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Michelle Sproule grew up in Kitsilano and studied Business Marketing in Australia and at the University of Victoria before receiving her graduate degree in Information Sciences from the University of Toronto. She lives in beautiful Strathcona and enjoys wandering through the city’s streets and alleyways with her two very best friends, a beat-up camera and a 50mm lens. Her popular Scout List – a curated compendium of Vancouver’s most interesting happenings - is published every Thursday afternoon.

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Scout List Vol. 593

An agenda of some of the cooler happenings in and around Vancouver that we think you should know about right now.

10 Places
Scout List

The Scout List Vol. 592

An agenda of some of the cooler happenings in and around Vancouver that we think you should know about right now.

11 Places
Opening Soon / Commercial Drive

Chancho Tortilleria Set to Move to Commercial Drive in 2023

Commercial Drive will soon be getting a taste of Chancho Tortilleria, the popular Mexican restaurant that has been making some of Vancouver's best tacos out of Yaletown since 2017...

The Best Holiday Markets, Fairs and Pop-Ups To Check Out This Weekend

11 Places
Heads Up / East Vancouver

Find Art in the Streets, Alleyways, Studios and Galleries of East Van This Weekend

Get ready for the 26th annual East Side Culture Crawl - easily one of the greatest things about November in Vancouver.

Make Space On Your Calendar

A gathering of some of the cooler happenings in and around Vancouver that we think you should know about.

23 Places
Scout List

SCOUT LIST, Vol. 591

An agenda of the things we are doing, wishing we could do, or are conspiring to do in Vancouver from July 14 to 31, 2022.

19 Places
Heads Up / Strathcona

Heads-Up: ‘Clay In Colour’ Group Exhibition Opens at Picnics Studio July 15 – 17

Ceramics artist Mimoko has handed over a collection of ceramic vases to six Vancouver artists who have been asked to add their own aesthetic imprint (in colour) to the vessels.
Power of Two

Power of Two: Matthew Vasilev and Katie Selbee of Twin Island Cider

Meet Matthew Vasilev and Katie Selbee of Twin Island Cider. Vasilev and Selbee live on Pender Island, where they make low-intervention apple and perry (pear) cider fermented using native yeasts.

Opening Soon / Mt. Pleasant

A Look Inside Mount Pleasant Vintage, Opening Summer 2022

The upcoming "neighbourhood bar and grill dressed up as a vintage store" is currently under construction at 67 West 6th Avenue. Owner Cameron Bogue met us on-site in late June to walk us through the space and explain his plans...
Opening Soon / Downtown

Our First Look Inside Kafka’s In The Park

The new Kafka’s cafe location opens in the Smithe-Richards Urban Park this weekend (Saturday, June 4, 8am-6pm).

Opening Soon / Kitsilano

A Look Inside Folke, Opening Soon in Kitsilano

Last night we paid a visit to the new wine-forward, plant-based restaurant to take in the transformed room and taste our way through the menu. You can check it out for yourself starting Thursday, June 2nd.
Heads Up

Put Up Your Dukes! Restaurant Rumble Tryouts Set For May 14, 15, 21, 22

Calling all local bartenders, baristas, barbers and butchers: after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, Restaurant Rumble is back!
Heads Up / Main Street

Main Street Loses Another Icon of the Independent Food & Drink Scene

Kafka’s flagship cafe, which has occupied its prime Mount Pleasant location since July of 2010, is closing its doors this month. They are the latest casualty in a slew of Main Street business closures slated for April (also, Slickity Jim's, The Boxcar and Pizza Farina).
Scout List

Scout List Vol. 585

An agenda of the cool things we are doing, wishing we could do, or conspiring to do in Vancouver from March 10th to 17th, 2022.

10 Places
Chinatown

Heads-Up: Say Hey Cafe Now Open In Chinatown

Say Hey Cafe is now open and serving up a very tasty selection of sandwiches! We slipped in to order our first taste yesterday.

Heads Up / Hastings Sunrise

Tickets Now On Sale For The Pie Shoppe’s First Natural Wine Makers Tasting and Dinner

Mark March 4-5th on your calendar, for Part 1 of their planned ongoing series featuring natural wines, including two female wine makers (along with food by chef Kovic Prévost).
Opening Soon / Downtown

Opening Soon: Cantina 189

Marcelo Ramirez and Tara Davies team up to open Cantina 189, a cocktail-forward bar with small plates and a sexy glow slated to open in March, 2022.

View From Your Window / Downtown East Side

The View From Your Window #262

We love posting photos like this that reveal the views through the windows of our readers. We hope you'll consider sharing yours!
You Need To Try This / Strathcona

You Need to Try This ‘Chicken Parm’ Sandwich (Especially if You’re From Toronto)

Served from the new Burdy food truck, these 'chicken parm' sandwiches will make homesick Torontonians happy.
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

Why Did Vancouver Make Front Yard Businesses Illegal?

In the latest video from the Vancouver-curious YouTube channel 'About Here', we learn of a terrible NIMBY move of yore.
Opening Soon / East Vancouver

Inside East Van’s Imminent ‘Collective Goods’

The crew behind Say Mercy! and The Mackenzie Room are set to unveil their next project at 3532 Commercial Street.

Foreign Intelligence Briefs / Japan

We Want to Play Japan’s Dangerous Game of Bo-Taoshi

Played on sports days in Japanese schools, the brutal game of Bo-Taoshi was originated by cadets in the Second World War.
Opening Soon / West Side

Inside the New ‘DL Chicken Shack’ at UBC

Doug Stephen and Lindsey Mann are set to launch the second location of their popular fried chicken concept on Sept. 7th.
Restaurant Graveyard / Yaletown

The Slick, Pacific Rim-Inspired Restaurant Was a Yaletown Fixture for Five Years

Goldfish Pacific Kitchen was a professionally-run, West Coast meets Asian restaurant owned by the legendary Bud Kanke.
Opening Soon / West Side

New ‘Land & Sea’ Restaurant Nearing Launch

The West Coast Japanese restaurant from Kevin Lin and Steph Wan launches Sept. 3rd in Kerrisdale's old Senova space.
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...