You Need To Try This

All the awesome drinks and dishes we come across over the course of our professional and private lives.

You Need To Try This / The Okanagan

You Need to Try Else Wines’ ‘A Muscat on Skins’

The delightfully precocious (if elusive) wine from the new experimental natural winery holds its own among more mature pairings.

You Need To Try This / The Okanagan

Frankie We Salute You! Now Open

The new restaurant from award-winning Chef Brian Skinner (the former chef/co-owner of The Acorn) has launched in Kelowna.

You Need To Try This / The Okanagan

You Need to Try Some Chic Fille Rosé This Summer

The star of a recent park picnic (in which we went a little overboard) was this incredibly quaffable bottle from Joiefarm's side label.

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best Tacos, Mapped

22 Places

We love tacos so much that we ate several dozen of them in a concerted effort to map out Vancouver's very best.

You Need To Try This / Alberta

You Need to Try ‘The Lumiere’ Cocktail at The Vermillion Room

Here’s the thing about The Vermillion Room at The Fairmont Banff Springs: you really can’t go wrong with a drink order.

You Need To Try This / Railtown Japantown

You Need To Try This Pina Borracha in Railtown

It'd be a 'stiff' drink if it weren't for all the char-speckled juice. Pair it with Stu Irving's wild prawn tacos with sunflower sprout chimichurri.

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best New Restaurants, Ranked

13 Places

We present these fine establishments in no particular order, but give each of our readers TWO votes so they can be ranked.

You Need To Try This / Railtown Japantown

You Need To Try This Sakura Onigiri in Japantown

This fleeting treat is loaded with chunks of lobster, pickled beets, pickled cherry blossoms and flecks of shisho that cling to the rice.

You Need To Try This / Railtown Japantown

Whenever Pasta Appears on the Menu at The Mackenzie Room, Pounce On It

You can't really see them in all their plump glory hiding under a blanket of spring greens and petals, but they're truly beautiful things.

You Need To Try This / Main Street

You Need to Try the Chicharito Cocktail at Mt. Pleasant’s Como Taperia

Named for soccer star Javier Hernández Balcázar's sobriquet (which translates as "Little Pea"), the drink is as striking as its namesake.

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best Brunches, Mapped

27 Places

A treasure map to the city's best restaurants currently serving extraordinarily delicious and otherwise interesting brunches.

You Need To Try This / Downtown

You Need to Try the Dreamily Transportive ‘Mi Luz’ Cocktail at Elisa

Created by Devin McKeigan, this delicious drink is a mix of rum, white vermouth, apple demerara, orange bitters and salted caraway.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need to Try This ‘Gingerbread Flip’ Cocktail in Gastown

The addition of ginger liqueur makes it all the more festive, while some local dark lager adds whispers of chocolate and coffee.

You Need To Try This / Chinatown

You Need to Try This Classic Song-Inspired Cocktail in Chinatown

Created by Kissa Tanto's Derek Boone, the Dark End Of The Street is a mix of Japanese whisky, plum wine, Cynar, bitters and lemon oil.

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best Ramen, Ranked and Mapped

12 Places

Ramen is something we do better than any city on this side of the Pacific. Use this map/guide to seek out the best of it.

You Need To Try This / Chinatown

You Need to Try the ‘Amadeus Cho’ Cocktail in Chinatown

Bao Bei Bar Manager Jason Browne plays on a classic Treacle to create a delicious drink that’s simultaneously bright and complex.

You Need To Try This / Main Street

Anh and Chi’s Warming Winter Punch Is Literally on Fire, and You Need to Try It

Aged rum, pineapple, passion fruit, cinnamon, five spice dram, citrus and tea are combined in a teapot and topped with flaming fruit.

You Need To Try This / West Side

You Need To Try The Fully Loaded ‘Moose’ at Chewie’s Biscuit Company

"The Moose" comes loaded with fried chicken, sausage gravy, cheddar cheese, fried egg and bacon. You'll need a knife and fork.

You Need To Try This / Commercial Drive

You Need To Try These Delicious Little Cappuccino Companions at La Tana

These simple doughnut rounds sweetened with a little vanilla cream and a light dusting of delight are perfect with espresso.

You Need To Try This / Commercial Drive

Once-a-Week Burger Pop-Up Sells Out Fast on Commercial Drive

The Downlow Chicken Shack's new burger pop-up kicked off yesterday with delicious results. Take a bite...

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best New Restaurants of 2018, Mapped

9 Places

We present these fine establishments in no particular order, but give each of our readers TWO votes so they can be ranked.

You Need To Try This / Main Street

You Need to Try This Katsu-Sake Halibut in Dashi Chowder on Main Street

The pretty thing tasted like Summer, so if you want to eat some time travel in an Autumn downpour, hit Torafuku before it's off the menu!

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best Ice Cream, Ranked

17 Places

It's summer, so we've been filling our gobs with ridiculous amounts of ice cream (in the name of research). Here are our findings.

You Need To Try This

Vancouver’s Best Fried Chicken, Ranked

12 Places

Our city is enjoying a fried chicken boom right now, with several different styles vying for supremacy. We map the best spots here.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need To Try the Refreshing ‘Sunrise Ruby’ Cocktail at Gastown’s Tacofino

This bright, light, quenching sipper is a tequila-based riff on the French 75 -- an elegant, classic cocktail created in the 1920's.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need To Try The ‘Little Sparrow’ Cocktail at Gastown’s L’Abattoir

It's giving Shaun Layton’s legendary Avocado Gimlet a run for its money as the most ordered drink on the menu (and for good reason).

You Need To Try This / Main Street

You Need To Try Tocador’s Delicious Coconut Fat-Washed ‘Bird Conspiracy’ Cocktail

A delightful coconut and gin cocktail with a delightfully quirky story behind it that involves a rather harrowing flight to Cuba.

You Need To Try This / Railtown Japantown

You Need To Try Powell Brewery’s Entirely Different ‘Rising Sun’ Jasmine Black Rice & Yuzu Lager

This crisp and palate-cleansing beer is the perfect thirst-quencher for summertime picnics, BBQs or plain ol' day-drinking.