Soon, Vancouver will no longer be a city that has two Starbucks coffee shops across the street from each other. Noooooo! One of the Lower Mainland’s – and Canada’s — original Starbucks coffee houses is shutting its doors for good. After 24 years of serving countless cups o’ joe, one of the dueling Starbucks outlets [...]
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Kaboom Box Food Truck – VANEATS.ca ‘KABOOM IN A BOX’ Dining Package [PREVIEW]
Have you ever been caught wandering around downtown Vancouver with no clue as to where to grab a quick, tasty lunch? If I had a nickel every time this has happened to me, I would probably have enough to buy a few meals by now! This new found wealth is just in time for the [...]
McHappy Day’s Adopt-A-Restaurant Program & Giveaway!
This year marks McDonald’s 19th anniversary of McHappy Day. To celebrate, McDonald’s invited Vancouver bloggers, other members of the media, and community leaders to participate in McHappy Day’s “Adopt a Restaurant” program and show what a difference one day can make in the lives of children in need. Last year, McDonald’s raised $3.4 million in [...]
Doolin’s Irish Pub Rings In A New Menu For Spring
VANCOUVER, BC — As the days grow longer, Doolin’s Irish Pub is introducing a new line of menu items inspired by seasonal, fresh ingredients. The new menu combines exciting dishes to complement the pub’s extensive beer selection, which includes interesting craft beers featured each month. “We’ve given our menu a nice facelift, while retaining the [...]
SalaThai – VANEATS.ca ‘OH MY SALATHAI’ Dining Package Preview
Are you in the mood for some tasty Thai food in downtown Vancouver that won’t break the bank? We certainly were and got our Thai fix at SalaThai when the guys from VANEATS.ca invited us to preview their latest dining package called “OH MY SALATHAI”. SalaThai is conveniently located on Burrard & Smithe, across the [...]
ORU Restaurant Review – Fine Dining At Fairmont Pacific Rim
We were graciously hosted at the Fairmont Pacific Rim for 9to5 Travel (read our review of the glorious hotel here) and its fine dining restaurant, ORU. Nestled in Coal Harbour and beautifully designed, ORU is a sweeping expanse of floor to ceiling windows framing a series of stunning portraits of the state-of-the-art Vancouver Convention Centre [...]
Prestons – VANEATS.ca ‘FIRST IMPRESTONS’ Dining Package Preview
VANEATS.ca’s latest dining package features Prestons restaurant, located in downtown Vancouver at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel. We previously visited Prestons for their fall menu media tasting event (seen here) and adored the food they had to offer. Remember those Hong Kong Baby Back Ribs? Wow, they were incredible! The awesome guys from VANEATS.ca invited [...]
Pulled Pork Showdown At 2012 BC Home & Garden Show!
Eating in Vancouver was invited by the great folks at Take Aim Media and Tait PR to the media launch party for the 2012 BC Home & Garden Show. One of the signature opening events for the launch was the exciting ‘Pulled Pork Competition’ where Memphis Blues pugilists, Park Heffelfinger and George Siu, fought to defend [...]
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