“Victoria is a tweedy, daffodilish, green-fingered sort of place; a goldfish, fly-fishing, 5 o’clock teapot place…” — Brian Hutchinson, Vancouver-based columnist and author Across from the glittering harbor, a regal vine-draped building---also known as the grand...
There’s a good reason this has been one of Swans Hotel and Brewpub's best selling beers for over a decade now. It’s a very well made, serious, standard-setting fruit beer—that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Raspberry notes are very well integrated, leaning on...
Victoria, BC's, craft coffee scene is booming and helping to lead the legions is Bows & Arrows Coffee Roasters, built by Vancouverites Drew Johnson and Leesha Sabine and business partner Amber Fox. The "open-concept" roastery is complete with a warehouse-chic...
This story ran in the fall print edition. For more in-depth stories like this, subscribe or pick up a copy at your local newsstand. Behind Victoria’s “Tweed Curtain” of stately English manors, historic houses, English-village tinged architecture and cozy shops has...
Otherworldly Tofino, on the far west coast of Vancouver Island, is an incredible place and one that holds many special things to me. And one of those special things in Tofino is Tacofino. Yup. Tacos. Out of a food truck. Not just any old tacos, mind. Nor any old...
You’ll be forgiven for thinking that The Magnolia Hotel & Spa has been a landmark for decades. Just a few steps off of Victoria’s Inner Harbour, the boutique hotel’s stately presence, elegant architecture and understated but confident attitude has the air of...
Craft beer and craft bread—doesn’t get much better than that. Victoria’s Lighthouse Brewery has collaborated with acclaimed artisan baker Byron Fry in this new limited release titled Sauerteig. Sauerteig Farmhouse Ale was created by Lighthouse head brewer Dean...
Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse knows all about apples, growing organic heritage apples for their traditional, English-style ciders. The apples in this (very coolly named) cider however are not all grown on their oceanfront site on British Columbia's Saanich...
As another gray winter quickly fades away with the vibrance that spring brings (officially Thursday!), Pacific Northwest bartenders are keeping themselves busy behind the bar as they craftily concoct seasonally inspired cocktails created to refresh and revitalize....
Is it possible to be too popular for your own good? So well known for excelling at one thing that people think that’s all you can do? The Seinfeld curse? The “unpigeonable” Shawn Soole has proven that curse a fictitious one. Lauded internationally for his cocktail...
