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Long Table ‘Dinner on the Pier’ Goes Down in North Van on August 9th

North Vancouver’s spectacular (and charitable) Dinner on the Pier is set for August 9th. This year’s dinner involves a bunch of talented people, including The Juicery Co. founder Alex Troll and Chef Joel Green of The Pinnacle at the Pier Hotel. The evening event begins with a cocktail reception and is followed by a four course long table meal created by Green. It’s all served with beer and wine al fresco under the lights on the pier. (Check out the draft menu below.) It culminates in a celebratory evening of live music and other entertainments, including a photo booth to commemorate the summertime experience.

At $158-168 per seat, this is definitely a splurge, albeit a justifiable one (not least of all since partial proceeds from ticket sales are being donated to Growing Chefs, our favourite local culinary program for kiddies). Make the most of the last days of summer before the weather becomes uncooperative by getting your tickets to this likely memorable event here.

Starter
House smoked salmon, rooftop dill cream cheese, fresh country rye;

Salad
PEI lobster prawn organic Juicery family Farms’ cucumber citrus wedges local greens

Main
Option 1, Meat & Scallops: Organic Local grass fed tenderloin giant Alaskan scallops’ local organic vegetables Washington cabernet demi glass
Option 2, Vegetarian: House made wild mushroom ravioli sage brown butter shaved black truffle
Option 3, Fish: Alaskan sablefish Okanagan Stone Fruit Salsa citrus mango reduction

Dessert (TBA)

The Pipe Shop
Neighbourhood: North Vancouver
115 Victory Ship Way
604-985-2191

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.

A Taste of What’s Next: Five New Food Businesses Launch in Vancouver June 26th

If you get a kick out of discovering a future favourite food business before everyone else does, start here.