From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Hapa Izakaya Opens in Yaletown

by paulkamon 01.20.2010

Husband and wife restaurateurs, Justin and Lea Ault have recently opened their third Hapa Izakaya location in Yaletown inside the former Shiru-Bay space at 1193 Hamilton Street, right beside the Cactus Club, who interestingly held on to the space for over a year with an eye to expand their own room; luckily for us, they turned [...]

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Chef Gagnon Makes his Mark at The Teahouse

by Katherine van der Gracht 01.18.2010

I have a confession to make: the last time I stepped foot in The Teahouse in Stanley Park was for their Easter Sunday brunch in 1987. Clad in the matching doily dresses and patent leather shoes my mother made my sister and I famous for as children, we sat quietly and ever-so patiently in the [...]

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Free Labour

by Jacob Galbraith 01.18.2010

Young me had it all. He worked 8 hour days, took lunch breaks and had more free time than he knew what to do with. When young me wasn’t feeling so well, he would take the day to recover and watch The Price Is Right. Young me thought he was awesome, but I think young [...]

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The Main Event: East Meets West to Fight Hunger!

by paulkamon 01.17.2010

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FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:
Main Street restaurants are coming together to help fill the empty shelves of The Greater Vancouver Food Bank.
From Monday, January 18th to Sunday, January 24th, come experience the offerings of Main Street’s diverse restaurants during The Main Event.
The Main Event 2010’s theme is “East Meets West” and includes 20+ of [...]

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Regional Tasting Lounge (r.tl) to Host Benefit for Haiti

by paulkamon 01.16.2010

January 15, 2010 (Vancouver, BC) – With the mounting level of devastation and overwhelming need for basic resources in Haiti – Regional Tasting Lounge has planned a benefit event Thursday, January 21st to raise much needed funding for Vancouver-based Rose Charities Canada’s mission to the disaster stricken country.

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Taste BC 2010 Giveaway

by paulkamon 01.16.2010

I have 2 tickets up for grabs for the upcoming Taste BC event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Tuesday, January 19th for the first person to correctly complete the challenge inside.

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Bento Box Cocktails at Habit Lounge

by Danielle Rabkin 01.15.2010

Don’t play with your food! Isn’t that what we’ve always been told? Throw that mantra out the door at Habit Lounge where Nick Devine’s ‘reinvented retro’ cocktails require one to “shake and pour your own cocktail”.

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LUPO Restaurant + Vinoteca

by paulkamon 01.13.2010

One of Vancouver’s most talented chefs of fine Italian cuisine, Julio Gonzalez Perini, has successfully cooked his way back (via Umberto’s, Beach House, Frederico’s Supper Club, CinCin) into the kitchen of his former restaurant (Villa del Lupo) in Yaletown, which he sold in 2005 after a successful fifteen year run starting back in 1990.

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Blind Tasting Review: 2008 Château Roquetaillade La Grange

by paulkamon 01.12.2010

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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Beer Review: Tree Brewing Black Tree Dark Ale

by paulkamon 01.11.2010

Kelowna’s Tree Brewing released this limited edition specialty brew in the fall of 2009, a combination of a pale ale and a classic porter, in support of the Tree Canada initiative, Fire ReLeaf, to help homeowner’s with the cost of replanting trees lost to wildfires over the summer.

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DB Bistro is Seeking a Commis and Chef de Partie

by paulkamon 01.08.2010

Job details inside.

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Judas Goat Set to Open in Gastown’s Blood Alley

by paulkamon 01.08.2010

Savvy Gastown restaurateur Sean Heather is very close to opening his latest venture, Judas Goat Taberna, a Spanish-inspired tasting bar in Blood Alley just a stone’s throw from his popular, award-winning Salt Tasting Room.

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