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Some holiday meals at local restaurants I have heard about:

La Gavroche:

Leave the cooking for Christmas day and relax with a special Christmas Eve menu at Le Gavroche Restaurant on Sunday, December 24th. Pere Noël beware as seasonal jubilee is translated into an eve of culinary highlights for $65 per person (excluding tax & gratuity); always an option, add to the menu exclusive wine pairings. Enjoy a meal of ‘le reveillon’ proportion; a Yule log ablaze, and of course a menu boastful of seasonal delicacies such as Fresh Dungeness Crab, Oysters, stuffed Guinea Fowl, and Alaskan Scallops with grilled Calamari. Le Gavroche Restaurant is located at 1616 Alberni Street. Lunch is served from 11:30 to 2:30pm daily with dinner served from 5:30pm onwards, seven days a week. Call (604) 685-3924 to inquire or book your reservation.

Senova:

Eve de Christmas at Senova Restaurant with fellow loved ones Portuguese style on Sunday, December 24th; experience Senova’s traditional hospitality, warmth, and fun. The menu is of Portuguese influence, seamlessly incorporating the bounty of BC. This ‘seasational’ feast features a stellar Turkey Ballotine with a savoury bread pudding and turkey jus, as just one of the entrée choices. The four-course Christmas Eve menu is $55 per person (excluding tax & gratuity). Round out the festivities with an exclusive Portuguese wine pairing. For a time-honoured Portuguese Eve de Christmas reserve your fireside table early and start the Feliz Natal celebrations with a homage to the cuisine of the sun. Senova Restaurant is located in Kerrisdale at 1864 West 57th Avenue. For inquires or reservations call (604)266-8643 or visit www.senovarestaurant.ca.

Beyond:

Ring in the oldest of all traditions, New Year’s Eve, with Los Vegas vagary and New York verve at beyond restaurant + lounge. Century Plaza Hotel & Spa located at 1015 Burrard Street is again the hub for downtown gaiety offering dazzling seasonal packages that incorporate all of the hotel’s multi-million dollar renovations. Book your room, dinner, and dancing all in one go; the room is stylish and deluxe, dinner a four-course meal in Vancouver’s newest restaurant, beyond restaurant + lounge with dance floor awaiting or dine in the belly of the establishment where laughter fits the bill at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club. Both options feature a midnight champagne toast rounded out by New Year’s dreams at a favourable $330.00 (plus applicable taxes and gratuity). For $90.00 per person enjoy a dinner at beyond with late night libations New Year’s Eve style. Or if signalling the turn of another year means merriment Yuk Yuk’s style, catch a Canadian comedic legend, Mike MacDonald, a veteran top funny man of North America’s comic circuit after a buffet-style dinner in one of Century Plaza’s many banquet rooms. For more holiday information or to book a room, dinner or laughs call (604) 687-0575 or visit www.century-plaza.com.

Christmas dinner all week is what is planned at beyond restaurant + lounge, December 25th to January 1st, 2007. A traditional four-course feast will be available at $35.00 per person (excluding tax and gratuities). For reservations for 2 or 250 venture into Vancouver’s latest locale. beyond is simply an urban dining experience. The venue options are undeniable when seven days a week up for offer is breakfast, lunch or dinner. Whether it is Vegas panache or the LA spa lifestyle that is in need, beyond’s west coast vibrant cuisine and healthy spa lifestyle menu features are unique and fitting. beyond is spirited BC, a triple crown of exceptional food, service and atmosphere. Step into the new century with beyond restaurant + lounge in the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa.

Beyond restaurant + lounge is located at 1015 Burrard Street. Reservations are always recommended, please call 604-684-3474 or visit the website at www.beyondrestaurant.com.