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From the monthly archives:

October 2009

PR Newsdesk ~ Pre-Halloween Edition

by paulkamon 10.30.2009

Hendrick’s Gin inspired dinner at Lumiere; Get your spook on as the spirits beckon you to Voya; Artisan chocolate meets wine, beer, cocktails and canapes at The Refinery; Hamilton Street Grill’s Monthly Wine Tasting Series

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Divino Joins the UD Community

by paulkamon 10.30.2009

We are happy to welcome Commercial Drive’s Divino Wine Bar to the Urban Diner community. Check out their new listing here.

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Good Cause: Toast to the Coast

by paulkamon 10.29.2009

Friday, November 6, 2009 | 7:30 – 10:30 pm | Vancouver Aquarium
On Friday, November 6, 2009, the Vancouver Aquarium hosts its annual wine-tasting and food-sampling event, Toast to the Coast.  Funds raised from this hugely popular event benefit Aquarium education and conservation initiatives such as Ocean Wise, the sustainable seafood program created to help restaurants [...]

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Society Set to Open in Yaletown

by paulkamon 10.28.2009

The Glowbal Group is expanding again. Right on the heels of their last big opening party for the re-imagined Coast in July, the sassy new baby in the family is called Society.
Come inside for a sneak peek.

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Cibo Wins enRoute Award

by paulkamon 10.28.2009

A big congratulations to restaurant director, Sebastien Le Goff, Chef Neil Taylor and the entire Cibo crew on their winning of enRoute Magazine’s “Best New Restaurant in Canada” award for 2009! Awesome news. Read full the article, here. ~ PK

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Alibi Room Joins the UD Community

by paulkamon 10.28.2009

We are thrilled to have one of our favourite beer-loving restaurants join the UD community. Please welcome the Alibi Room to the fold. Check out their listing: here

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AA Gill Goes Hunting

by Keith Talent 10.27.2009

The Times Restaurant critic recently shot and killed a baboon either as sport or as a hoax, it’s unclear which. Naturally, the Internet is aghast and completely up in arms about it today. No one gets wound up quite as completely as your average Twitter user. As an aside, if like a solid percentage of [...]

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Blind Tasting Review: 2007 Amalaya

by paulkamon 10.27.2009

I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind.  By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved. ~ PK
Come inside and read the review of our [...]

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BC Brew Review: Russell Märzen

by Rick Green 10.24.2009

A Märzen is a lager traditionally brewed in March (März) that was stored in cellars or cool caves during the summer, then served during autumn festivals, such as Oktoberfest. It is an amber-red adaptation of a Vienna-style lager credited to Josef Sedlmayr in 1871. As a beer brewed for special occasions, Märzen is typically higher [...]

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Heston Hosts A Tupperware Party

by Keith Talent 10.24.2009

Or at least the early 21st century high end cheffy equivalent thereof. He is going mano a mano against George Foreman in the battle of useless complicated unnecessary kitchen gadgets. Aside; I would totally spring for the pay-per-view were they to don gloves for the Rumble in the Pantry. Heston Blumenthal looks like a bit [...]

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La Buca, L’Altro Buca, & Pied-à-Terre Join the UD Community

by paulkamon 10.23.2009

Today, we are very excited to welcome Chris Stewart and Chef Andrey Durbach’s fine family of neighborhood restaurants, La Buca, L’Altro Buca, and Pied-à-Terre, to the Urban Diner community.

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Pastry Bitch

by Jacob Galbraith 10.22.2009

I’m not entirely sure how it happened, but over the course of the past few years I’ve found myself spending more and more time standing in front of huge bins of flour and sugar. I once fancied myself a completely one-dimensional meat cook, completely unwilling to step outside of the delicious and savoury box that [...]

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