Vancouver Good

The long awaited Hawksworth Restaurant is here! Hawksworth is a fresh addition to the Vancouver dining scene, featuring a gorgeous room, beautiful food, plus an even more stunning clientele. This is the restaurant where you put on that killer dress you’ve been saving up and work it. First, the good: – I love the room. [...]

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A friend and I checked out Tableau Bar & Bistro and it was a nice surprise – great room, good service, and simple, refined French bistro food. First, I love how the Loden Hotel renovated the restaurant formerly known as Voya into Tableau – an urban, French bistro feel, a la Balthazar in NYC. They’ve [...]

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On Saturdays, my husband and I usually head out for brunch and Seb’s is part of our usual rotation. A cozy, local restaurant, Seb’s is open for breakfast, lunch, and brunch featuring fresh and unique menu items. Think strawberry & camembert omlettes, eggs benny with a choice of non-traditional havarti, curry, or chipotle-berry sauces or [...]

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I wish La Brasserie was around when I lived in the West End – it’s a down to earth neighbourhood bistro with a hearty menu of rich Franco-German cuisine. Can’t say I have ever been to a Franco-German restaurant before this one, but doesn’t the idea sound awesome? Take the best classic French bistro dishes [...]

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After an inspiring evening at Pecha Kucha Vancouver (volume 9 – Elvy Del Bianco, David Duprey, and Vancouver 2010 design team were the best), the hubby and I strolled over to Stella’s on Cambie, the sister location to the original Commercial Drive outpost. Located in the former Tomato Cafe location, Stella’s looks nothing like its [...]

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I just finished a write up on the awesome breakfast/lunch eatery Little Nest, just off of Commercial Drive (thanks to Mike D for the recommendation!). The food here is awesome. Fresh, local, organic, and well executed. While all types come to Little Nest, it’s a restaurant/cafe designed for kids and families as well. Scrambled eggs [...]

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Eight 1/2 took over the former SOMA location a while back, but it wasn’t high on my list to try. It came back on my radar after reading a favourable review in the Globe & Mail so I suggested it to my friends last week and off we went.  Overall, it’s a nice place. A [...]

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As a former, long-time Kitsilano resident, I frequented The Smoking Dog a lot. A friend recently moved in steps away from Trafalgars Bistro, so I’ve been eating there recently also.  I put both of these places in the category of neighbourhood bistro, which for me is a great place to have a nice drink/dinner that [...]

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The development of Granville Street downtown has been an ongoing project for as long as I remember. When I used to live downtown, the only restaurant stop worth going to on the “sketchy” part of Granville (the strip South of Nelson) was the  excellent Templeton Diner, which continues to churn out good quality food in [...]

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[March 13 2011 - now closed, which is a tragedy. I will miss DB] I’ve written about DB Bistro Moderne before, but I feel the need to write more. I have been to DB a few more times since my first blog write-up, and this restaurant is just excellent. Yet I was at the restaurant [...]

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