3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (484+ words) Last year’s top two Chinese restaurants in Canada are back in contention, alongside six newly listed Vancouver and Richmond spots. The Chinese Restaurant Awards just released its 2026 Top 50 Honourees on September 8, with six local entries marked new to the list....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (475+ words) When the cocktail company bought a former door factory on Adanac Street, the owners promised the street-facing half would one day be a cafe. Duchess Cafe opened September 3 at 1249 Adanac Street in East Vancouver, in exactly that half of the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (397+ words) Bánh Mì Très Bon suddenly announced on September 8 that its Richmond location has closed after 10 years, in a farewell signed by owner Lan Do. The closure affects their Richmond outpost in Central by Garden City. Its White Rock location continues…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (374+ words) A reel of a Coming Soon window on West 4th picked up 834 likes in a day, and the comments turned into an argument about American chains. Instagram creator Moonpieeats spotted Jersey Mike’s Subs signage up at 1864 West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano, the…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (413+ words) August 31 was the last night anyone got their crab legs cracked for them at that counter. Mikann Shabu, the luxury Japanese shabu shabu room at 5555 Gilbert Road near the Richmond Oval, has closed after 14 months. The restaurant announced the closure…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (392+ words) Coquitlam Centre’s food court is getting a new addition soon! The stall will be Dinesty’s second food court counter in Metro Vancouver. The first opened at CF Richmond Centre on February 2025, and it was the chain’s first attempt at anything…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (386+ words) In 1996, a woman in Burnaby got tired of driving to the United States for tortillas and bought a small machine to make her own. Elsa Núñez called the business El Comal, after the clay griddle the Aztecs cooked tortillas on,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (400+ words) A chartered accountant bought a Whistler grocery store in 2019 and turned it into a coffee shop weeks before the lockdowns started. Forecast Coffee has opened at 201-288 Esplanade E in North Vancouver, and the door is off the lane rather than…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (394+ words) You have until September 7 to eat sushi delivered by a miniature bullet train on Denman Street. Sushi Aboard, the West End restaurant at 1047 Denman that runs orders to your table on a red and white train, has named its last…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (453+ words) Only two people have ever finished the Party Boat in under 40 minutes, and both of them eat competitively for a living. French Creek Pub, the Parksville marina pub that built its reputation on that platter, opened a downtown Vancouver location…...