- not an actual re-enactment of the aftermath. 

On his way up to the Okanagan the other night, Vancouver restaurateur Manny Ferreira (Senova, Le Gavroche) had his Mercedes SUV totaled in a head-on collision with a deer. Ferreira is OK. The deer? Not so much…

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Peter Robinson, an Australian import fresh from a sous stint at “C”, has been named Andrea Carlson’s executive chef successor at Raincity Grill after Carlson amicably decamped to run the kitchen at West 4th’s Bishop’s.

Hastings’ Save On Meat is up for sale (both the building and the business). Asking price is $3.2 million.

Alexandra Gill reviews North Vancouver’s Deuce in the Globe and Mail. None too impressed:

if you’re a downtown denizen looking for a compelling reason to cross the bridge, I wouldn’t bother.

Wendy Wong, owner of The Only Seafood Restaurant, has been acquitted of charges that she illegally purchased endangered abalone (4 times).

Word in the forum is that award-winning chef Christophe Letard is leaving Vancouver Island’s Aerie Resort for a job in the Caribbean.

Baby steps: Vancouver police can now yank gang members out of downtown establishments. Phew.

Wine Village getting closer to reality in Oliver.

Slate: “What ‘Service Included‘ [a new book by a former Per Se server] teaches us about restaurant service”.