From the monthly archives:

May 2007

UDForum Turns 1

by admin 05.20.2007

I plum forgot that back on April 26th, the forum had its 1st birthday…Woopteedo, I know. But if it’s all the same to you, here’s to all those who took the time to help build what has become – in my opinion – the best, busiest, and baddest food and restaurant forum in the country.
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Restaurant Soundtrack XIV

by admin 05.20.2007

Chateau Morrison dinner music, circa 4 years old. Invest a minute and forty-five seconds’ worth of patience into this song, and you’ll be rewarded with the actual sound of orchestral disco leaving the planet forever back in 1977. Adios, and turn it up.
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Alan Pasons Project | I Robot

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This Week in Alcohol

by admin 05.19.2007

EAT Magazine has started a wine blog. So far so informative (and amusing). Check out the The Week in Alcohol section for starters.

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Ballottine Bullshit en Papilotte

by admin 05.19.2007

Reid in The Times:
The more we celebrate with awards, the more showbiz food becomes – and the farther it travels from beautifully cooked, simple, accessible food, which is what the French actually eat, and without any need for florid descriptions. Or spending fortunes. If there are to be awards, they should be for [...]

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On Chill Winston

by admin 05.19.2007

in the WE this week…
On Chill Winston | by Andrew Morrison
I admit that I had very low expectations for Chill Winston, not least because none of the talk I’d heard about the popular Gastown spot, which opened late last summer, had been consistent. Some told me it was not very good; others assured me, [...]

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Restaurant Soundtrack XIII

by admin 05.19.2007

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English Beat | Mirror In The Bathroom

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Loden Hotel Blog

by admin 05.18.2007

David Curell, general manager of the Loden Vancouver (the opening soon high-end Coal Harbour hotel that scooped up chef Andre Choquette from Lumiere a few weeks ago), has started an opening soon blog called The Green Room. Yawn. Let’s hope it gets better.

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From Capones…

by admin 05.18.2007

The beaches are full, there is a line out the door at the gelato store, and the dogs have taken over the patios of Yaletown; this can only mean one thing…summer has arrived in Vancouver. Here at Capones the summer sun has brought waves of change.

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From Coast…

by admin 05.18.2007

COAST Makes Waves June 7 – 9 with Spectacular BC Spot Prawn Tasting Series
Vancouver, BC: Available fresh for only 80 days every year, the BC Spot Prawn is a succulent spring treat for in-the-know seafood lovers, and one that is sustainably harvested as well.

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Awesome Tintin Belgian Waffle House of Babar (aka Medina)

by admin 05.17.2007

Chambar owners Karri (interview) and Nico Schuermans, together with veteran Chambar server Robert Kane, have just taken possession of the space immediately next door to their popular Beatty Street location.

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The Rare Treatment

by admin 05.17.2007

In a weird shade of history repeating itself, the Vancouver Sun’s Mia Stainsby has given West Vancouver’s Mangia e Bevi a glowing review (her best in a while) just a day after the Globe’s Alexandra Gill panned the crap out of it. You might remember how their opinions of Hornby’s Rare, published back to back [...]

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