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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After two visits, Bishop’s is one of my favourite restaurants in Vancouver for a special dinner. The restaurant has a lovely mix of service, food, and ambience that make it memorable. The menu at Bishop’s changes regularly to reflect what’s in season, but the menu is always a selection of mouthwatering local food. My last [...]

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Had a delicious dinner at Chambar Restaurant the other day. I haven’t been in a couple years (although Cafe Medina next door is a regular haunt), but it doesn’t look like business has slowed down much since opening to much fanfare in 2004. Probably because the food is good, the restaurant is innovative, and the [...]

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Happy 2010 everyone! I celebrated the New Year with good company and food at the Pear Tree Restaurant in Burnaby. Why all the way in Burnaby? Chef Scott Jaeger is a past Vancouver Magazine chef of the year and represented Canada at the Bocuse d’Or competition in 2007. Really the question is – what took [...]

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News broke earlier this year that the Cannery Seafood Restaurant will be closing its doors on Commissioner drive after 39 years of business. As a landmark fine dining restaurant in Vancouver, the Cannery has been packed with people returning for one last visit before their final day of service on March 27, 2010. I went [...]

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[update Sept. 16/2010 - looks like things have changed based on this more recent visit.] [update March 13 2011 - Voya is now closed] Saturday night, on our way to Campagnolo to meet our friends. We’re all excited and have been looking forward to trying Campagnolo for a while now. But, things don’t always go [...]

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