From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Quote Of The Day

by Paul Kamon 01.28.2008

Dine Out Vancouver quote of the day in the forum:
“Hi, I’d like to cancel my reservation for tonight”
“Ok, what time is it for?”
“7:00″
“But it’s 7:35.”
“I know. We were running late.”
“I’m sorry, but I’ve canceled the reservation already.”
“I know, I just got a no-show email from Open Table.”
“Oh. We mark the reservation as a no-show after [...]

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The Industry Nominees Announced!

by Paul Kamon 01.28.2008

The nominations in the Best of the Industry categories for this year’s Urban Diner Awards are now complete. Here are the names of those people and restaurants that have made it on to the relevant category ballots:

Chef of the Year
Andrey Durbach | Parkside, La Buca, Pied-a-Terre
Robert Belcham | Fuel
Jeff Van Geest | Aurora Bistro
Brian Fowke [...]

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The Adventures Of A Happy Eater + War

by Paul Kamon 01.26.2008

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An oldie but a goodie. Food writer, poet, and political genius Calvin Trillin of the New Yorker and The Nation visited Charlie Rose back in 2003. A fine and funny interview on vernacular eating, the Iraq War, pork, and the Bush Administration.
More poignant irrelevance after the jump…

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CTS At The BC Foodservice Expo

by Paul Kamon 01.26.2008

Chefs’ Table Society Authors Corner at the BC Foodservice Expo
Come down to check out the Chefs’ Table Society Author’s Corner this Sunday January 27th and Monday January 28th at BC Place Stadium.
Visitors can enter a raffle to win one of the last seven Vancouver Cooks Books, signed by the Chefs’ Table Board of Directors [...]

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Inside Café Medina

by Paul Kamon 01.26.2008

I forgot my little camera when I paid Medina a visit for my column this week, but I just remembered that I took some reference snaps with my Blackberry. If you haven’t been yet, take a look after the jump.

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Wine Festival Poll

by Paul Kamon 01.26.2008

After answering today’s forum poll question on whether you plan on attending the Playhouse Wine Fest, you can use the follow-up thread to elaborate on your answers. We’d love to hear what you like about the festival, what you dislike about it, and how you think they can make it better.

If you’re not a member [...]

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The Battle of Midway

by Paul Kamon 01.25.2008

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From Mr Bean’s Holiday
It’s the second weekend of Dine Out Vancouver: the mid point, the crucible, the storm before and after the calm. Soak it up and enjoy.

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Opening Soon | Uva

by Paul Kamon 01.25.2008

UPDATE: It’s open and lovely. Footage here.

The new wine, cheese, and charcuterie bar going into the Moda Hotel will be called Uva. The name comes from the Italian word for “grape”. According to staff, it will launch in a little under a month (we broke the news last week that this new place will come [...]

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From Urban Diner…

by Paul Kamon 01.25.2008

As mentioned in an earlier post, we are expanding the Urban Diner listings beyond restaurants and into the entire F&B industry to become the one stop resource for all things good to eat and drink in BC. With this in mind, we are excited to welcome Canadian Olympic caterer, Culinary Capers, to the [...]

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