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Polls

Wild Salmon Debate

by admin 04.30.2008

How Badly Do You Want Salmon?

Fiona Morrow has a story up in the Globe today about Vancouver restaurateurs struggling with the decision to continue serving wild BC salmon at a time when the future of our wild stocks appear to be in real jeopardy. As I wrote in a previous post (and as Morrow notes [...]

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Van Mag Awards Poll

by admin 04.18.2008

I’ve heard plenty of griping about some of the results from Monday’s VM awards (full results here). It’s like an annual tradition. This weekend’s poll is based on the following specific complaints that have so far come my way:
“Pied-a-Terre is Euro-Disney”
“Tojo’s is wicked overrated.”
“Bearfoot Bistro should have beaten Araxi.”
“Boneta is quaint and all, but wtf?” [...]

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Protesters Outside Of Fuel and Gastropod

by admin 04.04.2008

Anti-foie gras protesters have once again descended on West 4th’s Gastopod and Fuel. I wonder how they’d taste? I reckon the dude on the left wearing Sony’s new “atrocity flat screen” would be a little too douchey.
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UPDATE: A Facebook email has been sent out by Liberation BC to their 99 “members” telling them to come [...]

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Who’s Coming To The Van Mag Awards?

by admin 04.01.2008

The 19th Annual Van Mag Awards take place on April 14th starting at 1pm in the grand ballroom at the Wall Centre, and the best industry party of the year goes long, after-parties and all.
We’ll hopefully see you there, and afterwards.
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Was Gordon Ramsay Really Ever Here?

by admin 03.29.2008

Today’s National Post has a story on the high end hospitality market (hotels and restaurants) and how it’s attracting more and more luxury brands and driving up the cost of real estate. Nothing new or exciting (depressing, really), but this para caught my eye:
Recently, TV’s Gordon Ramsay was spotted around town looking for a location.
As [...]

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Urban Diner Polling

by admin 03.29.2008

We’ve set up a polling widget to gauge readership opinion on a variety of topics. It’s located just under the Habit/Cascade ad in the next column over. The poll is cookie/IP sensitive, so it will only allow one vote per household/business.
This week’s polling question?
Which opening are you most looking forward to?

DB Bistro Moderne
Hawksworth
Voya at the [...]

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