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All the awesome drinks and dishes we come across over the course of our professional and private lives.
You Need To Try This Chinatown

You Need to Try “The Broken Compass” in Chinatown

The seasonal cocktail at The Keefer Bar is tiki-inspired without being sweet and summery. Think blended Scotch, coconut and Amaro.
You Need To Try This Railtown Japantown

You Need to Try the Perfect Drink for Pretending the Weather Doesn’t Suck

What rain? The pre-batched Aperitivo Spritz at Railtown's award-winning Ask For Luigi is summertime in a bottle.
You Need To Try This Squamish

You Need To Try the Cinnamon Buns at Tall Tree Bakery in Squamish

Tall Tree Bakery can be found just off the highway in an industrial area of Squamish, right next to Backcountry Brewing.
You Need To Try This Main Street

You Need to Try the “Rolling Thunder” Cocktail at Nomad on Main Street

In a recent cocktail comp, Nomad barman Matt Benevoli set out to recreate the experience of a thunderstorm in a glass...
You Need To Try This Hastings Sunrise

You Need to Try the Living Daylights out of This Juicy ‘Rouge Burger’

Introduce your face to this hanger/sirloin patty on a fat-fried bun layered with house mayo and caramelized onion.
You Need To Try This Kitsilano

Looking for a Last Bite of Summer? You Need to Try This Corn Cob Treat in Kitsilano

Nothing says the end of summer more deliciously than corn on the cob. Get ready to attack this stuff with your fingers and face!
You Need To Try This Downtown

You Need to Try the Tiki-Inspired ‘Passionately Nuts’ Cocktail at Uva

This delicious gateway tiki sipper (conceived by Jasmine Radu) features tequila, passionfruit, orgeat, lime juice and bitters.
You Need To Try This Gastown

Meet the ‘Malibu’ — One of the More Interesting Cocktails Being Made in Gastown Right Now

Let's see...strawberry, dill, coconut-washed gin...what else? French vermouth and salted Aperol? OK...you need to try this!
You Need To Try This Fraserhood

Savio Volpe Served up a Pasta With a Secret Weapon Lurking Underneath

You know when you dig into a dish you feel you know everything about but it turns out you don't and it's delicious? Yeah, me too.
You Need To Try This Kitsilano

Sip this Impactful, Smoky-Edged ‘El Milano’ Cocktail at Kitsilano’s AnnaLena

Tequila, grapefruit, Campari, lime, ginger and Islay scotch combine for a refreshing sipper for summer's end and autumn's start...
You Need To Try This The Islands

At Hank’s for Beef Tenderloin Swimming in Corn Cream with Salva Cremasco-Filled Raviolis

You know those summer BBQs when you eat steak and corn together and it's crazy delicious? This is better...
You Need To Try This Chinatown

Togarashi-Spiced & Parmesan Garnished Green Onion Tempura at Kissa Tanto

Sometimes it's the most simple things that are the most delicious, like this plate of golden gems in Chinatown.
You Need To Try This Squamish

Fried Halloumi Dressed in Zaatar Spices & Pomegranate Molasses at Saha in Squamish

From textural contrasts to punchy flavours, there's so much going on with this little plate!
You Need To Try This Downtown

Sip the Genius of Kaitlyn Stewart’s ‘Diced Pineapples’ Cocktail at Royal Dinette

This tall, refreshing drink by Kaitlyn Stewart combines all parts of the pineapple with gin and sake.
You Need To Try This Railtown Japantown

You Need to Try the Pancetta-Wrapped Salmon with Corn Succotash at The Mackenzie Room

The sous vide salmon was wrapped in Berkshire pancetta. Get it while you still can!
You Need To Try This Downtown

Clarified Milk in a Cocktail? Studying Big Sips of ‘Yes Whey’ at Botanist (for Science!)

It combines rum, brandy, stout, lemon and clarified milk to create a surprisingly rich cocktail.
You Need To Try This Railtown Japantown

Fried Pork Rinds with Maple Syrup and Montreal Spices at St. Lawrence

They are the perfect balance and sweet and salty with great texture and not greasy after-palate. Just straight up tasty.
You Need To Try This South Granville

You Need to Try Andrew Schneider’s ‘Strange Animal’ Cocktail at South Granville’s Rangoli

You need to try this simultaneously refreshing yet complex sipper.
You Need To Try This Downtown

Chef Hector Laguna’s Ridiculously Good Spring Salmon at ‘Botanist’

This plated masterpiece from Botanist saw a perfectly cooked piece of Spring settled in a corn froth with morels and leeks...
You Need To Try This Main Street

Take a Long Sip of this Made-For-Summer ‘Raspberry Changeling’ from Brassneck Brewery

Like those long, lazy days at the beach and those warm nights under the stars, Raspberry Changeling is only around for a short while. Take advantage!
You Need To Try This West End

Get this Soft Serve Sundae with Dulce de Leche and Caramel Popcorn in the West End

In weather like this it's important to know where your closest source of good ice cream is. This is one of our go-tos in the West End.
You Need To Try This South Granville

Gently Fizzed ‘Ri-Kyu’ Kombucha Cocktail At Grapes & Soda

A light yet complex cocktail with a touch of effervescence from the kombucha.
Awesome Thing We Drank Main Street

The Timely ‘Campfire’ Cocktail At Nomad On Main Street

This is a deliciously spicy little number of Eagle Rare bourbon, dry gin and dry vermouth complicated by ginger syrup, Angostura bitters and charred citrus. The potent, aromatic mix is then poured into a smoke filled rocks glass for the win.
You Need To Try This East Vancouver

Cheeseburgers, Beer And Freedom From Bullshit At Parallel 49

You don't have to be long immersed in Vancouver's food and drink scene to remember a time when mention of a food truck operating inside a brewery would seem a ridiculous fantasy. Perhaps in Portland, you dreamers. But here? The no fun nabobs at City Hall would laugh the idea off the permit track.
You Need To Try This Downtown

Hawksworth’s Korean Fried Cauliflower Next To A French 75

Given its consistency, its textural trip (crisp to soft) and its bright flavour kick that keeps on kicking, I reckon the KFC is one of the most satisfying of the countless snacky share plates currently on offer in Vancouver...
You Need To Try This False Creek

Portable Pad Thai From Angus An’s New ‘Sen Pad Thai’

The counter-service eatery is located in the Net Loft section of the island, with a menu loaded with Pad riffs (eg. Pad Ki Mao, Khao Pad, Pad Ga Pao, Pad Pu Sen Chan, among others).
You Need To Try This Fraserhood

Summery Mint & Pea Tagliarini At ‘Osteria Savio Volpe’

Few things confirm summer's arrival more convincingly than these two ingredients, their bright flavours sending the signal loud and clear to my brain.
You Need To Try This

Longtail Kitchen’s Curry With Prawns & Pepper Squid

Bring a friend and share the hell out of it with some palate-feisty pepper squid and then mop the rice studded remains up with freshly hand-pulled roti -- an affordable (not to mention Skytrain-accessible) holiday on a tray!

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