This week, Vancouver Foodster’s Richard Wolak invited a few local food lovers to take part in an afternoon of tasting some of the entries in his Chef’s Dishes Festival. Just like all the entries in the competition, each of the three venues we visited were very diverse. Starting at Darby’s Pub in Kitsilano, a…
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Picks Of The Week – September 18, 2013
Although it feels like it’s already left us, there’s just a few days left to enjoy the spectacular Summer of 2013. Hockey: As summer ends, it’s the return of the hockey season and the Vancouver Canucks preseason is underway. Home Games are tonight against Edmonton and Monday Sept 23 against Phoenix at Rogers Arena. Park:…
Grain Tasting Bar
Recently refurbished and updated, GRAIN Tasting Bar in the Hyatt Vancouver is a welcome addition to the downtown business district. A sleek new look has turned this restaurant/lounge into the perfect location to impress your business lunch, afternoon meeting or after-work cocktails. The wall of retracting windows blurs the lines of outdoors and indoors…
Food Talks : Volume 9
Let’s talk about Food baby! Food Talks Volume 9 is coming up on September 24th. Gather with your fellow foodies and come together to mix and mingle at Lost + Found Cafe before hearing from another group of inspired individuals discuss their roles in the local food and sustainability movement. As always there will be…
Tasting Plates Mount Pleasant
The next edition of Tasting Plates YVR is ready to roll this Wednesday September 18th in Vancouver’s Mt Pleasant neighbourhood. There’s still time to grab a ticket and have a taste as each restaurant invites participants to sample what makes them a local favourite. Tickets are on sale for $35 until midnight, Sept 15, then…
Vancouver Chefs Signature Dishes Festival presented by @VanFoodster
Vancouver Foodster, Richard Wolak has created a new food festival to hightlight Vancouver’s creative chefs and the restaurants that are putting the city on the culinary map. We are fortunate to live in a city which has one of the most exciting culinary scenes in North America, where chefs are passionate about the ingredients that…
Origins of Labour Day
Labour Day (or Labor Day in the USA) is a national holiday that has come to signify the end of summer and for many young people the return to school. However, after hearing some people discuss the holiday I thought I’d look into the true origins of the holiday. In Canada and the US, the…