From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Where In The World Are You Going?

by Paul Kamon 06.30.2008

Chronic wanderers are free to pick more than one category before they click the “vote” box.
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Gastown Scores Two Chefs And A Table

by Paul Kamon 06.30.2008

Gastown will sport another new restaurant this week. We’re hearing that as early as Wednesday, 2 Chefs and a Table will open at 305 Alexander in the space formerly occupied by The Coffee Shop. It’s a combination 27 seat bistro and catering company owned by Whineos hired cheffing guns Allan Bosomworth (also ex-Feenies) and Karl [...]

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The July/August EAT Hits The Streets

by Paul Kamon 06.30.2008

The July/August issue of EAT Magazine, voted Best Food Publication at last year’s Urban Diner Awards (and one of my employers :-), is now out in distribution and available cover to cover online. It’s a goodie. Lots of restaurant reviews, farm to table features, a fine interview with prawn fisherman Steve Johansen, my feature on [...]

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Cru Is Looking For A Garde Manger

by Paul Kamon 06.28.2008

Job details after the bump…

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A Plague Of Crickets

by Paul Kamon 06.28.2008

I mean, wow. The media has gone bonkers over the addition of crickets to Vij’s menu. The Vancouver Sun has published one, two, three stories on it in today’s paper alone. Mia Stainsby, who wrote them all, opens one of them with a chirpy, telling line:
You could say this story has legs.
Yes, you could say [...]

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Cibo Almost Set To Open In The Moda

by Paul Kamon 06.28.2008

Cibo Restaurant In The Moda Hotel from Andrew Morrison on Vimeo.
After Moderne Burger tonight I went down to see how Sebastien Le Goff and chef Neil Taylor were doing with Cibo. Looking good (see video above). They’re changing the big, circular glass table. The lights are going to be down considerably during service and the [...]

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First Look At The New Moderne Burger

by Paul Kamon 06.27.2008

Arrived at Moderne Burger’s opening night (after 14 months of renovations) just before 7pm and found a line-up out the door. They locked it soon after, at full tilt capacity and running out of burgers. Still very well controlled. Didn’t feel the least bit mayhemish or crowded. I knew the people who were next in [...]

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Don Letendre Profiled In The National Post

by Paul Kamon 06.27.2008

Elixir/Koko jet-setting chef Don Letendre is profiled in this morning’s National Post:
Q: You must be quite busy these days…
A: I’m getting sick of flying back and forth.
Heehee. Read it here.

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Attack Of The Killer Italian Restaurants

by Paul Kamon 06.27.2008

Emperor Emadus Magnus
The new WE has my column on the coming of Trattoria Italian Kitchen, La Quercia, and Cibo. I see they have a new website going, too. Much better.
I’ve been enjoying my test drives of Trattoria Italian Kicthen over the last few days. The food is very palatable, the room is tolerably glam, and [...]

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Fraiche Has Joined The UD Community

by Paul Kamon 06.26.2008

We are excited to announce that West Vancouver’s newest fine dining restaurant, Fraiche, has joined the Urban Diner community.
Here is a look at their listing:

FRAICHE is an Urban Diner supporter.
2240 Chippendale Road | West Vancouver
Tel: 604.925.7595
Email: info@fraicherestaurant.ca
www.fraicherestaurant.ca
HOW TO GET THERE

Hours of Operation:
Dinner – Tues-Sun 5 pm-10 pm
Lunch – Tues-Fri 11:30 pm-2:30 pm
Brunch – Sat-Sun [...]

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