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You like me! You really like me!!

by Canucklehead 04.23.2013

Okay – full disclosure here, I am a Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Award Judge. There I’ve said it – and I feel unburdened and relieved. I hope that you will still like me and we can continue to be friends. For many years, the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards were managed by the genuinely legendary Jamie Maw [...]

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Kingsway: Vancouver’s New Spice Route

by Fernando Medrano 04.23.2013

If you have been paying attention to this city’s Chinese food scene you will have noticed the growing presence of authentic spicy Chinese cuisines. I’m not talking about the restaurants that serve “Szechuan” cuisine—that old-school westernized version of Sichuan food that we’ve been enjoying since our youth. I’m talking about the cuisines that have [...]

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Blind Tasting Review: Dourthe La Grande Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc 2011

by Sheila Whittaker 04.22.2013

Blind tasting reviews are a fun game to play with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town. I pour a glass from 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. Come inside and read the review of [...]

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Craft Beer Review: Lighthouse Brewing Barnacle Wheat IPA

by Joe Wiebe 04.17.2013

Victoria’s Lighthouse Brewing recently expanded its brewery into a neighbouring warehouse, which gave them the room to add some big, new fermentation tanks. This is great news for craft beer lovers since brewer Dean McLeod’s line-up of limited release beers in 650-mL bombers has been one of the most interesting collections of beers put out [...]

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The Roof at Black+Blue: Emad Yacoub Unwraps Another Stunner

by Tim Pawsey 04.15.2013

I’m never really surprised but I am often amazed by what Emad Yacoub gets up to. He’s the dynamo behind Vancouver’s ever-expanding Glowbal Group. Come April 25th, Yacoub will take things at Black & Blue Steakhouse to the next level—literally—when he officially opens The Roof at Black+Blue. Even getting a streetside patio permit in Vancouver can be challenging. But talk to anyone [...]

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Events Pictorial: Edible Canada – Maple Syrup Festival, & Colony – Kitsilano’s True Neighbourhood Pub

by Brian K Smith 04.11.2013

Come inside and check out some photos from the latest events Urban Diner has attended over the last few weeks…

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From Italy, New Zealand, and Argentina: 3 wines with Gregor Mowatt

by Hans Peter Meyer 04.03.2013

“We’re starting with the Prosecco because we all need to be drinking more bubbly.” And that’s how we started the second in this series of wine tastings with some of the people I rely on to teach me about wine. Gregor Mowatt was talking about how most of us treat bubby – Prosecco from Italy, [...]

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Au Petit Chavignol Has Closed its Doors

by Editor 04.03.2013

Critically acclaimed Au Petit Chavignol has closed its doors after just a few years. The spin-off venture from the good folks at Les Amis du Fromage, did a lot of things right, but struggled to keep busy in a fringe neighborhood between Gastown and Hastings Sunrise The East Village. Official statement from the website: We would like [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for April

by Hans Peter Meyer 04.02.2013

The premier local food destination in my part of the world moves from its winter digs to its spring-through-fall Headquarters Road location. The Comox Valley Farmers’ Market is a great place to buy pastries, vegetable starts – and groceries, direct from local producers. Congratulations to several new restaurant owners in the region. Best wishes to [...]

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Spring PR Sprouts

by Editor 04.01.2013

[Image by presidente] River Market gets even tastier with Longtail Kitchen; ORU at Fairmont Pacific Rim hosts the 15th Annual Chefs for Life Dinner; Spring into lamb at Cibo; Restaurants capture more corporate clients with iTendr for iPhones

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