aggregated from: Nancyland, Vancouver Foodie Fun

Ginger Beer Man and I popped into Pourhouse in Gastown for drinks at the bar last night. A truly delightful barkeep took care of us, and he was clearly passionate about the craft. He made a delicious white cocktail ($12) for me from their simplif...

topics: gastown, menu

aggregated from: Chow Times

Another Friday.This time Suanne and I wanted to try something that is out of the ordinary. We went to a restaurant that is somewhat shy of publicity. You don t normally read about them but you hear about them by word of mouth.The Salt Tasting Room ...

topics: butcher, cheese, gastown, granville-island, restaurant

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Twilight star Ashley Greene was asked about being in Vancouver in USA Today. It's green. And hey, her last name's Greene too! You can kayak and hike. It's kind of like New York, but not really, and Italy is better. Vancouver. I've been here for the ...

topics: gastown, hiking, kayaking, restaurant, restaurants

aggregated from: Vancouverite

I want to live, at least for a little while, in Salt Tasting Room's cellar fridge (Blood Alley, Gastown). The Cheese. The wine. The cool air. Last night at Salt's tasting dinner for Okanagan wineries Le Vieux Pin & La Stella was phenomenal. The final...

topics: cheese, gastown, granville-island, okanagan, poets

aggregated from: Chow Times

I finally met up with Kevin of 604foodtography.com.We had planned to meet up for a few months but failed to for one reason or another. When we came to a date we suits both of us, Suanne had to go for her canning workshops. So it was just I who went ...

topics: gastown, restaurant, restaurant-review

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Vancouver hotel a sanctuary for hard-luck tenants. But remodelling has fuelled a clash of cultures at Gastown building, as established retailers bemoan new upstairs neighbours . Because established retailer Planet Claire has been a mainstay in the n...

topics: arts, gastown

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Starbucks is out and about promoting a new instant coffee product, VIA, and are doing a video road trip with a couple of fun hosts. Including Erin Foley, who was on Last Comic Standing. Not sure instant coffee is the business they need to get into, b...

topics: coffee, gastown

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Movies: Jennifer's Body. It was filmed her. It stars Megan Fox. She kisses Amanda Seyfried. Can I make it any clearer than that? Oh, Diablo Cody wrote it. Good times. Or you could see fat Matt Damon in The Informant! Which will probably be better mos...

topics: blues, gastown, jazz, park, stanley-park

aggregated from: Urban Mixer Blog

Every Thursday afternoon, Raj Taneja appears on Vancouver s TALK 1410 to fill the listening audience of the Joe Leary Show in on what s hot and happening in Vancouver.Click on the above player to listen to the episode.In this episode Raj Taneja spoke...

topics: concert, gastown, show, theatre

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

A group of us went on a Vancouver City Tour with a new tour company called Vancouver's Ultimate Tour and it was a blast. Essentially it is a regular city tour taking visitors to all the typical highlights - Canada Place, Stanley Park and the Totem P...

topics: chinatown, gastown, granville-island, park, stanley-park