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#TBT – short for “Throwback Thursday” – is a deep dive into Scout’s photo archives.

TBT / Commercial Drive

This Popular Commercial Drive Restaurant Opened Exactly Five Years Ago Today

For this week's edition of #ThrowbackThursday we go back exactly five years to the launch of popular Thai restaurant, Kin Kao.

Feb 6, 2020
TBT / Main Street

Five Years Ago This Week, Inside an Almost Finished ‘Boxcar’ on Main Street

The narrow, diminutive space has been a fount of good times for many over its first five years, and we're raising glasses to the next five.

Dec 19, 2019
TBT / Gastown

Five Years Ago Today, Inside the Mess That Would Become One of Gastown’s Busiest Restaurants

For this week’s edition of #ThrowbackThursday we look back exactly five years to the construction of the Cordova St. location of Tacofino.

Dec 12, 2019
TBT / Main Street

Five Years Ago Today, a Local Coffee Roaster Was Getting Set to Launch in Mt. Pleasant

The new operation would include an 70 year-old coffee roaster, a bakery, a new cupping facility, and some pretty swell window seats.

Nov 28, 2019
TBT / Gastown

11 Years Ago, This Gastown Diner Started Taking Shape in a Crazy World of Uncertainty

Obama was newly elected, nuclear powers were flexing, the economy was collapsing, and all we could think of was corned beef hash...

Nov 21, 2019
TBT / Commercial Drive

One Year Later, Remembering the Humble Beginnings of a Commercial Drive Cafe

For this week’s edition of #TBT we look back at the very beginnings of the charming Caffe La Tana at 635 Commercial Drive.

Nov 14, 2019
TBT

A Look Back at the Candid Beginnings of Three Award-Winning New Restaurants

Como Taperia, Nowhere and Pluvio recently cracked the top five of Air Canada's 'Best New Restaurants' list. This is how they began...

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Oct 31, 2019
TBT / Kitsilano

Looking Back Five Years to the Beginnings of One of Kitsilano’s Best Restaurants

For this edition of #ThrowbackThursday we revisit the beginnings of Au Comptoir, the French bistro/cafe on West 4th Avenue

Oct 24, 2019
TBT / Gastown

Nine Years Ago This Week, When Meat & Bread Was Still Dust and Drawings

We look back to Gastown in 2010 and the first location of Meat & Bread when it was midway through construction.

Oct 3, 2019
TBT / Strathcona

That Time We Matched Fred Herzog’s Iconic Photo Locations to the Present Day…

Local photographer Fred Herzog passed away earlier this week. Five years ago, he inspired my son and I to go on a hunt.

Sep 12, 2019
TBT / Railtown Japantown

Long Before St. Lawrence Came Along, There Was a Little Butcher Shop…

Long before 269 Powell St. was home to its current tenant, it was Big Lou's, which closed under strained circumstances.

Aug 15, 2019
TBT / Downtown

Five Years Ago This Week, Inside the Second Coming of Chambar

For this week's edition of Throwback Thursday we return to the early days of the Belgian-Moroccan restaurant's major move on Beatty St.

Jul 18, 2019
TBT / Main Street

Five Years Ago Today, Main Street Brewing Company Arrived in the Heart of Mt. Pleasant

For this #TBT, we present a photo series from when the neighbourhood brewery was getting ready to receive its first customers.

May 30, 2019
TBT / Tofino

Looking Back to the Beginnings of One of Vancouver Island’s Best Restaurants

These photos were taken five years ago this month, long before Wolf In The Fog was celebrated as the best new restaurant in Canada.

May 23, 2019
TBT / West Side

Sneaking a Peek Inside What Would Soon Become the West Side’s Best Pizzeria

For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we return to the very beginnings of Kerrisdale's much-loved, 55-seat Bufala.

May 16, 2019
TBT

What Canadian Weather Reports Once Looked Like

Long before green screens and computer graphic representations of radar, CBC weatherman Percy Saltzman used chalk.

May 9, 2019
TBT / West Side

Five Years Ago This Week, This Short-Lived Wine Bar Opened in Cambie Village

For today's Throwback Thursday, we go back and time to revisit the arrival of Angela Maida's beautiful wine bar on Cambie Street.

May 9, 2019
TBT / West Side

Inside a Ghostly Lumiere and DB Bistro, Still Empty 380 Days After Final Dinner Service

Seven years ago this week in April, 2012 I took a look inside two interconnected restaurants that once captivated Vancouver diners.

Apr 18, 2019
TBT / Railtown Japantown

Five Years Ago This Week, the Launch of Belgard Kitchen Was Imminent in Railtown

I was able to tour the final stages of the restaurant's construction a couple of weeks before its launch in April 2014.

Apr 11, 2019
TBT / Downtown

Ten Years Later, ‘Market by Jean-Georges’ Still As Good As It Was on Day One

A recent meal serves as a reminder of a milestone and why Market deserves its place among Vancouver's most reliable restaurants.

Apr 4, 2019
TBT / Downtown

20 Years Ago, Inside the Gotham’s 1999 Halloween Masquerade Ball

The steakhouse is celebrating its 20th year, so for this edition of Throwback Thursday we asked them to dig deep for shots of its start.

Mar 7, 2019
TBT / Gastown

Six Years Ago This Week, Inside the Construction of Gastown’s PiDGiN

For our Throwback Thursday feature this week we go back to the beginnings of one of Vancouver's best restaurants.

Jan 10, 2019
TBT / West End

How One of Vancouver’s Great Neighbourhood Coffee Spots Began

These photos show the West End's Greenhorn Espresso Bar as it neared its launch exactly five years ago this week.

Dec 20, 2018
TBT / Chinatown

Five Years Ago This Week, This Popular Coffee Shop Was Just Taking Shape in Chinatown

For our #TBT feature this week we look back to the construction of Matchstick Coffee Roasters at 213 East Georgia St. in Chinatown.

Dec 13, 2018
TBT / Main Street

Five Years Ago This Week, Main Street Landed This Awesome Seafood Spot

For this week's Throwback Thursday feature, we travel back to when Rob Clark and Mike McDermid opened The Fish Counter.

Dec 6, 2018
TBT / Kitsilano

Five Years Ago This Week, Rain Or Shine Opened in Kitsilano

For Throwback Thursday we go back to when we poked our heads inside a brand new ice cream outfit in Kitsilano.

Nov 15, 2018
TBT / Railtown Japantown

A Look Back at the Start of Ask For Luigi, Which Turns Five This Week

The room was littered with cardboard, unfilled menus, fresh bus pans and other bits of service detritus, but it looked very promising...

Nov 1, 2018
TBT / East Vancouver

This Is What Bistro Wagon Rouge Looked Like Five Years Ago on Opening Day

Brad Miller's excellent little French hideaway hasn't changed much in its first five years, and we hope that's true of the next five.

Oct 25, 2018
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