5 Dine Out Vancouver $15 Real Deals Worth a Bite

By |2023-01-15T14:24:05-08:00January 16th, 2019|Dining, Latest Posts|

Dine Out! Is it really that time of year again already? Indeed, it is. Tourism Vancouver's Dine Out Festival returns January 18 to Feb 3. In the beginning the two week event (which first took flight 17 years ago) was little more than a discount loss leader. It was conceived as a way to blow away [...]

VIWF = Vancouver International Wine Festival: California and Plenty More

By |2019-01-18T11:14:32-08:00January 13th, 2019|Wine, Latest Posts, Wine Reviews|

A sure sign this year’s Vancouver International Wine Festival is right around the corner is the media preview. Last week's tasting of wines to be featured at various events was the perfect warm-up for the Feb 23 to March 3 festival. The 37 globe trotting offerings, poured in Blue Water Cafe’s beautifully appointed cellar room, [...]

Lot185 Café + Wine Bar: 5 Reasons to Go

By |2023-05-09T09:08:09-07:00September 30th, 2018|Dining, Belly's Best Bites|

Lot185 is a new spot downtown with plenty of promise. If you look back a while, there wasn’t a whole lot happening around what’s now Jack Poole Plaza. Then along came Cactus Club, followed by Tap & Barrel. And now, perhaps not surprisingly, Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre has thrown its hat into the [...]

10 Tips for #VIWF Tasting Room Success

By |2022-01-23T08:58:49-08:00February 25th, 2018|Wine|

Tasting Room Trauma? Don't worry about it! Here's how to make the most of the International Tasting Room. The centrepiece of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, it’s where everything—and everybody—comes together. It’s where the who’s who of the wine world gets to connect. And the buzz is palpable. In fact it’s so palpable that it [...]

Parksville Uncorked / Untapped: a Celebration of Island Suds and Sips

By |2021-01-23T15:34:58-08:00February 21st, 2018|Travel, Craft Distilleries, Dining, Wine|

UPDATED February 21, 2018  Coming up fast is this year's not to be missed Parksville Uncorked—the 10th Annual—March 8th-11th. The 2018 edition features Untapped at the Beach Club Resort and Swirl at Tigh-Na-Mara, as well as a couple of superb winemakers dinners: Dirty Laundry Vineyard at Tigh-Na-Mara and Orofino Winery at the Beach Club Resort. The festival  wraps [...]

Imbibe Iberia and Plenty More: a Winefest Windfall

By |2018-02-14T09:53:09-08:00February 13th, 2018|Wine|

Iberia calls! There’s both a happy and sad reality to the Vancouver International Wine Festival (Feb 24th to March 4th). It really is a case of "too many wines, too little time." Not only does it enjoy the reputation of being among the best of its kind, anywhere, this year’s festival has the added distinction of [...]

D’Oro Gelato Scoops #VIWF Vintners Brunch

By |2018-08-17T17:35:22-07:00March 4th, 2017|Wine|

D'Oro Gelato: A moment in the sun Vintners Brunch is a bit like that favourite item on a restaurant menu. It might feel a little bit dated. Maybe it needs a freshen up now and again. However, tweak it too much and you’ll be in trouble. What's more, for the lucky few (well, 450 or [...]

Edible Canada Bistro: A Seal of Approval

By |2023-03-16T09:07:00-07:00January 24th, 2017|Dining|

Now Closed. One thing I’ve learned about Eric Pateman: he doesn’t do anything by half measures. The dynamo behind Edible Canada rattled a few people last week by putting seal on his Granville Island bistro’s Dine Out Vancouver menu. In the last ten years, Pateman has built a small concierge-based business into one of the [...]

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