aggregated from: Urban Mixer Blog

On Friday, July 17th, we rolled into the Ocean Club for their three (3) year anniversary.As part of the enjoyment, we took in a cigar on one of the only patios in the Metro Vancouver where you can still legally smoke and a huge Bacardi Mojito, prepar...

aggregated from: Chow Times

Suanne and I had an invitation from Charm Modern Thai a couple of weeks ago to check out the restaurant. I had been following their Twitterings for sometime and seeing what they had, we thought we go try their food. Moreover, we had not done many...

topics: menu, patios, prawns, restaurant, restaurant-review

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

With the ever increasing laws against smoking, it seems that our city would like to just deny that people still smoke. Don't smoke in restaurants, they said. Okay, I can get on board with that. Don't smoke on patios. Yeah, all right, smoke drifts, I ...

topics: park, patios, restaurants, sailing

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Q: When do you get when you cross three weeks of snow and 4 C temperatures?A: Vancouver soup.I woke up this morning and stumbled outside to find that while my road continued to be a frosty railroad, the gutters had started to turn into lakes. And it...

topics: city-of-vancouver, patios

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Q: When do you get when you cross three weeks of snow and 4 C temperatures?A: Vancouver soup.I woke up this morning and stumbled outside to find that while my road continued to be a frosty railroad, the gutters had started to turn into lakes. And it...

topics: city-of-vancouver, patios

aggregated from: Nancyland, Vancouver Foodie Fun

On this rainy late August day, I'm sure the thought that summer is almost over is creeping up on many minds in Vancouver. But the rain reminds us to appreciate the sunny days while we have them, and I think we'll get some more beautiful warm days...

topics: dining, downtown, false-creek, granville-island, patios

aggregated from: Nancyland, Vancouver Foodie Fun

Okay, to be honest, none of these are that much of a secret. Generally, keeping your restaurant a secret isn't really good for business anyhow. But for the most part, these do have a nice out-of- the-way feel to them, which is what I'm typically in t...

topics: dessert, fish, gastown, menu, patios

aggregated from: Eat Vancouver

Introducing: The Summer Eatin' Seriesby Jason ChinEat Vancouver WriterFriday, June 8th, 2007 Here comes the summertime, the feeling's in the air.I remember cigarettes, tube socks, sun burns and long blond hair.Here comes the summertime, yeah it's c...

topics: eat vancouver, patios, point grey