Gold Medal Menus at Lumiere; Chambar restaurant highlights the work of Vancouver artists during the Olympics; Red Card Sports Bar welcomes the world; CRU stirs up its small plates menu; Bistro Pastis Olympic menus.
GOLD MEDAL MENUS AT LUMIERE OFFERED FOR LUNCH FEB 12-28
Yes, lunch – but just for a limited time. Lumière is intimate in scale, and with just 45-seats (50, family style), the pressure was on to open for lunch – and an extended one at that – during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
Daniel, in Vancouver to celebrate the Olympics with his own medal-winning culinary team, suggested opening the restaurant mid day to make room for everyone.
Chef Boulud is shown right with Chefs MacKay and Istel, after taping an Olympic Cooking segment for NBC’s TODAY SHOW Feb 12th up the mountain. It looks like they took home gold, silver and bronze – photo courtesy of Chef Boulud’s PDA
The Chefs invite you to join them for lunch then, or dinner to celebrate the games and experience Grand Relais & Chateaux class cuisine. All dinner menus will be offered during lunch service, from the three-course seasonal prix fix menus offered for $65 per person, to the five and seven course tasting menus.
And, a special three-course, prix fixe Gold Medal Menu will be offered through February 28th for $90 per person. Gold Medal Menus will change daily, as inspired by the Chefs and by the games. Wine pairings by the glass or bottle are offered by Sommelier Drew Walker. Tax and gratuities not included.
This is a unique opportunity to visit Lumière during the day, and the timing couldn’t better for those of us with clients, family and friends visiting from out of town.
Gold medal and regular menus will be offered daily from noon through 11pm daily. To inquire about Gold Medal Menus or other Lumière menus or events, please contact General Manager Chris González via email or call 604.739.8185.
RESERVE a table at Lumière
Sister restaurant, db Bistro Moderne (Vancouver, right next door) has their own extended hours and special menus for the games, so if enjoying modern French bistro fare sounds like a delicious Olympic event, be sure to check the db Bistro Moderne website.
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EAT, ART, AFTER DARK
Chambar restaurant highlights the work of Vancouver artists during the Olympics
Vancouver, BC, February 13th, 2010 – Chambar restaurant will feature the work of two Vancouver artists during the Olympics, with the intention of sharing with the world some of the fantastic young artistic talent that the city has to offer. With Chambar’s close proximity to BC Place and Canada Hockey Place, thousands of Olympic visitors will have the opportunity to view local artwork as they dine on fresh BC mussels and chef Nico Schuerman’s Belgian inspired cuisine.
Chambar owner Karri Schuermans has maintained a commitment to the arts community since she and husband Nico opened the Beatty Street restaurant five years ago. “It has been important for us to use Chambar as a place for guests to explore the dynamism of Vancouver, not just on their plate, but through their entire dining experience.” Schuermans typically rotates exhibitions in the restaurant every four to six weeks. Running for the duration of the Olympics, the sculptural work of Josh Van Dyke and large format resin paintings by George Vergette will adorn the restaurant’s heritage brick walls.
Twenty-nine year old Josh Van Dyke alters reclaimed skateboards into masks, animal heads and west coast inspired antler sculptures. Chambar will be showing a selection of sculptures in the front and mid-section of the restaurant, where guests will dine beneath hot pink deer antlers and skateboard decks that have been manipulated to look like hunting trophies. Van Dyke’s work can also be found during the Olympics in Whistler, where he is exhibiting at the Club Intrawest Hotel and Millennium Place; as well as on Bowen Island where he is participating in the Cultural Olympiad.
George Vergette is a successful Vancouver painter and sculptor whose work utilizes epoxy resin and taxidermy. Upon first viewing them, many of Vergette’s paintings cause a transcendent and spiritual reaction but bring viewers down to earth with quips like ‘Last Victor’, ‘Listen’, and ‘Vilify Paradise’. The contrast between such terse text and such outward beauty invite us to reflect upon the dichotomies we ourselves experience throughout life: successes, failures, or a sweet memory now forgotten. At Chambar, guests will view a new 8×9ft resin painting as well two 5×5 blue and black paintings that will hang in the main dining room. Vergette’s work is also on view at the Museum of Vancouver Ravishing Beasts taxidermy exhibition.
Chambar is located at 562 Beatty Street in Vancouver. The restaurant utilizes local ingredients and also brews its own craft beer, Chambar Ale. For more information please visit www.chambar.com.
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FROM CURLING TO COCKTAILS, RED CARD SPORTS BAR WELCOMES THE WORLD
Combining Italian roots with a true passion for Canada, the team at Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery has created a delicious feature menu, to welcome the world to Vancouver. Enjoy all the Olympic action on eighteen high-def screens whilst enjoying a delicious feature pizza and a signature Podium Cocktail.
Red Card Sports Bar is home to a high-tech, “Marani Forni” wood-burning pizza oven, capable of producing eighteen pizzas in two minutes, and a chef team trained to perfection by an Italian pizza expert. Two special pizza creations have been added to the menu for the duration of the Games, to honour celebrated Olympians who will be competing for medals:
• “The Glider” pizza honors Giorgio Di Centa, Italy’s chosen flag-bearer and cross-country skier, featuring mushrooms and prosciutto, both popular ingredients in Di Centa’s home region of Tolmezzo.
• “The Goalie” pizza celebrates Vancouver Canucks superstar and home-grown Olympian, Roberto Luongo, featuring locally-smoked salmon, mozzarella and mascarpone.
Podium Cocktails add the finishing touch to this stylish celebration; Raise a glass to our athletes, whether celebrating Bronze (Southern Comfort, Absolut Mandarin, orange bitters), Silver (Absolut Vodka, Creme de Cacao and coconut water) or prized Gold (Metaxa, Goldschlager, apple juice and Prosecco).
Visit Red Card Sports Bar during the 2010 Winter Games to celebrate our Olympian superstars and you may even see a famous face or two!
For more information on Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery, visit www.redcardsportsbar.com or call 604-689-4460.
About Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery
With inspired Italian cuisine, prepared with the freshest ingredients to the highest standards and a beautifully-restored heritage building, Red Card Sports Bar offers a dramatic and elegant environment in which to enjoy your favourite sports game.
Red Card Sports Bar is located at 900 Seymour Street, adjacent to Moda Hotel, on the corner of Seymour and Smithe Streets, in the heart of Downtown Vancouver. Open everyday throughout the 2010 Winter Games between 11.00am and 01.45am, with pizzas served until 01.00am!
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CRU STIRS UP ITS SMALL PLATES MENU
Neighbourhood favourite CRU restaurant is adding some new items to its tantalizing menu. CRU won Best Small Plates in last year’s Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, but it’s clear the restaurant hasn’t become complacent because of its success. The new items on the menu are sure to get any epicure’s mouth watering:
Cru’s Version of “Bruschetta”: grilled foccacia with edamame spread, marinated tomatoes & pecorino romano
Pickled Beet & Chèvre Salad with sherry beet purée bull’s blood greens, black pepper pistachio powder
Crostini Three-Way: fig & walnut tapenade / white bean purée with sage / roasted red pepper
Pan-Seared Ling Cod scallion dumplings, dashi ponzu broth, bok choy sprouts, ginger chillies
Grilled Lamb Chop with apricot and pine nut couscous, harissa rouille
Riesling-Poached Pear with crumbled gorgonzola, toasted filberts, organic greens in dijon vinaigrette
Guests can now choose from these fresh additions to the menu, as well as old favourites like Crispy Duck Confit, Syrah-Braised Short Rib, Mushroom Truffle Risotto, and Cru’s famous Cellar Door Caesar.
CRU Restaurant
1459 West Broadway | Vancouver
Tel: 604-677-4111
www.cru.ca
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BISTRO PASTIS OLYMPIC MENUS
Bistro Pastis offer special new menus:
Appetizer | Main
Hours of Operation during the Olympics:
Closed on Mondays
Lunch: Tuesday – Friday: 11:30am – 2:00pm
Dinner:Tuesday – Sunday: 5:30pm – 10:30pm
Brunch: Saturday and Sunday: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Bistro Pastis
2153 West 4th Avenue | Vancouver (Kitsilano)
Tel: 604-731-5020
www.bistropastis.com
