Maybe you’re a local, and you have espresso-enthused friends in town with a free day at their disposal. Maybe you yourself have never visited the coffee mecca that is the Pacific Northwest, and you’re planning a trip. Or maybe you just feel like playing coffee...
Even the grandest dame needs a little work now and again. Last year the grand old property of Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (the Hotel Van to locals) turned 75, and though the classic hotel has certainly seen more than its fair share of changes over the years, it...
Coffee is an Instagrammable beverage, as evidenced by the near-obligatory posting of it by Instagrammers of all kinds. Whether you're seated at a sidewalk café with a freshly poured, rosetta-topped latte, or watching cream mixing in curlicues into cold brew, it...
For those of us that are not familiar with the holiday, Bastille Day, sometimes called French National Day, commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the July 14 storming of Bastille in 1789. Troops stormed through Bastille, which at the time was a...
Postmark Brewing released their first four bottled products earlier this month, successfully tested through their tasting bar and growler station at their Vancouver headquarters. The striking labels are photographs by friends, reflecting the passions that fuel the...
Once upon a time, herbal liqueurs were actually stuff of medicine. And the stuff of religion for that matter. (Take that, Christian Temperance Movement!) In the days when medicine was not flavored like Flintstone’s vitamins, healers had to figure out another way to...
Powell Street Craft Brewery is 4,500-square-feet of brewhouse artisanship in Vancouver's East Village. The brewery, which consists of separate "micro" and "nano" brewhouses, and lounge, which is comprised of a growler fill station and seating area, was the holy...
The location of Canada’s first Aboriginal arts hotel may come as a surprise—even to locals who walk past the front door every day. The front desk of the unassuming, tucked away, brand new boutique hotel is in the Urban Aboriginal Fair Trade Gallery; you can check...
What is Canadian cuisine? That’s what Edible Canada founder Eric Pateman set out to discover in his groundbreaking restaurant, in the heart of Vancouver’s Granville Island. With more than 12 million visitors annually, Granville Island is one of the top public...
What can be more ideal then an afternoon cup of tea, paired with a selection of warm scones, crumpets or other sweet delicacies? Or a refreshing pot of tea, following a long day at the office, surrounded by a crackling fire and a good book. Whatever the scenario,...
