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Check Out This Beer-Paired Feast at el Santo With Twin Sails, Steel & Oak

Here’s a tantalizing reason to hit New Westminster soon: on April 5th, award-winning el Santo will be hosting a special, beer-paired ‘Lucha Libre Thursday’ feast. The evening will feature a six-course menu of modern Mexican flavours next to alternating beers from two of BC’s best breweries: New West’s Steel & Oak and Port Moody’s Twin Sails.

Actually, all the different beers make for many more reasons to buy your ticket now ($70 per person, including pairings) and plan your trip to the historic riverside town. Pro tip: the restaurant is literally minutes walking distance from the New Westminster Station, so your night can be car-free and carefree.

Thursday, April 5 | 6-9pm | TICKETS

El Santo
 680 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC
604-553-1849

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.

A Taste of What’s Next: Five New Food Businesses Launch in Vancouver June 26th

If you get a kick out of discovering a future favourite food business before everyone else does, start here.