From the monthly archives:

February 2008

March Van Mag Out

by admin 02.26.2008

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

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 admin 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 admin 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 admin 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 admin 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 admin 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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Charlie Rose Does Four Great Chefs

by admin 02.21.2008

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Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Gray Kunz, and Ann Rosenzweig

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Press Kit No. 830

by admin 02.21.2008

Deana Lancaster talks with Observatory chef Dino Gazzola in the NSN.
In the Globe, Alexandra Gill reviews Saravanaa Bhavan.
Mia Stainsby reviews the North Shore’s District Social in the Sun.
Also in the Sun, some good press on the Chef Table Society dinner at Elixir. Word is almost half the seats are already gone.
Mark Laba visits Applause in [...]

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The 2008 Urban Diner Restaurant Awards

by admin 02.19.2008

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March 1st, 2008
Restaurant Industry Honours Its Own | by Fred Lee

“If the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards are the city’s culinary Oscars, consider the inaugural Urban Diner Awards the foodie Golden Globes. This year it brought out 200 of the industry’s best, including David Hawksworth, Robert Clark, John Bishop and [...]

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From the Dept. of Press Releases…

by admin 02.19.2008

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Of Explosions, Suicide, Surrey and Tacos

by admin 02.18.2008

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From the little known and shrouded in mystery Department of What The Hell? comes more twists in what is shaping up to be one of the weirdest (and now saddest) stories to hit the papers in recent weeks.
Lets hope the MSM doesn’t spin it as “another restaurant-related death,” and please let it not be an [...]

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