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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 West Side

Via Tevere’s ‘Saltimbocca’ Pizzawiches At Farmhouse Fest
Awesome Thing We Drank North Shore

Superb, Bittersweet ‘Amaro’ Made In North Vancouver

A couple of young fellows from North Van recently dove head first into the Amaro game, and their subtly sweet, silky smooth Italian style bitter is the best I’ve tried in BC.
You Need To Try This East Vancouver

Biercraft’s Garden Veggie Burger With Bacon And A Beer
You Need To Try This East Vancouver

The Elusive Tortillas At The Mt. Pleasant Farmers Market
Awesome Thing We Drank

Bridge Brewing Co.’s Brilliant Side Cut North East IPA

With a full, well-rounded mouth feel and a resiny, grapefruity aftertaste, Side Cut makes a pretty strong impression, and is a brilliant intro to a relatively new (albeit disputed) "style" of IPA.
You Need To Try This East Vancouver

Medicinal Properties Of Kin Kao’s Sour Cured Pork Ribs
You Need To Try This Chinatown

This Double ‘Wild-Style’ Currywurst At Chinatown’s Bestie
Awesome Thing We Drank The Okanagan

Kitten Swish – 2014 ‘Target Practice’ Cabernet Franc

Though full bodied and generous, long tannins are spun silk textured and acidity is naturally lifted. Quite pretty, while powerful, this is a unique cabernet franc worth setting your sights on.
You Need To Try This The Okanagan

Pizza With Pancetta And Smoked Mozzarella At Miradoro
You Need To Try This West End

Tableau Bar Bistro’s Buttermilk Fried Cornish Hen & Gravy
You Need To Try This East Vancouver

Juicy Pollo Anticuchos At Mt. Pleasant’s Peruvian Chicha
Awesome Thing We Drank

Faia Vin Blanc 2014 From Loire’s Mai & Kenji Hodgson

Tight green apple, white honey, delicate white florals, savoury broken stone, mandarin pith and bitter herbs glide on the palate's lightly leesy chenin sheen through to the lengthy finish...
Awesome Thing We Drank

Cross Border Collab Crafts Brilliant ‘Common Winds’

lthough nearly sold out, word is that a couple remaining bottles of this super limited edition beer are still out there. I'd grab whatever you can find because epic collabs like this one don’t come around too often.
You Need To Try This Downtown

Flatbread With Sunflower Yogurt, Beets, Honey At Latab
You Need To Try This East Vancouver

Cauliflower Truffle Soup + Sausage Arancini From Cioffi’s
You Need To Try This Chinatown

Hot & Sour Tom Kha Noodle Soup At Chinatown’s Fat Mao
Awesome Thing We Drank

’13 “One Ball” Chardonnay From Australia’s BK Wines

With a couple of years under its belt and a nutty, brioche maturity, this wine is drinking beautifully now but will continue to mature and deepen with 5+ years.
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Chef Juno Kim’s Cheeseburger Masterpiece At 33 Acres
You Need To Try This Gastown

Chocolate Punctuaction Of A Balvenie Feast In Gastown
You Need To Try This Downtown

Homer St. Cafe’s Decadent Nutella & Banana Sandwich
Awesome Thing We Drank

Ringing In The New Year With Good Prosecco In Hand

Serious Prosecco, and seriously drinkable – at about half the price of Champagne. Saluti e felice anno nuovo!
You Need To Try This Downtown

Tableside Brandy-Flambéed Steak Diane At Hy’s Encore
You Need To Try This Commercial Drive

A Steaming Won Tun Soup At Five Elements On The Drive
You Need To Try This Chinatown

A Work Of Latticed Deliciousness From The Pie Shoppe
Awesome Thing We Drank

Mathieu + Camille Lapierre’s Morgon ’13 Cru Beaujolais

Crunchy acids finish with ample white pepper on the finish. Very low sulphur use here, as is the house style. It's drinking well now, but will reward with 5+ years in the cellar.
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Chambar’s Applewood-Smoked Cheddar Croquette x Six
You Need To Try This Downtown East Side

A Big Plate Of Corn Porn At The DTES’ “The Mackenzie Room”
You Need To Try This Downtown

Tagliatelle With San Marzanos & Veal/Pork Ragu At Cibo

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