As you digest your Thanksgiving feasts, why not look ahead to your next tasty event. Vancouver Foodster & Tasting Plates YVR have a Fall line-up of flavourful events ready to whet your appetite this season. Two Tasting Plates events explore diverse corners of Vancouver while the annual Dumpling Festival returns with pockets of deliciousness. The…
Tag: Main Street
Main St. Brewing debut getaway-themed beers for your virtual vacay.
The weather forecast is starting to heat up, but summer in the sand or by the pool still a ways away. To help combat our wanderlust the folks at Main St. Brewing has added some getaway-themed libations for your virtual vacay. The first of the final two beers in the Mount Pleasant brewery’s vacation-themed series,…
3rd Annual African Descent Festival this weekend
The 3rd annual African Descent Festival gets underway at Thornton Park on Main Street this weekend, July 22 – 23, 2017. Presented by the African Descent Society, the festival is a celebration and promotion of the arts, culture, and music of the African descendants who make up Vancouver’s often unknown rich African history. Vancouver boasts a…
Tasting Plates Riley Park early bird tickets on sale
Vancouver Foodster’s next Tasting Plates event takes patrons to Riley Park, on June 14th. Located in the heart of Vancouver, Riley Park, centred around Main Street between 16th and 30th Avenues, offers a diverse array of dining options for Tasting Platers to explore. Early Bird Tickets for Tasting Plates Riley Park are on sale now for…
Tasting Plates: Main Street recap
Tasting Plates: Main Street edition brought out Vancouver’s food fans and friends out on a beautiful, warm spring night to taste their way around the East Side neighbourhood, from Broadway to King Edward. Check in started the evening at Tapas 23, the popular spot was already busy, so upon recommendation of Catherine at the desk,…
Vancouver Foodster – Tasting Plates Main Street Edition
Now for the Main Event! Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates events shifts over to Main Street for it’s May 14th edition. Tasting Plates : Main Street Edition will take place from 6pm to 9pm on May 14th. As with the rest of Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates participating restaurants will serve up a taste from their menus for…
The Union Bar
A bright spot in a sometimes unwelcoming neighbourhood, The Union Bar heralds a rejuvenation of Vancouver’s downtown eastside. The lastest offering from The Cascade Companybrings another great location into the restaurant family that includes The Cascade Room, Habit and Latitude. Tucked in behind the Jimi Hendrix Shrine on Union Street, in the ground floor of…