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A Sneak Peek at 49th Parallel’s Doughnut Shop

by Colter Jones 05.08.2012

What do you get when you combine great coffee with high quality doughnuts? Answer: the worst kept secret in town.
I’ve been busily working away at preparing to open the second café for 49th Parallel, which will feature doughnuts under the brand of “Lucky’s Doughnuts”. Why doughnuts you say? Why not?!

The idea of doing doughnuts began [...]

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Matchstick Men… And Women

by Colter Jones 02.13.2012

Rarely do I find myself near Fraser and Kingsway, but I think that I might have to start visiting more often. Recently Matchstick Coffee opened up at 639 East 15th (near Les Faux Bourgeois) bringing quality coffee to a neighbourhood that sorely needed it. The name Matchstick denotes a sense of simplicity and old-timey charm [...]

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Left of Centre

by Joie Alvaro Kent 01.23.2012

pH5: the slightly acidic state at which an animal’s muscle tissues come to rest after slaughter. With pH7 as neutral, it’s slightly left of centre but not radically so—figuratively speaking, it denotes an environment ripe for change. An apt moniker for chef David Gunawan’s latest adventure.
The former executive chef of West Restaurant recently returned from [...]

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A Visit to Novo Pizzeria and Wine Bar

by paulkamon 10.20.2011

My first visit to Novo Pizzeria and Wine Bar in the former Incendio space beside Fifth Avenue Cinemas in Kits, was back in early August while it was still coming together after a complete tear-down to the studs, followed by an extensive renovation to accommodate the separate venting stack for the new wood burning oven. [...]

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Verace Joins the Rush to Offer “Authentic” Neapolitan Pizza in Vancouver

by Jacob Galbraith 08.11.2011

For a long time, eating pizza in Vancouver has meant either dial a pie or buck a slice, neither bearing much resemblance to the storied original pizzas from Naples, Italy. The bacon double cheeseburger pizza, paired with a zesty ranch dipping sauce, unofficially signified the beginning of the end of the “2 for 1 build-your-own” [...]

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The Rebirth of Uncool

by Canucklehead 07.25.2011

(Photo by Flckr SqueakyMarmot under create commons license)
It’s a great story, a satisfying tale that adds to the mythology one of our great city icons. Young Dynamic Entrepreneur (in the form of Mark Brand) Saves Downtown Eastside Institution Save On Meats! Wrecking ball averted! Greedy developers thwarted! Hurrah!!
And without any irony, this [...]

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Edible Canada Opens on Granville Island

by paulkamon 07.21.2011

Edible Canada recently opened its doors right in the heart of Granville Island. The long-standing and expansive vision of chef and entrepreneur, Eric Pateman, the business (originally known as Edible Vancouver, then Edible British Columbia) has grown from humble beginnings as a 400 square foot stall in the market selling locally-sourced artisan products to [...]

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“Electric Owl” Lands in the American Hotel

by Jacob Galbraith 07.18.2011

The City of Vancouver isn’t short on venues, to be sure, but what it has lacked for ages is a place that pays as much attention to its events as it does the other aspects of its operation. Translation: it’s hard to get a good bite at the same spot you’ll witness a great show, [...]

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A Visit to Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek

by paulkamon 04.11.2011

With the exception of Burrowing Owl’s Sonora Room, there wasn’t a lot of quality wine-forward dining options in the South Okanagan. With the opening of Miradoro, a joint venture between Tinhorn Creek and restaurateur Manuel Ferreira (of Vancouver’s famed Le Gavroche), BC’s famed wine region continues to mature, as planned, into a prime culinary tourism [...]

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Commune Cafe’s New Dinner Menu

by paulkamon 02.22.2011

Last week, I was invited to try the new dinner menu at Commune Cafe on the corner of Seymour and Nelson. This place has always intrigued me, as it rather quietly dropped into a very prime downtown location flexing an ambitious high-end cafe concept and some serious pedigree. Service Excellence Consulting’s Annette Rawlinson (C, Au [...]

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Fairmont Hotels Continue to Raise the Bar with Launch of “Lifestyle Cuisine Plus”

by paulkamon 02.14.2011

Last week, during an impressive display of corporate solidarity in the newly renovated Mackenzie Ballroom at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, seven of the Pacific Northwest region’s Fairmont Hotels joined together to help launch their new “Lifestyle Cuisine Plus” program that is being implemented across all of company’s 64 hotels and resorts worldwide.
This new culinary program [...]

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“Hyde” Opens on Main Street

by paulkamon 02.05.2011

After weeks of late-night construction, the former Zigz Urban Bistro location at 2960 Main Street has finished renovations and re-opened as “Hyde”. The effervescent new owner, Crystal Lowe (a local actress) has lovingly transformed the space into a cozy and playful little restaurant and bar for the neighborhood, a nice fit for this East Side [...]

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