A hotel with multiple personalities? Find out what guise you are when you stay. Tell me what hotel suite you choose and I'll tell you what you are. Okay, so maybe that’s a poor paraphrase of Miguel de Cervantes’ famous quote, but the sentiment is shared. At OPUS...
Bitters. So you’ve heard about them in cocktails and food recipes. It’s now a buzzy, bandied about word, you see teeny bottles lining back bars, but you’re still not quite sure what it is or how to use it? Chef Jonathan Chovancek and mixologist Lauren Mote created...
If it's green, it's got to be good for you. I wonder if Vancouver’s mayor, Gregor Robertson, and his friend Randal Ius had any idea when they began Happy Planet all those years ago that it would one day turn into Canada’s leading all natural food and juice company....
"East Van Vodka—a Tribute to East Van For the makers and doers, the dreamers and inventors. For the artists and artisans, the hardworking and the inspired. This spirit is for the odd ones. It’s for the proud and the quirky, the charming and misunderstood." This new...
Whether you made a resolution to get in better shape or you just want to reset your body for the new year, juice bars across the region are ready to help you jump start your health with a variety of rejuvenating, produce-based cleanses. Get “Sejuiced” in Vancouver...
Cuchillo [cu-CHEE-yo] 1. Modern Pan-Latin tapas with unique & classic cocktails in JapaGasRailtown. 2. One of the sexiest rooms in town(s). 3. Spanish for "knife." I admit, I had to look up the definition of Cuchillo, and this is what I sleuthed out. All of the...
In a thriving downtown like Vancouver, when "what’s new" drives dining and accommodation decisions, things that aren’t the latest model quickly get hidden. I’m guilty of it—when I visit a city one of the first things I ask is “what’s new?” Fortunately I also ask...
As the holidays grow nearer, we are debunking the myth that bad things happen in threes with a very good third installment of our favorite holiday cocktails. As we continue our month-long homage to seasonal cocktails with round three of We Dig: Holiday Hooch,...
Fireplace cafes are cozy anytime, but when the first real December chill hits the Northwest, nothing warms you up like coffee by the fire. It's worth braving the frosty, rainy outdoors to get to some of the favorites around the region. These amazing fireplace...
Priding themselves on fresh, high quality, loose leaf tea from China, Japan, India, Ceylon and South Africa, Port Coquitlam, BC's Tealicious Tea Company has been providing British Columbia with expertise and caliber in tea for more than 11 years. Led by tea...
