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May 2008

Opening Soon | Cibo

by admin 05.21.2008

UPDATE: it’s open. Here is a video taken just a week prior.

BREAKING: I took my second tour of the unfinished restaurant space attached to Uva Wine Bar in the Moda Hotel tonight. It’s come a long way from the heinous shell that it was a couple of months ago (fireplace, wine racks, cabinetry are now [...]

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Richmond Night Market Is Returning

by admin 05.21.2008

BREAKING: The Richmond Night Market has been brought back from the dead for at least another two years. Young toy gun fetishists like my eldest (Jack’s actually a pacifist angel) can rejoice, starting May 30th!

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Who The Hell Are You?

by admin 05.21.2008

We want to know…
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Morning Notes No.521

by admin 05.21.2008

Yew at the Four Seasons wins an award. For woodwork.
The skyrocketing price of rice hits…Wild Rice.
Vancouver foie gras spat gets a teeny bit of press in Toronto. Key graph:
In Canada, the foie gras issue was raised last month in Vancouver after animal rights group Liberation B.C. protested outside fashionable restaurants serving the liver.
At least one [...]

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First Day On The Job

by admin 05.20.2008

First Day Kitchen Hazing

This laugher was found via the “Random” page on my favourite new Vancouver blog, Butter On The Endive. The clip is from a BBC sketch comedy series called “Man Stroke Woman”.

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Barbara Philip In The New Westender

by admin 05.20.2008

Talented oenophile Barbara Philip (BC’s Master of Wine) gets some cover love in this week’s WE. My review of Hy’s is in there too but I couldn’t find the link. I’ve included the my own unedited text below:
If Vancouver’s younger and more ethnically diverse dining population has supported all the new and exciting restaurant concepts [...]

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Heading To Victoria

by admin 05.17.2008

We’re taking Jack and Pip to go see their grandparents in Victoria for a few days. Michelle and I hope to swing by our regular haunts. I’ll check in when I can. Enjoy the split shift patio shaft action. Later.

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Robert Mondavi Dead

by admin 05.16.2008

BREAKING: From the AP Newswire, Napa legend Robert Mondavi has passed away, aged 94.
Mondavi died peacefully at his home [Friday] in Yountville, Robert Mondavi Winery spokeswoman Mia Malm said.
He was 52 and a winemaking veteran in 1966, when he opened the winery that would help turn the Napa Valley into a world center of the [...]

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Jobs Omnibus Vol. 8

by admin 05.16.2008
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R&B Brewing Joins The UD Community

by admin 05.16.2008

We are thrilled to have local beermeisters’ R&B Brewing join the growing Urban Diner community. You can view their listing in the next column over or by clicking here.
Paul Kamon | UD Business Development

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The Things I Regret Having To Say No To

by admin 05.16.2008

This arrived in my inbox today:

Miss Roxy Says “If you can’t be good… be careful” this Long Weekend!
She Can’t Wait to See You at the Private Media Sneak Peak Performance of the Much Anticipated Burlesque Beauties Dance Show at the Newly Renovated $1 Million Stadium Club at Edgewater Casino
TUESDAY, MAY XXth XPM – XPM
(Complimentary [...]

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Joie Joins The Urban Diner Community

by admin 05.15.2008

We are excited to welcome the award-winning winery, Joie, to the Urban Diner community. You can view their listing in the next column over or by clicking here.
Paul Kamon | UD Business Development

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