From the monthly archives:

February 2008

From Urban Diner…

by Paul Kamon 02.26.2008

A warm UD welcome to the talented Tracey Kusiewicz of Foodie Photography, our newest community member!

I’ve heard restaurant director Edwyn Kumar left Robson’s CinCin yesterday. I don’t have the details as to why, but the former “C” manager and operations manager of Lumiere/Feenie’s is now on the market. Don’t everyone pounce at once, but I predict he’ll go fast. His email is probably reallygood@hisjob.com.
UPDATE: CinCin’s webmaster is on the ball [...]

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March Van Mag Out

by Paul Kamon 02.26.2008

The new Maw-less Vancouver Magazine is out. Here’s what to look for…

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100 Mile “Nonsense”

by Paul Kamon 02.25.2008

John Martin in last Wednesday’s Province:
It’s no longer enough to boast about organic vegetables and a refusal to serve farmed fish. Now restaurants are pushing some nonsense called the “100 Mile Diet.” Shouldn’t that be the “160 Kilometre Diet?” The term implies that all ingredients used in a restaurant come from a 100-mile radius. This [...]

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Soundtrack No.72

by Paul Kamon 02.24.2008

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The Seeds | Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
A little womb music for our thirty-something readers on this very beautiful Sunday afternoon. Get ready, the patios cometh.

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Making The New Reef

by Paul Kamon 02.23.2008

As noted in the forum a while back, a third location of The Reef is coming, this time to The Drive (in the old Frenchies location). Lucky for us restaurant geeks, one of the owners has been keeping a video diary of the construction, and it now looks to be very nearly done (“week or [...]

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Soundtrack No.71

by Paul Kamon 02.23.2008

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Thievery Corporation | Lebanese Blonde
From the Ubiquitous Department of Inexcusable Shittiness, we happily present a track that should die. Truly, if you ever hear this overplayed song again in a restaurant, ask to beat the manager. It’s been the new Gypsy Kings for what, 6 years now? Give it a freakin’ rest already.

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Very Nice To See

by Paul Kamon 02.23.2008

Paul and I had three objectives for this past week’s UD Awards. First, we couldn’t spend any of our own money. Check. Second, we couldn’t make any money. Check. Third, we had an outside hope that the winners would be proud enough of the industry recognition to display their awards prominently. This last was the [...]

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Go To The Greedy Pig

by Paul Kamon 02.23.2008

I’ve been getting my sandwich fix at this new Gastown joint over the past week (linkage). The room, owned by a couple of young industry vets, Cam and Allison McKinnon (ex Brix and Il Giardino), is a little gritty (this ain’t your average $4 million Vancity restaurant), but there’s a good vibe with semi-loud bluegrassy [...]

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