Food
From Birdhouse to Pony Room: A New Queer Event Space Takes Shape in Chinatown
With pink tile, thrifted chandeliers, peacock glassware, and an enthusiastic obsession for cabaret, Pony Room is bringing a distinctly playful new hospitality project to Chinatown this summer.
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.
Roll Up Your Sleeves and Reconnect with Food, Land, and Community at UBC Farm This Summer
UBC Farm has released its summer workshop schedule, with hands-on classes and guided outdoor experiences that connect people to food, nature, and each other.
The Garden Adds a Long-Overdue Wine Bar Energy to Strathcona
The Garden in Strathcona has expanded into evening service, adding wine, cocktails, and a menu of share plates to its familiar café-and-retail setup.
Casa Molina Is Throwing a Proper Spanish Party This Sunday
Paella pans, hand-carved jamón, vermut, gin & tonics, and laughter drifting between tables. Casa Molina is turning two this Sunday and throwing a full-day Spanish taberna-style party to mark it.
Villa Lobos: Meet the Crew Behind the Next Dinner at Pizza Coming Soon
There’s something refreshing about young people building something together outside the usual scroll. Villa Lobos feels like a reminder of why people get into hospitality in the first place. A few tickets are still up for grabs. Meet the crew...
Kavita Hosts a Special Mother’s Day Dinner
Two chefs, one menu, built around the food they grew up on. Chefs Tushar and Kiko come together at Kavita for a unique Mother’s Day feast.
Maria Celeste Brings Portuguese Tasca Cooking to Fraser Street
Portuguese food has a real foothold in Toronto and Montréal. Vancouver's been slower to catch up. The Isidro brothers are here to change that.
Paella Patio at ¿CóMO? Taperia Returns for Summer 2026
Eight Sundays, one big pan, and tickets that move quickly. ¿CóMO?’s annual paella series is back from May through September. Score a seat while you can.
Heads Up: Les Faux Bourgeois Changes Hands, Stays the Same Where It Counts
The backbone of the menu, still handwritten on chalkboards, polished wood, that familiar tone across the bar, the details regulars notice first, all remain in place as Les Faux Bourgeois moves into new ownership this spring under Gaia House (Nammos, Selene, Ama).
Canada Lands Eight Spots Again as Vancouver Hosts North America’s 50 Best Bars 2026
Vancouver shows up strong this year, with four bars on the list and The Keefer Bar climbing to No.7 to lead the country. Newcomer June makes an immediate entry, adding to a lineup that reflects the depth and graft behind the city’s bar scene.
Jeju Restaurant Hosts Bar Cham’s Byungjin Lim for One-Night Cocktail Collaboration
On April 27, Lim Byung-jin (BJ) of Bar Cham (No. 6 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025) is in Vancouver for a single night behind the bar at Jeju.
Scout’s 2026 Mapped Guide to ‘North America’s 50 Best Bars’ Pop-ups, Takeovers & Exclusive Cocktail Events in Vancouver
North America's best bartenders are landing in Vancouver. Prepare accordingly. This is your no-nonsense guide to the pop-ups, takeovers, and one-night-only happenings April 19-23, 2026
Kavita x Nui: Two Kitchens, One Night
Kavita continues its run of collaborative dinners with a one-night meeting of Korean and Indian cooking. On April 15, NUi joins the kitchen for a focused, seven-course menu built on contrast, control, and shared discipline.
Amber: A Gastown Listening Lounge Built Around Sound
Listening bars are having a moment. Amber opens this May with vinyl programming, a room designed to manage sound, and food that sits between bistro and steakhouse formats.
Villa Lobos: Skate Kids, Sharp Knives, Sold-Out Dinners
A group of skate kids from King George started cooking for each other and ended up building something bigger than they expected. Now they’re running sold-out dinners, with strong community backing.
Get Ready For Supernova: A New Cocktail Bar Headed for Chinatown
Two bartenders join forces with a chef to open their first cocktail bar in Chinatown. At Bar Supernova, everything starts at the end - ingredients most kitchens would throw away, turned into something entirely new.
On 17 Years of Teaching (and Feeding) Proper Thai Cuisine, with Pailin Chongchitnant
It's been a full decade since the Vancouver-based Thai chef/educator released her first cookbook, "Hot Thai Kitchen". So when Scout had the opportunity to interview Pailin to coincide with the publication of the cookbook's anniversary edition, we didn't hesitate to take it.
No More Talking About It. Plant Something. Start Small at UBC Farm
Spring’s showing up, and the window to start a proper garden is open. If you want to do it right this time, UBC Farm’s early-season workshops give you the structure, timing, and know-how to actually follow through.
Shady Hazel Farm Supper Club 2026: Full Chef Lineup and Ticket Details
The Sunshine Coast longtable series enters its fifth season with a tight lineup of Canadian and international chefs cooking directly from the farm. Tickets go live May 1. Here is what to expect...
Chupito x Bar Bravo One-Night Collaboration Dinner Monday, April 13
A bunch of nice people who know what they’re doing get together to cook and pour, and we’re invited in. Scoop a ticket quickly.
UBC Farm’s Spring Workshops Make a Strong Case for Getting Your Hands Dirty
A full run of practical, well-built sessions that move from soil to kitchen, giving you a reason to start something new.
Mæst Food sets a 15-seat spring dinner inside a working installation at Modus
Blossoms, preserved elements, and clay on the counter. A 15-seat dinner built around early spring, where food and objects share the same space.
Eat the Invaders Vancouver: 12 Chefs Take on Overabundant BC Species
From European green crab and wild rabbit to shoreline seaweeds and overgrown blackberries, this tasting puts overlooked ingredients to work. A grounded look at how eating with intent can sharpen sustainability without losing the pleasure of a good meal.
Burdock & Co’s Wine Director on Storytelling and Cutting the Stiffness Out of Service
Spend a few minutes with Maisie Ryan and it becomes clear she’s not interested in putting wine on a pedestal. The Burdock & Co wine director knows the details, but her approach skips the script and goes straight to story, curiosity, and making sure the room is having a good time.
“Touski” Set To Open In Chinatown With a Day-to-Night Shift Built Into the Room
A couple of sharp cooks are setting up shop at a decommissioned Chinatown flower shop and retail space, and we like their approach.
