Dining

Family-style eating means pass the platters and dig in

There’s boisterous chatter and the bustle of movement around tables in restaurants throughout the city as family-style eating becomes increasingly common.

Where to go for great meals and easy access during the Paralympics

Where to go for great meals and easy access during the Paralympics Dining Features Paralympics

By Pieta Woolley | March 11, 2010
You wouldn’t think navigating a restaurant, even with some obstacles, would be a problem in what Tourism Vancouver’s Web site calls “one of the most accessible cities in the world among travelers with special needs”.
Costs climb for vegetarians

Costs climb for vegetarians Dining Features

By Matthew Burrows | March 11, 2010
Vegetarians looking for healthy restaurant food that also respects the planet will have to be very unkind to their pocketbooks in order to find it.
B.C. consumers invest in local food producers through community-supported agriculture

B.C. consumers invest in local food producers through community-supported agriculture Dining Features

By Judith Lane | March 4, 2010
From farm to plate is an oft-spouted and great concept, but is shortening the distance between where our food comes from and our dinner tables realistic?
Oru puts a new face on pan-Asian cuisine

Oru puts a new face on pan-Asian cuisine Restaurant Reviews

By Carolyn Ali | February 25, 2010
Opening a new restaurant during an extremely high-pressure period—just days before the Winter Olympics began—didn’t faze chef David Wong.
Friendly Local Public Eatery at top of its sporting game

Friendly Local Public Eatery at top of its sporting game Restaurant Reviews

By Carolyn Ali | February 18, 2010
Talk about a great place to watch the game!
West Coast food icons change with the times

West Coast food icons change with the times Dining Features

By Pieta Woolley | February 18, 2010
Canada is home to a bevy of tired food clichés. Maple syrup, poutine, flipper pie, and back bacon have endured, but they certainly don’t represent the West Coast. So what does?
Find some Valentine's dining privacy

Find some Valentine's dining privacy Dining Features

By Tara Lee | February 11, 2010
This year, with all the Olympic hoopla and heinous traffic, finding a place to cuddle and nibble—on excellent food, of course—in relative peace may be challenging.
Food at Canada's provincial Olympic pavilions

Food at Canada's provincial Olympic pavilions Dining Features Olympics

By Carolyn Ali | February 11, 2010
Last week in the Georgia Straight, we brought you the culinary secrets of some of the international pavilions that have popped up around Vancouver for the Olympics. This week, we go domestic.
Eating at the Olympic international pavilions

Eating at the Olympic international pavilions Dining Features Olympics

By Carolyn Ali | February 4, 2010
If you love to eat your way around the world, now’s your chance to sample global cuisine without enduring hours in a middle seat on an airplane.
Commercial Drive's Controversial Kitchen puts its ethics on the table

Commercial Drive's Controversial Kitchen puts its ethics on the table Restaurant Reviews

By Carolyn Ali | January 28, 2010
Barbara Schellenberg was tired of courting controversy. So, naturally, she named her Commercial Drive restaurant Controversial Kitchen.
Get ready for the Golden Plates

Get ready for the Golden Plates Golden Plate Awards

By Staff | January 25, 2010
This year’s ballot gives you a chance to cast your votes for Metro Vancouver’s top restaurants.
Gung Haggis Fat Choy is the ultimate fusion feast

Gung Haggis Fat Choy is the ultimate fusion feast Dining Features

By Carolyn Ali | January 21, 2010
What do you get when you cross haggis and Chinese food? The 12th annual Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner.
Good, cheap dim sum? Dai Tung fits the bill

Good, cheap dim sum? Dai Tung fits the bill Dining Features

By Carolyn Ali | January 14, 2010
For old-school Cantonese–style dim sum, you can't beat Dai Tung's value—just go early and choose wisely for the best experience.
Food at Olympic villages: McDonald's and more

Food at Olympic villages: McDonald's and more Dining Features Olympics

By Pieta Woolley | January 7, 2010
As other Olympic host cities have discovered, plenty can go wrong when you’re providing half a million meals to athletes and Olympic-village workers over a 60-day period.
Vancouver gastropubs give pub grub a makeover

Vancouver gastropubs give pub grub a makeover Dining Features

By Tara Lee | December 30, 2009
A gastropub takes the warm, convivial atmosphere of a pub and combines it with gastronomy, or good eating.

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