From the monthly archives:

November 2007

The Cornucopia Blog

by admin 11.16.2007

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Zin Restaurant & Lounge and R&B Brewing Co. Team Up to Create a Fondue Beer Dinner
Vancouver BC, November 15, 2007. Zin Restaurant & Lounge teams up with R&B Brewing Co. to bring you the “Beer Dip”, a 5 course fondue dinner created by Chef Richard Tyhy. Each course is created [...]

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GMP Video Bloggery

by admin 11.15.2007

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A video blog of last night’s Gold Medal Plates competition.

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Pied-a-Terre Opens

by admin 11.15.2007

Finally! New website with menus et cetera here. Press release after the leap…

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From Urban Diner…

by admin 11.14.2007

Andrew and I would like to welcome our newest members to the UD community:
Metro
Lift Bar & Grill
Boneta
Joe Fortes
Goldfish Pacific Kitchen
Soma
Le Marrakech Bistro
O’Douls Restaurant and Bar
Chow
Thank you for your support!
For more information about joining the UD community, click here.
Sincerely,
Paul Kamon | Urban Diner

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Nominations For The BCRFA Hall Of Fame

by admin 11.13.2007

As a media sponsor, we are now taking BC Restaurant Hall of Fame nominations for the FRONT OF HOUSE category. We invite Urban Diner members to put forward the names of those individuals who they believe have made a significant impact on BC’s restaurant and food scene over the years by demonstrating exceptional [...]

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101 Restaurant Scams

by admin 11.12.2007

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A new forum thread started by “DavidVR” began with a recent Times-Colonist story on a restaurant scam that targeted Victoria’s Cafe Brio, but it has now evolved into a broader discussion on the different kinds of rip-offs that BC restaurateurs and managers have had to deal with over the last few years. If you have [...]

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Deathwatch No.206: W 12th’s Star Anise

by admin 11.12.2007

Just before I went up to Cornucopia I read on our forum that South Granville’s Star Anise – once upon a time a critical darling – had been put up for sale (thanks JC for the heads up):
Opportunity knocks… a great West side restaurant, approx. 50 seat, unbeatable South Granville location, one of [...]

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From Lumière…

by admin 11.09.2007

Award winning Lumière Pastry Chef Wendy Boys to be featured at Fairmont’s Le Manoir Richelieu
VANCOUVER, BC, November 8, 2007 – Executive Pastry Chef of Lumière and Feenie’s, Wendy Boys, winner of the 2006 Salon du Chocolat in the Plate Dessert Category will be featured at the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu on November 17, 2007. [...]

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Working Trip No. 141

by admin 11.09.2007

Good morning, folks. I’m just about to walk out my door and head up the mountain to attend Cornucopia. I hope to check in via Blackberry over the next couple of days, and I’ll be taking lots of photos and movies that I’ll edit for public consumption (hopefully before the weekend is out). I’ll see [...]

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Soundtrack No.61

by admin 11.09.2007

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Band of Horses | The Great Salt Lake

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Fraiche Restaurant and Lounge

by admin 11.09.2007

Ironically, I first got wind of this in a Toronto restaurant from an old serving colleague named Henry. One of my old regular customers named Paul Chalmers (who I would later serve in Vancouver as well) was backing a new restaurant effort called Fraiche. I’ve since heard they may have taken over the Bread & [...]

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