From the monthly archives:

September 2007

The Okanagablog

by admin 09.28.2007

At Oliver’s Cock & Bull for a morning ante-vino restorative. Feel the pain…
UPDATE: Fantastic 100 Mile dinner with the winemakers at Tinhorn Creek last night. Up until 3am with the cooks and some of the service team (on the fly, Rob Clark made a Catelli pasta with fat-macerated pork belly. So nasty delicious). I woke [...]

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Soundtrack No.51

by admin 09.28.2007

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Getz & Gilberto | Girl From Ipanema

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Shittiest. Thing. Ever

by admin 09.28.2007

CNN: Illegal immigrant dishwasher living in the States has all his savings — $59,000 — seized by the Feds.

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From Lumière…

by admin 09.27.2007

Lumière wins Best of Vancouver 2007 Readers’ Choice as Best Restaurant for Fine Dining
VANCOUVER, BC September 20, 2007 – Lumière continues to shine as they win Georgia Straight’s 12th Annual Best of Vancouver Readers’ Choice for Best Restaurant for Fine Dining.
Owners, David & Manjy Sidoo wish to thank the Georgia Straight and [...]

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The Women of Rare

by admin 09.26.2007

As to why the web bwanas of Vancouver Magazine haven’t uploaded the one food related story that did it this month, namely Fiona Morrow’s (aka gingerpeachy) piece on Colleen McClean’s all female kitchen crew at Rare, is beyond me. Now I have to steal a copy from my landlord. Update: oops, nevermind.

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The New Ad Packages Are Here

by admin 09.26.2007

With the recent arrangement reached between Urban Diner and EAT Magazine came an agreement to create highly competitive ad packages that would maximize and multiply client exposure across British Columbia with lengthy runs — both online and in print — at very low cost…

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The Pink Elephant

by admin 09.26.2007

- doctored image courtesy of City Food
Today over at City Food, blogger Rhonda May mentions the worst kept secret in the Vancouver restaurant industry, namely that Rob Feenie and his bankrollers at Lumiere (David and Manjy Sidoo) are not exactly the biggest of buddies. Yup. Over the last several months, the three of them [...]

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From Aurora…

by admin 09.26.2007

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AURORA BISTRO IS NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH AND BRUNCH
Vancouver, BC…Aurora Bistro, a recent winner at Vancouver Magazine’s 18th annual Restaurant Awards for the best in regional cuisine, is now opening its doors for lunch and brunch.

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Soundtrack No.50

by admin 09.25.2007

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Aphex Twin | Donkey Rhubarb

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Gill Hearts Kambolis

by admin 09.25.2007

From the Department of Delicious Irony and the bowels of “C” Restaurant’s website comes an image that shows owner Harry Kambolis (interview) smiling next to Globe and Mail restaurant critic Alexandra Gill. The occasion was the 10th anniversary of “C”, held at the beginning of September.
Regular readers might recall how Gill slammed “C” a [...]

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West Van Capers Closing Next Month

by admin 09.25.2007

Breaking in the Vancouver Sun:
Capers Community Markets’ new parent company, Whole Foods Markets, will close the West Vancouver Capers outlet on Oct. 27, the company announced Tuesday.
It’s a sad day for us Dundaravers.

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