Food
2026 CSA Guide: The Best Produce Box Programs in Vancouver. Score Before It’s Too Late!
Looking for a CSA in Metro Vancouver? Our 2026 guide breaks down the best produce box and farm share programs, with pricing, pickup details, and honest recommendations.
Lunar New Year 2026: A Guide to the Coolest Ways to Ring in the Year of the Horse in Vancouver
From parade-day feasts and special cocktails to hands-on workshops and packed community rooms, Lunar New Year 2026 is coming up quickly. This insider guide is here to steer you toward some of the cooler ways to welcome the Year of the Horse, so you can show up, keep pace, and ride the momentum.
Inside Uchu Peruvian Cevicheria Coming to Vancouver’s Chinatown
Somewhere between dust, design, and service manuals: a look inside Uchu as it moves from job site to dining room in the final weeks before its February 6th opening.
Chicken Parm Pals From “Burdy” To Open a Permanent Granville Island Location
Burdy is bringing its dialled-in sandwich operation off the truck and into a bigger kitchen on Granville Island.
Touk Opens Soon on Alberni Street: A Contemporary Cambodian Bistro from Chef Chanthy Yen
The contemporary Cambodian bistro is nearly ready to open at 1152 Alberni Street. What began as a pandemic pop-up in Montreal has travelled across the country and taken root in Vancouver, with a full team, a defined point of view, and a space that now looks entirely its own.
Posada at Chupito: A Latin American Rum Tasting to Cut Through December Grey
A Posada at Chupito offers a ready-made escape built around good rum, good company, and the kind of easy ceremony that brings a dreary December night back to life.
Yotam Ottolenghi Answers Vancouverites’ Questions Ahead of His Chan Centre Appearance
Ahead of his February visit, where he will host an evening built around cooking, conversation, and the honest realities of feeding people, we turned to a handful of our friends who shape the world we cover. The questions ahead come partly from us, as well as from them...
Nabi House: A New Neighbourhood Restaurant on Powell Street
Daniel Lee is betting on a tiny kitchen, a tight menu and a lot of heart to bring something new to East Vancouver.
Inside Osteria Otto Italian-Inspired Listening Bar Opening Soon in Mount Pleasant
Set inside an old house (that still feels "home-y") sitting just off Main Street on East 8th, Otto quietly brings together Italian warmth, Pacific Northwest ingredients, and the easy cool of a Japanese kissa bar.
On the Alchemy and Ease of Breadcrumbs, with Camilla Wynne and Michelle Marek
Read our interview with the authors of new cookbook, "All That Crumbs Allow" (Good Egg), which gives the humble, underrated breadcrumb its dues.
Scout’s Updated Guide to Sorting Out Your Holiday Party Plans This Season
It's not too late to organize a get-together with some buddies and have a genuinely fun (and delicious) time. To help things along, we've reached out to a bunch of Vancouver's best restaurants and compiled the following easy-to-digest rundown of who's offering what this holiday season...
Catch Reel Cause’s Screening of “The Interceptors”, One-Night-Only on Nov. 27th
Reel Causes works with filmmakers and Canadian organizations to spotlight social justice issues through film. We like their style. This week, they take on food waste with a short film centred on Vancouver Chef TJ Conwi.
Check Out What’s In Store for Time Out Market Vancouver’s Opening Roster
As opening day for the highly anticipated next level cafeteria style venue creeps closer, the first half-dozen participating concepts have been announced - and they're damn good.
Free Spirit is Back for a Second Round, December 8th Only!
After a sensational inaugural event back in January, the non-alc (zero-proof, alcohol-free) tasting event is landing at Heritage Hall for one-evening-only, on Monday, December 8th.
Enjoy a Shojin Teishoku Plant-Based Dinner, Nov. 26th
For a single night, Saan Saan brings together the quiet intensity and careful cooking of friends Tomoko Tahara and Raphaël Pirenne for a modern Japanese plant-based multi-course meal.
Why We’re Excited About Lumache, Victoria’s Upcoming Restaurant Rooted in Slow Food
Chef James Frost and FOH-pro-slash-sommelier Heather Dosman have taken over the micro-restaurant space at 1001 Douglas Street (formerly Hank's a* Restaurant) to open their intimate new concept this December.
Gujarati Jalso: The Burnaby Restaurant Giving Gujarati Food Top Billing
Edmonds Street in Burnaby is home to Gujarati Jalso, where the focus is entirely on vegetarian food from India’s western coast.
On the Eater 38, Opening a Restaurant in NYC, and the Rise of Food Content Creators
Host Jamie Mah and guests James Iranzad and James Langford-Smith dish on topical issues in the F&B world right now, including the impacts of the BCGEU strike and social media on the Vancouver restaurant industry.
Head to The American for a Friendly Comfort Food Competition, Nov. 15th
This Sandwich That Beer's Meatball Throwdown returns to The American this Saturday for its fourth year running. Consider Comfort Food Season officially in play!
Tracing Xi’an Cuisine from Traveler’s Nourishment to Refined Restaurant Fare
These are stories about more than food. Each entry looks at how history, migration, and shifting neighbourhoods show up on the plate, offering a glimpse into the everyday culture that builds a city from the ground up.
A First Look Inside Jeju, Opening in East Vancouver on Nov. 15th
The Vancouver location pushes the Jeju vision further, offering more space to experiment. Last night, we slipped into their first friends & family service for a look at what they’ve been building.
Botanist to Host Four Pastry Chefs for a Seven-Course Dessert Doozy, Nov. 18th
For this singular experience, Botanist's own Executive Pastry Chef Kate Siegel is putting her head together with Kenta Takahashi, Oliver Bernardino and Lisa Yu. If you've got a soft spot for the sweet stuff, and want a good excuse to eat dessert for dinner instead of after dinner, then this is it.
Chinese Restaurant Awards Reveal “Elite 30 Canada”, with Vancouver’s Dynasty Seafood Named #1
Want to know where to find the best Chinese food in and around Vancouver? Founded in 2008, the Chinese Restaurant Awards began as a local guide to the best roast ducks, dim sum and noodle bowls. Sixteen years later, the project has grown into something bigger: a country-wide snapshot of how Chinese cuisine continues to lead, evolve, and define the way Canada eats.
How One Chilliwack Farm Helps to Shape the Menu at Botanist
Every year, Chef Hector Laguna takes his whole team out to the Local Harvest farm in Chilliwack so that they can see the labour behind the produce for themselves, and pay that respect and knowledge forward to local and visiting diners alike. Last summer, I tagged along...
Show Up Early for Proper Filipino Breakfast at Pampanga’s Cuisine
These are stories about more than food. Each entry looks at how history, migration, and shifting neighbourhoods show up on the plate, offering a glimpse into the everyday culture that builds a city from the ground up.
Honour Día de Muertos with a Five-Course Meal that’s Big in Heart, at an Approachable Price
On Sunday, November 2nd, La Mezcaleria is bringing the spirit of Día de Muertos into the dining room when they host their annual dinner shaped around remembrance, gathering, and the intentional act of sharing a meal.
Head to Boulevard for a Two-Night Dessert Bar Experience with Kenta Takahashi and Max Curzon-Price
With only eight seats per evening, you don't want to sleep on this super intimate collaboration built around desserts and cocktails in conversation with one another.
Indulge Your Appetite for Food and Folklore at Enabling Arts on October 30th
If you love indulging in good food stories and having in-depth, complex conversations about food, then this is your opportunity to do just that while also connecting with fellow curious thinkers, readers and revellers, and making new discoveries.
