Over 250 sick after eating at Indiana Olive Garden

"More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, a county health official said on Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.  The news makes Olive Garden at...

Equality Fruitcake: An Everyman’s Christmas… Treat

"I tend to look at certain brands in terms of a product hierarchy. In the realm of food items, there are first the premium brand-name goods, then the stuff the Soviet communists ate, and then there’s Equality. I’m naturally suspicious of any food that lists eggs...

Eve’s Grocery

"Eve’s Grocery at the corner of Clergy and Barrie creeps me out. They carry about five products, are always cooking something in a crock pot, and usually look kind of closed. All that aside, I kind of love the place. Eve’s is a great spot to buy cheap pop. Sure...

The Urban Buffet

The Urban Buffet is on the corner of Nelson and Homer. It looks a little creepy on the outside .. this huge old building glowing with neon lights and the glare off of deep fried this and that. The lady that welcomed us at the door seemed a little 'too' inviting if you get my...

Tsunami Sushi on Robson

This place is a little bit hard to see from street-level as it’s on the second floor of a building on Robson. There’s pretty good signage, so once you notice the place you should only need another minute or two (if you’re like me and you suck at common sense things) to...

Sophie's Cosmic Cafe: As Good As It Gets

Sophie's Cosmic Cafe in Kits is one of those places that you can't help but keep going back to. I don't live in Kits, and I'm so not a bridge and tunnel girl, but I make the commute from Yaletown routinely in order to taste the sublime diet busting grease.Sophies, which is...

The Pink Pearl on East Hastings

We found ourselves in the mood for some good, good Chinese food as opposed to the dirty, greasy stuff one usually associates with takeout and finds equally appealing.Yes, this time around we felt like an authentic experience, and word of mouth as well as some basic internet...

Stuff’d Urban Eats

"We got all wrapped up at Stuff’d Urban Eats on Bagot. It just so happens that this little sandwich shop sells wraps (forgive the awful pun). Stuff’d has put a new spin on custom sandwich and wrap making; the ingredients and the method you use to order them are...

O-Cha Tea Bar in Yaletown

Tucked away in Yaletown is the very tiny O-Cha tea bar. Should the selection of tea and coffees provided there become even slightly larger (it already serves over thirty types of tea), it will almost certainly burst at the seams and have to move.The small size of this...

Nester's Market Cafe

Nester's Market may seem like another overpriced Yaletown grocery store -- and in a sense it is. It's located underneath another big concrete and glass overpriced condo building and exists primarily for the lazy Yaletownites who go for convenience over price.However, Nestor's...

Fear Not Meat Eaters

The Naam is one of Vancouver’s oldest vegetarian restaurants. Now before you carnivores, or omnivores with heavily carnivorous tendencies (we’re all on a spectrum, they say) click on your browser’s back button, I must announce that as an omnivore who dearly loves red...

Milestones in Yaletown: Abandon Your Preconceptions

“Milestone’s?” you ask. “But isn’t it a chain?” Yes, it is- but they do a better job of it here in Yaletown than elsewhere. Abandon whatever conceptions of this place you had prior to visiting the Hamilton St. location (such as those established in the airport,...