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Infinity Dining Experience Address: 819 Pacific Street (map) Phone: 604-684-2529 homepage Quick Bite: Terrific Steaks, Familiar Service, ad infinitum By Jason Chin Eat Vancouver Editor Cactus Club, Earls, Joeys, Moxie’s – Vancouver has no shortage of what locals term casual fine dining (CFD). Local food critics and enthusiasts have been known to debate the merit […]

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On Thursday the 26th, enRoute magazine released its list of Canada’s best new restaurants for 2006. Vancouver is represented with the top pick, Nu, and the fifth pick, Rare. The list is as follows. 1. Nu, BC 2. Capo Calgary, AB “Elegant, luxurious and sophisticated, this capo rules with a velvet glove.” 3. Dayboat Hunter […]

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This just in: Salt Tasting Room in Gastown is saying goodbye to general manager Chris Stearns, who has completed his six-month contract with the restaurant. Stearns was an integral part of Salt’s development, and was responsible for guiding the restaurant through it’s opening, designing Salt’s innovative wine program, and assembling a “dream team” staff, including […]

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Urban Diner, as well as other sources are reporting that The Urban Well in Kits is shutting down next week, and shall be replaced by Hapa Izakaya, which has gained fame on Robson. Urban Diner is correct in reporting what anyone who has dined at both Urban Well and Haba Izakaya will tell you: this […]

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Just a quick reminder, as if you needed one, that the Cornucopia celebration at Whistler is coming up (Nov 9th – 12th). There are always a lot of great wine tasting and seminars, as well as opportunities to try local cuisine in some beautiful spots. I’ve never been to any of the extravagant after parties, […]

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Nu Address: 1661 Granville St (map) Phone: 604-646-4668 homepage Quick Bite: Nu’s Worthy Jazz Brunch By Jason Chin and Desmond Cheung Food Writers I love brunch as an opportunity to try a restaurant that might be slightly out of my price range. It’s also a great meal, situated such that one can wake up late, […]

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Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company Address: 1876 W 1st Avenue (map) 604-730-0321 hours available on homepage ** (of four stars) Incendio Kitsilano – 2118 Burrard St (map) 604-736-2220 Gastown – 103 Columbia St (map) 604-688-8694 hours available on homepage * and 1/2 (of four stars) Scenes from some Italian Restaurants By Jason Chin Eat Vancouver Editor […]

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Wing Nuts Address: 4444 Main Street (map) Phone: 604-874-9874 homepage Quickbite: Wing Nuts By Daniel Fishman Eat Vancouver columnist Wing Nuts specializes in—you guessed it—chicken wings, a specialty which seems to be somewhat lacking around Vancouver. Lets face it, most of the wings you get in bars and pubs around here make “substandard” sound pretty […]

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Interview Series Part 2. Reigning in Connor Butler By Jason Chin Eat Vancouver Editor Monday, October 9th, 2006 Connor Butler has been a popular topic of discussion ever since industry folk caught wind of his tongue-in-cheek website, announcing his self-titled restaurant. The biography on the website was borderline egomaniacal and the menu was borderline ridiculous. […]

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Interview Series Part I. A Chat with Sean Heather By Jason Chin Eat Vancouver Editor Sunday, October 1st, 2006 I recently had the chance to sit down with Vancouver restaurateur, Sean Heather, in Salt, one of his newer ventures. Heather has been highly influential in shaping Vancouver’s dining landscape over the past several years. His […]

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