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A couple more: La Brasserie on Davie is now open for weekday lunches (Tue-Fri), as well as brunch on both Saturday and Sunday. Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie has opened on Keefer

Not surprisingly there's lots of pre-Olympic magazine articles about Vancouver, including its restaurants and hotels. Here's links to three: Conde Nast Traveller Food and Wine National Geographic Traveller Opus Hotel looks like the big winner, it made all three magazines.

It’s been pretty slow around here. Here’s a list of various openings, closings, changes that come to mind: - New Hapa Izakaya (#3) in Yaletown on Hamilton - Villa del Lupo is now Lupo with the return of Julio Gonzalez Perini - Glowbal renamed Glowbal Grill Steaks and Satay (ie, they added “steak” to the name) - La Belle Patate, featuring poutine and apparently an offshoot of a Victoria restaurant, opened on 1200 block Davie (by the Super Value) - Corner suite bisto deluxe is still not open, but has lots of press - Mis Trucos, tapas, opened in Davie upstairs beside the Shoppers - Cafe de Paris is closed - Hawksworth is not opening until 2011

Alan Richman, in his usual sardonic style, comments on Vancouver in the August 2009 Bon Appetit: Read the full article here.

It's not a long walk from the ferry to Okada; just take the ferry that docks at the foot of Hornby and it is a max 10 minute walk, I'd say. See map

I don't know where to find trees, but I bet someone on the UBC Botanical Garden forums would: Forums. They have a forum devoted to citrus.

I haven't been to Whistler since last summer so I'm not exactly current, but I haven't seen or heard any restaurant news out of Whistler for a while.

Various openings and closings reported on various Vancouver food sites: Lombardo’s on Smithe is closing, reported in Waiterforum Saveur is closed and will reopen as “the corner suite bistro deluxe” in July, reported everywhere Latitude, from the former Raincoast Café owners, has opened on Main Wally’s Burgers has emerged in a new incarnation in North Van and may open in other locations, reported in City Food Jay Jones is leaving Vopa to open Pourhouse in Gastown, reported everywhere

The old Fiddlehead Joe's place has reopened as Burrard Bridge Marine Bar & Grill. Looks like a burger and beer place and is owned by the Mill Marine Bistro, Prospect Point Cafe, Delilah's etc group. Nook - looks like pizza and other casual Italian - in the former Schnitzels spot on Denman. West is open for lunch again.

Wow, I am very sorry to hear that. Thanks for letting us know. Sniff. I loved that place. ←

Vancouver Magazine's 2009 Restaurant Awards are posted here A little - not especially surprising - changing of the guard this year.

Here's an interview and recipe from last Wednesday's Globe and Mail: The ratio rules An excerpt:

Au Petit Chavignol, a wine and cheese focused restaurant - from the owners of les amis du fromage - is open at 845 East Hastings St. From their website:

Tomorrow is the last day for Save-on-Meats Find story here ←

The March/April 2009 EAT is on the streets and on-line. Features include: - curing ham - duck confit - bistro dishes to share - best budget burgundy - salmon safe beer and the usual Victoria, Vancouver, Island, Kelowna round up etc, etc

Not exatly breaking news, but I haven't seen it reported here: Ocean 6 Seventeen is closed.

As it happens, someone over at the BBC is opining on this: Read the whole thing here: The mechanics of tipping - US style

A Cupcakes has opened on Thurlow, just north of Robson.

Feb 28, I believe.

Yes it has been widely reported in Urban Diner, Scout, West Ender, the Sun etc, etc - closed end of February, renovations, reopens as a La Buca, same menu as the Kits La Buca.

Yes, I agree it could us a freshening but the name is scary. Let's hope the execution is better. I also agee with the Mission Hill comment. I haven't been to the Waterfront unfortunately. Other news reported in Scout and Urban Diner: Parkside will close at the end of February for renovations and re-open as a La Buca

It's been a while since we discussed Alexandra Gill but, thanks to Rhonda May over at City Food, I thought I'd pass on a link to a spring 2008 column in the Ryerson Review of Jounalism: So you want to be a restaurant critic?

Over at City Food, Rhonda May reports that Kelowna's Fresco will be replaced by a new concept:

And here's some of the winners, in this case the critics' choices of the 25 signature dishes listed above, but there's tons of other information - including pictures of the signature dishes - on the website: Chinese Restaurant Awards 2009: Crab Ken's Chinese Restaurant Golden Dungeness Crab with Spiced Salt King Crab Excelsior Restaurant Live King Crab in Four Courses Shrimp Koon Bo Restaurant, Sauteed Spot Prawns with Soya Sauce Lobster Shang Garden Lobster in Two Courses Northern/Shanghai-style Dim Sum Lin Chinese Cuisine and TeaHouse, Shanghai Style Juicy Dumplings Cantonese/ Hong Kong-style Dim Sum Shun Feng Seafood Restaurant, Steamed Rice Roll with Pork Liver Congee Mak's Noodle Restaurant, Pork Liver and Meatball Congee Noodles & Rice Tsim Chai Noodles, Beef Tendon & Wonton Noodle Soup Barbecue Parker Fresh Meat & B.B.Q., Roast Pork Innovative Dish Loon's Noodle House, Crispy Rice with Salted Egg Yolk Vegetarian Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant, Taro Hot Pot Cold Appetizer Shanghai River, Jellied Pork Chinese Dessert Yan's Garden Restaurant, Golden Pumpkin with Honeyed Walnut Chinese Pastry New Town Bakery & Restaurant, Apple Tart Soup Wonton King, Wine Chicken Soup Fish Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant, Steamed Live Sablefish in Bamboo Steamers Geoduck Jade Dynasty Restaurant Sauteed Geoduck with Mixed Vegetables Scallop Jade Dynasty Restaurant Scallop-stuffed Zegua Clam VIP's Kitchen Grilled Clams Pork Kirin Seafood Restaurant Roast Suckling Pig Beef Flamingo Restaurant Sauteed Beef with Chinese Long Bread Lamb Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant Lamb Hot Pot Chicken Jade Seafood Restaurant Clay-pot Chicken Duck Shanghai Wonderful Restaurant Stuffed Duck Squab Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant Roast Squab

Not quite closed yet, but Save-on-Meats on Hastings seems to be destined to close after 50 some odd years. A little publicity in today's Sun might help: Find story here