![The Poke Shop - Now Serving Ramen and Donburi in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/the-poke-shop-blog.jpg)
With a name like The Poke Shop [http://thepokeshop.ca/], you'd be 100% correct that poke is their game. With the colder months ahead of us though, some props are in order watching this restaurant expand their menu to match the climate. The Poke Shop is now serving »
![Dublin Calling - Irish and European Sports Bar in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/dublin-calling-blog.jpg)
From the ashes of Granville Street's Ceili's comes a new Irish experience. Dublin Calling [https://dublincalling.com/vancouver] is the latest expansion from the Toronto-born restaurant company. With a huge inherited space and more TVs than you can watch, how does the new menu fare? I »
![Italian Kitchen - Old World Charm in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/12/italian-kitchen-blog.jpg)
The art of sharing is a classic Italian culture in having dinner with friends and family. There may be a new world of activated charcoal ice cream and startups producing the flavour of wine, but Italian Kitchen [www.glowbalgroup.com/italiankitchen/index.html] in Vancouver keeps it simple even with »
![Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. – New Vegan Menu in Vancouver [PREVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/11/rocky-mountain-flatbread-blog.jpg)
Good vegan food is hard to come across in Vancouver when you consider most restaurants that bother having good vegetarian options hardly ever include vegan items. This past week I was invited to a media preview of the new plant-based vegan menu of Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co [rockymountainflatbread.ca/]. As »
![Mokutanya - Yakitori in the Bay Area Burbs [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/11/mokutanya-social.jpg)
The Bay Area is full of hidden gems. When I visited San Francisco in September I was meeting up with some of my favourite foodies and trusted them to make an informed dining decision. Because they live outside the city, we settled on Mokutanya [http://themokutanya.com/], a yakitori specialty »
![Louis Gervais Fine Foods and Catering [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/11/louis-gervais-blog.jpg)
If there's a black box category of dining where you don't always know what you get, it's catering. Considered by the corporate world as the finer alternative to quinoa salads from Costco, catering services can have all sorts of backgrounds marketing to similar customers. »
![AnnaLena - Modern Canadian in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/annalena-blog.jpg)
As some may know, AnnaLena [http://www.annalena.ca/] is the current product by East Vancouver-raised Chef Michael Robbins. Having opened The Oakwood in Kitsilano a few years prior, his current eatery is a dinner-only menu inspired by his creative direction (there are Bearbricks on display and Gameboys etched onto »
![Ichikame Shokudo – Japanese in East Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/ichikame-shokudo-blog.jpg)
It's uncommon for East Vancouver to receive Japanese cuisine in the form of ramen, curry, and stone bowls. More often than not, the most the east side gets are generic sushi stops with the occasional matcha pastry sold at a Chinese bakery. Kokoro Ramen aside, with Ichikame Shokudo »
![Johnny Rockets - Classic Americana in Vancouver [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/johnny-rockets-blog-banner.jpg)
Following the heels of the last Vancouver expansion of a popular American burger chain (CaliBurger), Johnny Rockets [https://www.johnnyrockets.ca/] has stepped up and opened a new location in a brand new building on the corner of Nelson Street at Howe in Vancouver. With bold reds and claims of »
![Taste of Yaletown - Yaletown L'Antipasto [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/yaletown-lantipasto-blog-banner.jpg)
Stepping into a little hovel and experiencing what the locals eat is every tourist's dream when it comes to dining. Yaletown L'Antipasto [http://yaletownlantipasto.com/] seeks to provide the same atmosphere for Italian cuisine, and is one of the mainstays of Taste of Yaletown [https://yaletowninfo. »
![Taste of Yaletown - The New Oxford [REVIEW]](/content/images/size/w584/2017/10/new-oxford-blog.jpg)
Yaletown's favourite foodie event is back for the 13th time. Until October 27th, 26 new and mainstay Taste of Yaletown [https://yaletowninfo.com/event/taste-yaletown-2017/] participating restaurants will be offering 3-course prix fixe menus at $25, $35, or $45 price points. In addition to supporting local dining, partial »
