Why Popina on Granville Island is a Gamechanger

By |2020-05-19T11:31:34-07:00July 20th, 2018|Dining, Belly's Best Bites, Sustainable|

Long awaited Popina has opened on Granville Island. You can find it right on the northwest wharf. That’s between the western end of the market (where much of the food service is) and False Creek Ferries. I hopped a ferry myself to get there one recent, gloriously sunny day. I’ve always enjoyed False Creek Ferries. [...]

Going Haywire (with a little BS thrown in) at Edible Canada at the Market

By |2021-01-29T18:40:44-08:00December 20th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Sustainable|

Cutting edge: Haywire and Bartier Scholefield vial samples, Tim Pawsey photo (Edible Canada is now closed. Yesterday we took time out from our pre-holidays deadline whirl, and Zagat Survey wrap-up (hence the lack of posts here), to catch lunch with the Okanagan Crushpad gang and consulting winemaker  Alberto Antonini. His best quote [...]

Edible Canada at the Market: A Tasty chat with Eric Pateman

By |2021-11-15T09:05:37-08:00August 18th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise, Travel|

Cheers! Eric Pateman's original Vancouver culinary concierge business has grown rapidly in just four years, Tim Pawsey photo Now Closed. The other day we checked out Edible Canada at the Market, the new, all-things-very-culinary-Canuckish bistro on Granville Island, that opened—appropriately—on Canada Day. As it turned out, getting there proved to be half [...]

PICA’s Bistro 101 Bumps it up a Notch on Granville Island’s Waterfront

By |2018-04-04T16:40:32-07:00June 28th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Cocktails, Wine|

The Hired Belly has decided there are probably two very good reasons why he doesn’t live closer to Granville Island. One is the proximity to nearby Les Amis du Fromage. The other is the newly renovated Bistro 101 at Pacific Institute for the Culinary Arts–or PICA as it’s known. Last night we dropped [...]

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