Andrew Morrison

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Vancouver-born Andrew was a veteran of the food and restaurant trade before he launched Scout in 2008. In addition to being the proud father of boys with good table manners, he is an award-winning cookbook author; the National Referee and Senior BC Judge at the annual Canadian Culinary Championships; and an annual advisor to both enRoute Magazine’s "Best New Restaurants In Canada" issue and "Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants".

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Smoke Breaks

How One of the World’s Most Spectacular Buildings Was Constructed

The B1M trains their engineering/construction eyes on Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig II of Bavaria's stunning mountaintop castle.

Opening Soon / Squamish

Beloved Fergie’s Cafe Set to Rise Again

The stunning new iteration of the popular riverside spot is currently under construction and should be ready by May.

Name That Restaurant

Can You Correctly Identify This Vancouver Restaurant?

Do you think you know Vancouver's restaurant scene well enough to identify this spot? Give us your best guesses in the comments...

Seen In Vancouver / Downtown

Local Artist Perrin Grauer’s Work-In-Progress at Upcoming ‘Magnet’

His installation sees hundreds of triangles angled in line to climb up the western wall of the beer-focused restaurant's entrance.

Cool Things We Want

We Want One of Scott Reinhard’s Topographic Maps

Reinhard - a freelance Multimedia and Graphics Editor at the New York Times - has been busy with an awesome side hustle.

Opening Soon / East Vancouver

‘Flourist’ Opening Soon in East Van

GRAIN, the local artisan flour miller and chef favourite, has rebranded as 'Flourist' with brick and mortar plans for 2019.

View From Your Window / Kitsilano

The View From Your Window #176

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Smoke Breaks

Short Film Details ‘How Punk Became Punk’

Trash Theory explains how the punk music scene got its start in the 1950s with the pushing of rock and roll boundaries.

Foreign Intelligence Briefs

Restaurant Named After Pablo Escobar Offers Burger Topped With Line of Fake Cocaine

Pablo's Escoburgers in Melbourne, Australia takes the cake when it comes to offending sensitivities...

View From Your Window / East Vancouver

The View From Your Window #175

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Name That Restaurant

Can You Correctly Identify This Vancouver Restaurant?

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Gastown

Shoel Davidson Does ‘The Dishes’

17 Places

We asked the co-owner of good times spots Gringo and Dixie's BBQ to take us on a tour to some of his favourite local spots.

Foreign Intelligence Briefs

Floating Among, Around and Over the Public Housing Towers of Hong Kong

In filmmaker Toby Harriman's 'The Block Tower', the camera takes us on a trip through the Chinese city's forest of architectural ubiquity.

Drinker

Drinking a 30 Years Old Can of Coors Found in the Woods

The fellow who found it doesn't hesitate to pound the gnarly looking thing. His review? "That's fuckin' pretty good man..."

View From Your Window

The View From Your Window #174

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Restaurant Graveyard / Gastown

Remembering One of the Most Beautiful, Romantic Restaurants Ever Built in Gastown

The romantic 40 seater was opened by first timers Alice Wu and Johan Friedrich on Valentine's Day in 2015. It lasted just three years.

Foreign Intelligence Briefs

Visualising Every US Numbered Highway System Mapped in Numerical Order

Watch the contiguous USA slowly revealed as the labyrinthine network of numbered highways grows out of the eastern seaboard.

Name That Restaurant

Can You Correctly Identify This Vancouver Restaurant?

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The Dishes

Chef Juno Kim Does ‘The Dishes’

18 Places

We asked the Chef Consultant, Food Stylist, Caterer and Pop-Up maestro to take us on a tour to some of his favourite spots.

Smoke Breaks

Imagining a Future of Genetically-Engineered Product Mascots That Walk Among Us

If you close your eyes and imagine the future of marketing and advertising, what you see probably isn't too far off from this...

View From Your Window / Downtown

The View From Your Window #173

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Drinker

Carrie Bradshaw and Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski Abandon Their Signature Drinks

The stars of Sex and the City and The Big Lebowski shock the staff at a fancy restaurant by ordering Stella Artois in this new ad.

Smoke Breaks

The Colour Blue in Nature Is Often Not Really Blue, and It’s Blowing Our Minds

Nature has been lying to us our entire lives, and we'll probably never look at these butterflies the same way ever again.

Name That Restaurant

Can You Correctly Identify This Vancouver Restaurant?

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Drinker

Put Your Stupid Phone Down and Drink Booze With Your Best Friends

Liquor ads tend to go for the lowest common cultural denominator, but this one from Spain's Ruavieja cuts clean, deep and universal.

Opening Soon / Main Street

‘Published’ Opening Soon at Main & 20th

The 100+ restaurant and bar is about to start construction at 3593 Main Street. It is expected to launch in early summer, 2019.

The Dishes

Chef Edie Steensma Does ‘The Dishes’

9 Places

We pry the cook from the kitchen at the new location of Autostrada and tag along for a delicious day of good food and drink.

View From Your Window / Railtown Japantown

The View From Your Window #172

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