On Mother’s Day, the busiest restaurant day of the year, thousands of diners will see whether the Spot's new Thai and Tuscan menus match up to their tried-and-tested burgers.

There's no sushi, sashimi, or B.C. rolls, but the colourful Japanese tapas on offer here are full of clean flavours and a real visual wow factor.

Hungry for a meal that’s comforting, quick, and cheap? Try a restorative bowl of assorted meats, rice noodles, and deeply flavourful beef broth at one of Vancouver's many Vietnamese restaurants.

The signatures of southern India's food are complex spicing, lightness, and freshness. Discover them all at this Broadway vegetarian restaurant.

From the plainspoken dietary analysis of John Thorne, to succulent Portuguese pork and clams, or fun foods for kids, there's plenty here to whet your appetites.

With retro beer mats for cold pints of lager, large platters of squid, and thumping great burgers, the Cascade Room serves up a tasty night out.

Corner stores are fast disappearing. Yet the ones that remain are thriving as they adapt to changing communities.

Listen to our Food Editor Carolyn Ali as she tells host Belle Puri how to find the best authentic Asian food in the city on CBC Radio One's On the Coast.

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A Guide to Vancouver Street Food would be Kate Moss–skinny. Hot dogs and roasted chestnuts—hardly even a pamphlet. The closest we get to what street food could be are the rows of steaming stalls at the Richmond Night Market.

Fully Loaded Tea, a name that both alludes to the real fruits and berries (not flavourings) they use and distinguishes theirs from teas promising warmth, fuzziness, and Zen-like calm.

The hearty central Mexican soups and burritos make this Mexican restaurant a true budget find in tony Yaletown.

Albacore tuna from B.C. is just about the perfect fish. Let it thaw enough so that you can slice it, sear it, and that’s all you have to do.

Sometimes the proof of the pudding is not just in the eating; it’s whether you can still look back fondly on your meal 12 hours later. Romantic dinners, sumptuous sushi, and even humble sandwiches have all been ruined by food poisoning, which can lead to stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Chinese New Year is upon us, and it’s the Year of the Rat. Or, in my case, the Year of the Pack Rat, making me glad for once that my filing cabinet bulges with menus from memorable dinners such as the three New Year’s banquets at three different restaurants that sent us out into the night with good wishes filling our hearts in the same way the food had filled our bellies.

Hey, boys and girls, it’s Alan “Ernie” Woo and Craig “Bert” Takeuchi here. We were wondering—have you strolled down Davie Street lately? It’s sure changed. Right, Bert? Right, Ernie. There are chic places like the sleek bar 1181 and the hip Chinese outfit Shanghai 1949. Cuisine from warm climates at places like All India Sweets & Restaurant, India Bistro, and Lolita’s attracts full houses, perhaps because of our rainy weather.