Beverages are additional.
Tickets: Please contact Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks at 604-688-6755 to book your table.
www.bookstocooks.com

Painted Rock Wine Dinner – Okanagan
Special Guest: Proprietor, John Skinner
When: Tuesday November 12th at 6:30pm
Cost: $140 + tax + gratuity per person.
Includes reception + five-course dinner with each course paired with Painted Rock wines.
Tickets: Please contact Owen Knowlton, 604 738 8938 or email owen [at] westrestaurant.com to book your table

Restaurant + Wine Director, Owen Knowlton, looks forward to welcoming Proprietor John Skinner for a special collaboration at West. Executive Chef Quang Dang will craft a multi-course tasting menu to complement the evening’s progression of wines. Painted Rock, which refers to the ancient pictographs painted on the bluffs behind the estate, produces both single varietals and a signature Bordeaux blend. John Skinner will speak to the history and terroir of the estate and his winemaking methods.

Louis M. Martini Wine Dinner – Napa, California
Special Guest: Principal + Fine Wine Specialist, Peter Marshall
When: Tuesday November 26th at 6:30pm
Cost: $140 + tax + gratuity per person
Includes reception + five-course dinner with each course paired with Louis M. Martini wines.
Tickets: Please contact Owen Knowlton, 604 738 8938 or email owen [at] westrestaurant.com to book your table

Join Restaurant Director Owen Knowlton as he welcomes Proprietor + Fine Wine Specialist Peter Marshall. Mr. Marshall will describe the production techniques and flavour profiles of each of the wines, served in concert with reception hors d’oeuvres and a five-course menu by West Executive Chef Quang Dang. Their historic Martini winery crafts very high calibre chardonnays, zinfandels and their signature cabernet sauvignons. Their 2008 cabernet sauvignon lot 1 was rated 93 points by Wine Advocate.

DETAILS

2881 Granville St. | Vancouver | MAP
Voice: 604 738 8938
Web: westrestaurant.com
Email: [email protected]

Gallery

Hours

Restaurant: Nightly from 5.30 – 11.00pm
Bar: Nightly from 5.30 – midnight
Lunch: Daily from 11.30am – 2.30pm
Weekend Brunch: 10:30am – 2.30pm

Our Team

Quang Dang, Executive Chef
Rhonda Viani, Pastry Chef
Owen Knowlton, Wine Director & Restaurant Director
Brian Hopkins, Restaurant Manager
David Wolowidnyk, Bar Manager

About West Restaurant

True to our Region True to the Seasons

Recognized as the “jewel in Vancouver’s culinary crown,” West’s outstanding contemporary regional cuisine and seamless service has garnered much critical acclaim, including four consecutive wins as Restaurant of the Year by the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, and a prestigious four star rating by Mobil Travel Guide.

Pristine local ingredients are sourced to deliver superbly conceived dishes offering modern interpretations of classics. Exuding energy and action, the kitchen offers two ‘chef’s tables’ that render an up–close culinary theatre experience.

The elegant dining room is highlighted by a magnificent, temperature-controlled wall of wine housing West’s extensive wine collection, an ever-evolving list of acclaimed Old World producers, rare finds and exciting New World vintners. At the gleaming cherrywood bar, martinis and cocktails are composed of fresh herbs, juices and creative infusions.

West is located in Vancouver’s chic South Granville neighborhood (just five minutes from the downtown core).

Accolades

Wine List Award, Gold
Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2013

Best of the City “Gold for Best West Coast Cuisine”
Westender Reader’s Choice Award, 2013

Silver – Executive Chef Quang Dang
Gold Medal Plates 2012

World’s Most Imaginative Bartender, David Wolowidnyk
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® World’s Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, Morocco, 2012

Wine List Award, Platinum (Best Overall)
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2012

‘Best of’ Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator, 2012

Top 50 Restaurants in Canada
Vacay.ca 2012

Best Upscale Restaurant, Silver
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2011

Sommelier of the Year, Owen Knowlton
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 2011

Four Star Award
Mobil Travel Guide, 2011

Four Diamond Award
AAA / CAA, 2011

Best Service, Gold
Restaurant of the Year, Bronze
Best Last Course, Bronze
Best Regional, Honourable Mention
Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2010

Best West Coast
WHERE Magazine ‘To Dine’ Awards, 2009

Ranked No. 1 in BC for Food & Service ?Vancouver
Zagat Survey, 2009

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