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January 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm · Filed under East Side, Events, Good Causes, Help Wanted, Restaurant News
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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 Main Street’s restaurants offering three-course tasting menus for set prices of $25, $35 and $45 with partial proceeds of these special menus going to The Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The Food Bank will also have a box located at each restaurant for customers to drop off non-perishable food items.
KICK OFF PARTY:
Monday, January 18th from 8 ‘til late at The Biltmore Cabaret. Entry is by donation (all proceeds will go to The Greater Vancouver Food Bank). 8 – 10pm: Free Appetizers • $4 drinks • Door Prizes • Silent Auction • 50/50 Draw • Live Bands and DJs featuring Analog Bell Service and DJs Luke Kyd and Elan.
Tickets available at participating restaurants.
For a full list of participating restaurants go to: www.themaineventvancouver.com
January 15, 2010 at 3:12 pm · Filed under Cocktail Culture, Danielle Rabkin, East Side
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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December 24, 2009 at 5:55 pm · Filed under Commercial Drive, East Side, Events, Gastown, Kitsilano, North Shore, Press Releases, Restaurant News, UD Member News
Ring in the New Year at Voya Restaurant; Andrey Durbach offering set menus and à la carte options for New Year’s Eve; New Year’s Eve at Cru; New Year’s Eve 2009 at Bistrot Bistro; New Year’s Eve at West; New Year’s Eve at CinCin; New Year’s Eve at Blue Water Cafe; New Year’s Eve at Araxi; New Year’s at The Smoking Dog; Chambar’s Formality-Free New Year’s Eve; New Year’s dinner at Divino; Au Petit Chavignol is open New Year’s eve and day; Fraiche and Crave Beachside offer options for New Year’s Eve; Opus and Elixr ring in 2010 with old Hollywood style; New Year’s Eve 2010 at Figmint Restaurant and Lounge; Special $35 New Year’s menu at Charm Modern Thai; New Year’s Eve at Hamilton Street Grill; A classic French bistro New Year at DB; A fine French New Year at Lumiere.
UPDATED: 3:45 pm Sunday, December 27th
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December 10, 2009 at 10:55 pm · Filed under Blind Tasting Review, East Side, Paul Kamon, Review, Wine
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 next contestant…
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December 5, 2009 at 10:04 pm · Filed under Cocktail Culture, East Side, Opening Soon, Paul Kamon, Restaurant News
Two new modern Asian-inspired additions are on their way to Chinatown in the next couple of months and both of them look very promising. Building upon an under-served trend set in motion back in 2001 by early neighborhood pioneer, Wild Rice, the soon to be open Bao Bei and The Keefer Bar are both also embracing some of their Far Eastern roots with a well tempered Western sensibility that expresses itself in the modern decor, quality bar programs and European influenced kitchens.
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