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Opening Soon

About Freakin’ Time

by admin 10.01.2008

Voya arrives in 17 days, a year behind schedule. From the press release:
Vancouver, BC, October 1, 2008: Los Angeles-based Kor Hotel Group proudly announces the much anticipated opening of its first Canadian venture and the latest hotel to join its highly acclaimed ‘Urban Retreat’ portfolio. On October 18, Vancouver welcomes Loden. [...]

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Joeys To Open Downtown Wine Bar

by admin 09.25.2008

Received a note last night from Keith Nicholson, the recently departed sommelier/manager of Whistler’s Bearfoot Bistro. He has teamed up with Joeys to open a 70 seat wine bar at Bentall 1 (the southwest corner of Pender and Burrard – main floor). It will be called The Wine Room. Nicholson says we can expect “a [...]

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First Look At Davie’s “La Brasserie”

by admin 09.19.2008

I must say, out of all the restaurants that we have coming our way – from the new Lumiere to Hawksworth – I’m secretly pining for La Brasserie the most. Simple German and French fare in a neighbourhood that could always do with a little improving on the food front? Yes, please, and I’ll take [...]

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Vancouver Chefs Cooking In New York

by admin 09.18.2008

Global TV

Global TV’s Chris Galius reports on his journey to NYC to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Daniel Boulud’s signature “Daniel” restaurant. The weekend series of events culminated in a meal prepared by Vancouver chefs Pino Posteraro, Thomas Haas, Vikram Vij, and Hidekazu Tojo – all flown out courtesy of Dinex, Boulud’s company. [...]

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First Look At MRKT

by admin 09.18.2008

I took a tour of this upcoming spot, formerly the Sugar Refinery, yesterday. For more info, check it out in our list of anticipating openings to the right.

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Such A Good Drink!

by admin 09.16.2008

I seldom attend the photoshoots that I have to set up every week for the F&B section of the Westender, but this past week I couldn’t resist the chance to try the drink assigned for our “By The Glass” feature. It was coming from Jay Jones, one of the city’s premiere woodsmen. Jones hadn’t made [...]

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Bin 941 Goes Under The Reno Knife

by admin 09.11.2008

- Gord Martin outside his gutted restaurant tonight.
I had a great lunch at Cafe Medina today before doing an interview with the CBC on the coming of Jean Georges Vongerichten and Daniel Boulud. After that I spent most of my day wandering about downtown. When beer time came I found myself on Davie and [...]

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“The Refinery” Coming Soon To Granville Strip

by admin 09.10.2008

The folks behind Granville’s Sip Resto Lounge are opening another spot not too far away. The project, at 1115 Granville, is called MRKT “The Refinery”. The design job is being looked after by M-Studio, the folks who did the new Hapa Izakaya in Kitsilano. Their brief is to create “a new world eatery” with an [...]

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Jean-Georges To Open MARKET in Van

by admin 09.09.2008

We first reported whisperings of this back in April, but couldn’t confirm. I just got off the phone with Shangri-La and we can now break the news. It’s a done deal. When the new hotel opens on Alberni in January, it will house “Market”, the first Canadian restaurant by superstar chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
And here’s the [...]

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La Brasserie Coming To Davie Street

by admin 09.06.2008

If you’re anything like me, you sometimes wonder what Ed Perrow has been doing since he left his job as Gord Martin’s front man and operations manager at the Bins. There was talk that he’d moved into real estate. Some said he was running for mayor. Others ventured that he’d gotten himself mixed up in [...]

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Is It A Done Deal At The Shangri-La?

by admin 08.29.2008

UD broke the news on the ides of this past April that internationally acclaimed chef and restaurateur Jean-George Vongerichten was in talks to open a restaurant in the upcoming Shangri-La hotel, currently under construction on Alberni St. downtown (Vancouver’s tallest building). Word is the hotel will also host the second location of David Aisenstat’s Ki, [...]

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Our First Look At Voya

by admin 08.21.2008

Took a tour of Voya earlier today with bar manager Jay Jones and executive chef Marc-Andre Choquette. It’s looking great, but there’s still a little while to go.

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