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Heads Up / Commercial Drive

HEADS UP // ‘Dolce Amore’ (aka The Gelato Mafia) is Celebrating Their 25th Anniversary This Weekend

Join in on the celebrations and save room for at least one scoop of gelato this Saturday, May 28th!

May 26, 2022
Opening Soon / Main Street

Opening Soon: Suyo

A new Peruvian restaurant from Chef Ricardo Valverde, James Reynolds, Max Curzon-Price and Felix Ng is currently under construction in the old Slickity Jim’s Chat 'n' Chew space on Main Street.

May 17, 2022
Heads Up / Chinatown

Don’t Miss the Land Back Records Launch Party at Fortune Sound Club

Hosted by Casey Desjarlais, the lineup features an incredibly talented selection of Indigenous performers, as well as Indigenous-led pop-up shops and art installations.

May 4, 2022
From The Collection / Main Street

An Ordinary Object Fashioned Out of Extraordinary Circumstances

For this edition of From the Collection, Kim Luttich, curator and designer of Main Street watering hole, Hero's Welcome, continues mining through their extensive collection to share an innocuous yet inventive piece of history...

May 3, 2022
Heads Up / Chinatown

Get Your Tickets to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden’s ‘Flavours of Chinatown’ Celebration

For the Chinese Classical Garden's 36-year anniversary, on April 24th, Sam Shem (The Dessert Club) and Melody Yip (BlackHoleTummy) have helped to organize an especially delicious event.

Apr 19, 2022
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).

Apr 6, 2022
Heads Up / East Vancouver

Odd Society Spirits Hosting Delicious Day-Long Ukrainian Snacks Fundraiser This Weekend

On Sunday, April 10th, Odd Society Spirits will be hosting some of their chef friends - Tatiana Pakhomova, Todd Graham (Hand Taste Ferments, Wild Thing), Andrew Morales (Txirimiri), and Kody Abrams (Greenhorn Cafe) - for a delicious (and boozy), day-long celebration of Ukrainian food and culture.

Apr 5, 2022
Power of Two / Railtown Japantown

Dosanko Restaurant Partners and Proprietors, Nathan Lowey and Akiyo Tani

Meet Chef Nathan Lowey and General Manager Akiyo Tani, partners in business and in life. They share parenting duties, as well as opening and closing duties at their Powell Street restaurant. If you've even been, you know their warmth.

Apr 5, 2022
From The Collection / Main Street

FROM THE COLLECTION // A Priceless, Lovingly Engraved Memento Preserved by Hero’s Welcome

In this edition of From the Collection, we once again hear from Kim Luttich, who continues to unearth interesting items from the former legion's growing collection of wartime artifacts.

Apr 4, 2022
Heads Up / East Vancouver

The Pie Shoppe Announces Winemakers Dinner and Tickets are Selling Out

Pie Shoppe owners Stephanie and Andrea French team up with Chef Dana Ewart and Winemaker Jordan Kubek (Pamplemousse Jus, Lighting Rock Winery) for a special 4-course wine dinner at The Pie Shoppe next Tuesday.

Apr 4, 2022
The New Breed / Main Street

Rhys Amber Sits Down With Chef Stieffenhofer-Brandson of Published

Rhys Amber sits down (on a milk crate) with Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson of Published on Main.

Mar 31, 2022
Heads Up / Main Street

Heads-Up: The Boxcar Given 30 Days to Pack Up and Clear Out

I happened to be having a beer with Boxcar co-owner Patryk Drozd yesterday afternoon when his phone started blowing up.

Mar 30, 2022
The New Breed / Main Street

The New School: Talking Burnout, Balance, Sourcing and Spoons, With Chef Devon Latte of The Acorn

Rhys sat down with “Dev” a few weeks ago to talk about his dedication and embrace for change in both the profession and on the plate.

Mar 22, 2022
The Dishes / Commercial Drive

Tracy Steele Does ‘The Dishes’

Pastry chef and owner of The Bench Bakehouse imagines her ideal day of eating and drinking around Vancouver, when she's not busy working long and early morning hours at the bakery...

12 Places
Mar 17, 2022
Definitive Records / Strathcona

From Hard-Hitting to Innovating: Rags Narine Names His ‘Definitive Records’

The DJ and co-owner of Rise Up Marketplace selects the three records that stand out in his music collection.

Mar 17, 2022
Vancouverites / East Vancouver

Talking About Artistic Collaboration with “Art Husbands” Atheana Picha and Hue Nguyen

The duo's upcoming show at the Slice of Life Gallery includes individual and collaborative pieces, and will be on display from March 17th to 22nd.

Mar 14, 2022
Heads Up / Strathcona

The Indian Pantry and Coho Coffee Announce New Collab: ‘Aikyam’: A Harmony Away from the Motherland

The second in a series of dinners, designed to introduce some of the lesser known regional flavours of India to the table, is happening on Monday, March 21st.

Mar 10, 2022
From The Collection / Main Street

FROM THE COLLECTION // A Valuable Reminder of the Human Element Behind Every Artifact

Kim Luttich, curator and designer of Main Street's Hero's Welcome shares one in a collection of donated pins and the handwritten personal message that accompanied it.

Mar 9, 2022
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.

Mar 8, 2022
The Dishes / Railtown Japantown

Akiyo Tani Does ‘The Dishes’

In this edition, the General Manager and Co-owner of Dosanko Japanese restaurant, takes us for a spin around town to visit some of her current favourite places for eating and drinking.

8 Places
Mar 8, 2022
Opening Soon / East Vancouver

A First Look Inside “Wild Thing”, Opening Soon on Powell Street.

On my visit to tour the space, the room was still very much under construction, but even with the windows papered up, light from the skylights above provided more than enough light to see the shape of things to come.

Mar 4, 2022
Heads Up / Commercial Drive

A Whole Lot of Talent and Flavours Coming Together at the ‘Caffè La Tana’ Wine Bar, March 8th

The one-night-only menu will be pooling creativity from the extended La Tana restaurant 'famiglia', including some new and unusual flavours and wines.

Mar 3, 2022
Definitive Records / Strathcona

Tracing the Musical Milestones of Roger Collins

Co-owner of Strathcona's popular Rise Up Marketplace gives us the lowdown on the three most monumental records of his life, to date.

Mar 2, 2022
The Dishes / Main Street

Amelie and Vincent Nguyen Do ‘The Dishes’

This edition is extra filling, as the siblings and Anh and Chi business partners both weigh in on their favourite local spots...

19 Places
Mar 2, 2022
Heads Up / Commercial Drive

What To Expect At Commercial Drive’s Newest Restaurant: Hānai

Opening doors this week: Chef Tess Bevernage talks about what we can expect to see, taste and feel at Hānai on Commercial Drive.

Mar 1, 2022
Picking Grapes / Main Street

Picking Grapes with Simon Fallick

The co-owner of The American and Hero's Welcome is also part of the team behind the Open Ferment wine pop-up series (and soon-to-be wine fair) - making him a natural choice to field our BC wine-related questions.

8 Places
Feb 22, 2022
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).

Feb 15, 2022
Track and Food / Main Street

TRACK & FOOD // Simon Fallick and Patryk Drozd on Opening a New Bar and Maintaining a Legacy

Fallick and Drozd have already experienced the ups and downs of opening and then running a bar together (they co-own The American), so listening to their stories about how and why they took over the once extremely popular Taurus Veterans Club on Main Street left me elated.

Feb 15, 2022
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