Every city has them. Those familiar, steadfast places that remind me of buoys—riding the tide through ups and downs, surfing the trends, eyeing the temping but dangerous rocky reefs and keeping above water throughout. Sure, fashion comes and goes, and some years...
Café Medina in Vancouver has become an early torch bearer of a new coffee trend that at first invites skepticism: mixing coffee and tonic. Medina’s new Coffee Tonic is an artisan coffee soda, made in-house, that combines cold carbonated coffee with a touch of the...
Back when I first started this column, I ran a list of five coffee shops that weren’t just coffee shops. From the Portland haunted house to the Spokane tech center to the Vancouver men’s clothing store, each added an element beyond coffee, whether that was of...
There are roads, there are streets and then there are boulevards. That’s the progression and quality inherent in Vancouver’s new swish seafood restaurant, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar. Located in the iconic Sutton Place Hotel, the extensively and expensively...
Following an exploration of international coffee culture in the Northwest through eight cafés, this week’s compilation does the same with seven tea rooms. Tea culture and traditions are incredibly varied, and in our diverse region this is only a smattering of the...
If you’ve traveled anywhere throughout Spain, you’ll feel a distinct and comforting déjà-vu when you slip into the Gastown neighborhood’s cozy (and aptly-named) Sardine Can. Though the narrow, understated slice of a room might be an anomaly in our...
When you find something pretty fantastic it’s tempting to keep it to yourself. I mean if the whole world knew about how fantastic, stylish and hip Vancouver’s The Loden, then I’d never be able to book in. This boutique downtown Vancouver hotel is tucked into Coal...
With a crow like "Progressive Ales for the Promiscuous Palate," the fledgling Heathen Brewing in Vancouver, Wash., is soaring into the Northwest beer scene. Making small batch craft beer with extremely local ingredients, Heathen Brewing is one of the dozen-plus...
The Juice Truck is exactly that-a giant, pink (technically "watermelon" hued) truck at the corner of Abbott and Water Street in Vancouver's Gastown. This super popular mobile juice bar has inspired a slew of others, while still leading the pack for their premium...
I love creativity in craft beer, and even more when it works so well that you wonder what took people this long. Vancouver's Deep Cove Brewers’ Sun Kissed Tea Saison is one such beer. Apple, mango and papaya-infused Rooibos tea is then infused into a Belgian-styled...
