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View From Your Window / Kitsilano

The View From Your Window #176

We love posting photos like this that reveal the views through the windows of our readers. We hope you'll consider sharing yours!

Cool Things We Want / False Creek

We Want to Customize Our Very Own Search and Rescue Denim Co. Apron

Regardless of your industry or hobby, the newly launched Custom Apron Builder by Search and Rescue Denim Co. is really f*cking fun!

Heads Up / West Side

Prepare Your Senses for Next Weekend’s Third Annual Truffle Festival

Sniff out some tickets to the 2019 Truffle Festival's main event at UBC (Saturday) and the secret location Truffle Foray (Sunday).

Definitive Records / Kitsilano

The Definitive Records of Tristan Young, GM at The Oakwood Canadian Bistro

The GM of The Oakwood has excellent taste in music, so we asked him for three tunes that define where he's at.

Heads Up / False Creek

Get Your Weave On at Workshops Led by Local Artist Amanda Wood

Round two of the Weaving 101 workshop runs weekly from February 6th to 20th at Granville Island's Silk Weaving Studio.

Opening Soon / Kitsilano

New ‘Hundy’ an Early Christmas Present to Kitsilano Burger Lovers

The new burger restaurant within a restaurant at 2042 West 4th Avenue is set to launch on Saturday, December 22nd.

Opening Soon / Kitsilano

Sneaky Burger Joint ‘Hundy’ Opening Soon in Kits

Jeffrey Parr and Mike Robbins are about to open their newest project, which is hidden in plain sight INSIDE their last project.

TBT / Kitsilano

Five Years Ago This Week, Rain Or Shine Opened in Kitsilano

For Throwback Thursday we go back to when we poked our heads inside a brand new ice cream outfit in Kitsilano.

Opening Soon / West Side

Wagashiya-Style Cafe ‘Usagi’ Opening Soon

Moeno Kawai is in the final stages of construction of her six seat, 400 square foot Japanese cafe at Oak & West 20th.

You Need To Try This / West Side

You Need To Try The Fully Loaded ‘Moose’ at Chewie’s Biscuit Company

"The Moose" comes loaded with fried chicken, sausage gravy, cheddar cheese, fried egg and bacon. You'll need a knife and fork.

Foreign Intelligence Briefs / False Creek

Dig These Oddball Houseboats Made of Airplanes, Tractors, Buses and Ambulances

Formerly homeless eccentric Englishman Hamish McKenzie likes to think of himself as a "boat renovator"...

Drinker / West Side

Scenes of Tequila-Soaked Deliciousness from the Grand Opening of the New La Taqueria

Last night saw not only the launch of the new restaurant on Yukon Street, but also a fierce and friendly cocktail competition.

Branding Vancouver / West Side

What’s the Secret to the Brand Longevity of Skull Skates?

For our Branding Vancouver series, we asked Skull Skates founder PD about the 40 year old skateboard and lifestyle brand.

Opening Soon / Kitsilano

Are Vancouver’s Buttermilk Biscuit Dreams Finally Coming True?

Chewie's Biscuit Company is set to launch next week at 2822 West 4th Avenue, and there was much rejoicing.

Definitive Records / False Creek

The Musical Education of Faculty Brewing’s Mauricio Lozano

The Head Brewer and learned craft beer lover's picks range from political punk and uplifting island vibes to good ol' fashioned grunge.

Lexicon / Kitsilano

The Section of Kitsilano That Is Somehow Superior to the Rest

"No dude. 16th and Blenheim isn't Kitsilano. That's like the diaper of Dunbar. You gotta be northafourth..."

Cool Things We Want / False Creek

We Want to Glide Above False Creek on This Newfangled Beast of a Machine

Developed in Puerto Rico, the Lift eFoil allows its rider to cruise silently above the surface of the water at speeds up to 40 km an hour.

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / False Creek

Imagining Public Baths in a Clean False Creek

If the Danish city of Aarhus can open public baths in their once filthy waterway, why can't we do something similar here?

Spaced / False Creek

This Tiny Cabin for Beer Island, Please

With solar panels on its A-frame, the stilted construction has very little impact on its immediate environment and did not require building permits because of its diminutive size.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / False Creek

The Most Deliciously Beastly Entry in The Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

The annual good time on Northeast False Creek brings together many of the city’s best restaurants to do their carnivorous best to impress a sold out crowd of meat-loving beer drinkers.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / False Creek

Is This the Most Picturesque Spot Currently Brewing Beer in Canada?

In our first addition/amendment to our ever-evolving Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver, we focus on a veteran brewery with a superb location.

Opening Soon / West Side

Upcoming Jammer Cafe Aims to Mix Motorcycles With Quality Coffee, Food and Beer

The project has been a dream of former line cook and motorcycle enthusiast Ryan Valade's for years. Now it is finally coming to fruition.

The Dishes

Search & Rescue’s Will Fosdick Does ‘The Dishes’

10 Places

The apron aficionado behind Search and Rescue Denim fills us in on his favourite places to eat and drink around Vancouver.

Restaurant Porn / West Side

Wanting Something This Uniquely Beautiful for Food and Drink at Spanish Banks

South Korea's Jeju Island is a long way from Vancouver's West Side, but we think its Simsim Cafe would be a great fit hereabouts.

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / False Creek

The One Delicious Day of the Year We Actually Looking Forward to Meat Sweats

The annual Brewery and the Beast festival of meat and beer easily cracks our 1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver list.

Stacked / Kitsilano

Understanding the Awesomeness of This Hickory Smoked Meat Sandwich in Kits

West 4th's new Their There has quickly gained a rep for its tasty baked goods, but its sandwiches deserve your mouth's attention too.

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Kitsilano

The Floating Respite Within Easy Swimming Reach of Kits Beach

Kits Beach would be a shoe-in for our 1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver project if it wasn't so damn obvious. This makes more sense.

TBT / South Granville

Five Years Ago This Week, Inside an Almost Finished ‘Farmer’s Apprentice’

Scenes from Chef David Gunawan's multiple award-winning South Granville restaurant in the final stage of its 2013 construction.