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Kitsilano

Blind Tasting Review: 2006 Chateau Le Boscq Saint Estephe

by paulkamon 12.28.2009

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
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New Year’s Eve Celebratory Round-Up

by Editor 12.24.2009

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 [...]

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Cook the Hood(s) 100 Mile Diet Giveaway

by paulkamon 12.22.2009

I have copies of all three of the excellent Cook the Hood cookbooks (Commercial Drive, Kitsilano, West End) up for grabs, and as an added bonus during this festive time I will also throw in a copy of the brilliant Vancouver 100-Mile Diet Foodshed poster to the first person to complete the challenge inside.
Good luck! [...]

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DB Bistro Moderne Seeking a Chef de Partie

by paulkamon 12.21.2009

Job details inside.

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Pre Holiday Madness PR Delivery

by paulkamon 12.14.2009

“Sustainably Stuffed” food drive at SIP Lounge and The Refinery; Charmed 365 days and counting; Araxi and Blue Water Cafe win Gourmand World Cookbook Awards; Sarah McCauley appointed Wine Director at CinCin Ristorante; Merroir + Terroir – Blue Water Cafe’s Unsung Heroes Menu sings of the sea; Maenam to open 7 days a week; MIX [...]

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John Blakeley Honoured by Government of France

by paulkamon 12.07.2009

In a ceremony held last Monday (November 30), the Government of France, as represented by its Consul General to Vancouver, Mr. Alexandre Garcia, honoured restaurateur (and owner of Bistro Pastis) John Blakeley by naming him a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre du Merite Agricole.

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Fuel Transmutes Into “refuel”

by paulkamon 11.24.2009

Fuel really isn’t closing, it is really just going off-stage for a quick costume change to prepare us for Act Two, which is great news for diners, as Chef Belcham and Tom Doughty and his dedicated staff are just too talented to not be open in some form. Perhaps, it is a sign of the [...]

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Cooking with Dale and Stephane

by paulkamon 11.13.2009

(All photos courtesy of Tracey Kusiewicz of Foodie Photography)
Long ago, I worked as a dishwasher for a couple of years in a very busy restaurant and was on the verge of being “promoted” out of the kitchen to go bus the floors with the better smelling front of house crowd, when some strange sense of [...]

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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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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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Blind Tasting Review: 2007 Tangled Vines Gewurztraminer

by paulkamon 10.22.2009

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
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Monbella Closes its Doors

by paulkamon 10.21.2009

As reported last night in the UD Forum, Mon Bella in Kitsilano has abruptly closed it’s doors for good. Done. Finished.
Even after a short-lived rally and possible, albeit slow, uphill revival under the guidance of Chef Brian Fowke, the mountain proved too high to climb. The little Italian/French Bistoria, smacked up by the critics right [...]

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