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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Opening Soon / Downtown

Hidden Patio Project ‘Chupito’ Opening Soon

Located behind the original La Taqueria address, the new cocktail-forward project will have its own menus and identity.

Opening Soon / Kitsilano

‘Delara’ Restaurant to Launch in Kits This Summer

The new 60 seater from chef Bardia Ilbeiggi (formerly of Farmer's Apprentice, L'Abattoir) will focus on "humble Persian food."

Foreign Intelligence Briefs

Gang Releases Over 1,000 Cockroaches In Taipei Restaurant During Dinner Rush

Police say members of Taiwan's Bamboo Union crime ring did the dirty deed at Taipei's G House restaurant over an unpaid debt.

Smoke Breaks

Watch This Drone Pilot Fly His Way Through an Iconic Restaurant

It might make some a little dizzy at first but they will nevertheless appreciate the skill involved in slipping through the kitchen pass.

Cool Things We Want / East Vancouver

Strange Fellows’ New ‘Stranger’ Canned Wines are Picnic Perfect

The wines - released tomorrow - are very palatable, and I wouldn't hesitate to make room for them in either my picnic basket or camp kit.

View From Your Window / North Vancouver

The View From Your Window #254

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Can You Correctly Identify This Vancouver Restaurant?

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Opening Soon / Mt. Pleasant

‘The Farmhouse’ Opening Soon in Mt. Pleasant

Expect casual Italian menus that change often in a casual environment overseen by people who know what they're doing.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need to Try the Next Level Takeaway Dinners from Gastown’s L’Abattoir

If this pandemic has taught me anything it's that takeout doesn't have to be lukewarm ugliness devoured in the shadows.

Restaurant Graveyard / South Granville

This Was Once Upon a Time Vancouver’s Most Popular Restaurant Chain

The Aristocratic was well known for its cheap burgers, neon signage and 'Risty' character sporting a top hat and monocle.

Cool Things We Want

We Want a Set of These Titanium Chopstick Nunchucks

Chained together and partly collapsed for when stored or on the move, this tool is perfect from a camp cooking perspective.

Smoke Breaks

How High Could You Jump on the Different Worlds of Our Solar System?

Planning a trip to Mars or Mercury when the travel restrictions ease up? Keep in mind that gravity won't be the same.

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You Need To Try This / South Granville

You Need to Try This Shaved Fennel and Apple Salad at Farmer’s Apprentice

This picnic-worthy sharable sees fennel, radish, cabbage, and ambrosia apple all dressed in a gentle pumpkin seed vinaigrette.

TBT / Chinatown

Exactly Five Years Ago, One of Vancouver’s Best Restaurants Softly Opened in Chinatown

These photos were taken the night of the Japanese-Italian inspired restaurant's first friends and family service in late April, 2016.

Restaurant Graveyard / Gastown

Remembering the Tiny Gastown Sushi Restaurant That Was ‘Delicious for You’

Cheffed by Keith Allison, Sea Monstr Sushi was connected to the Sharks + Hammers clothing and lifestyle shop on Alexander St.

Opening Soon / Chinatown

‘Nancy Go Yaya’ Opening Soon in Chinatown

The Singaporean restaurant and wine bar arrives this summer from the team behind Bao Bei and Kissa Tanto.

View From Your Window / West Side

The View From Your Window #253

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Cool Things We Want

We Want This Octopus-Shaped Wine Decanter

Chicago glass blower Josh DeWall handcrafts decanters that are likely just as much a joy to fill as they are to empty. 

You Need To Try This / Commercial Drive

You Need to Try These Delicious Chocolate Cookies on Commercial Drive

We're usually down for their little cream-filled doughnut rounds but these cookies are just the right thing on a cloudy day.

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Smoke Breaks

What Does a Potentially Game-Changing, Long Lost Species of Coffee Taste Like?

Stenophylla is not only supposedly Arabica-like in taste but also possibly ready to withstand the rigours of climate change.

Restaurant Graveyard / False Creek

This Was One of the Most Influential Restaurants in Vancouver’s History

Harry Kambolis' "C" Restaurant was a game-changing icon that helped put Vancouver’s emerging food scene on the map.

Seen In Vancouver / Mt. Pleasant

This Mt. Pleasant Restaurant Features ‘Sadio’, the ‘World’s Saddest Patio’

Most nearby restaurants were allowed temporary patio permits. Wallflower was denied theirs, but it hasn't broken their spirit.

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Reader Poll

Vaccine Passports for Restaurants, Yes or No?

Discussions are already taking place in BC about introducing digital proof of vaccination to access reopened dining rooms.

Cool Things We Want / Chinatown

COOL THINGS WE WANT // A Piña Colada Slushie To-Go From Chinatown’s Bao Bei

Hurriedly take yours east a few blocks to MacLean Park and allow yourself to be temporarily transported to the Caribbean.

Restaurant Graveyard / Downtown

Remembering One of Vancouver’s Longest Running Restaurant Institutions

La Bodega was a Howe Street fixture from 1971 to 2014, serving up Spanish classic like albondigas and pitchers of sangria.