Food News Anh and Chi Teams Up With Fresh Prep, Making Our Foodie Dreams Come True The Vancouver-based meal prep service is featuring a limited edition dish from the Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning restaurant.
city Another Day, Another Stunning Piece of Public Artwork From Douglas Coupland 'Spawn,' a major new piece from prolific Vancouver writer and artist Douglas Coupland, was unveiled this afternoon.
Restaurants A New Their There Brunch Menu Just Dropped and It Looks Upsettingly Delicious The beloved sandwiches are being joined by brunch items like hot chicken and cornbread waffles.
Restaurants An Open Letter to Restaurants With Track Lighting: Stop It The secret to turning your restaurant into a foodie destination? Destroy your overhead lighting in some sort of ritual bonfire.
city The Secrets Behind Vancouver’s Most Interesting Buildings Eugenia Place, the Burrard Bridge, "hobbit houses" and more Vancouver architectural mysteries.
city City Informer: How Is “Residents Only” Parking Enforced in Vancouver? Is someone actually checking? Yes, but it's not who you think.
Restaurants Now Open: Novella Coffee Is Your New Fave Breakfast Spot The team at Published and Bar Susu brings a new counter-service hangout spot to Main Street.
Fashion The New Reformation x Canada Goose Collab Is the Only Reason I Would Ever Go Camping I just think the great outdoors would just be a lot greater if I had an excellent yellow floral jacket, okay?!
city Dear Bon Ton Bakery: Why Are There Haunted Dolls in Your Bakery Window? If you've passed Bon Ton Bakery, you've surely noticed the chilling vintage dolls in the window. Here's everything you need to know about the creepiest Christmas display in town.
city ‘In My Day’ Brings True Stories of Vancouver’s HIV Pandemic to the Stage The plague years of AIDS in Vancouver’s West End are spotlighted on stage this winter.
city Meet Inclusive, Vancouver-Based Online Fitness Studio Movement by NM "I want people to fall in love with movement," says co-founder Amanda June Giannakos—the studio offers hundreds of classes for $15 a month.
Fashion We Tried It: Indochino’s New Custom Women’s Suits Editor's Pick Looking for women's suits in Vancouver? We tested out the Indochino suit-shopping experience first-hand.
Stores New Apple Store Currently Features a 30-Foot Artwork from Musqueam Weaver Debra Sparrow and Designer Mo Bofill The new Pacific Centre Apple boutique opens November 18.
city 5 Films to Catch at the Architecture and Design Film Festival An architecture-obsessed film fest might just be the perfect fit for a city of real estate fiends.
city City Informer: Why Do Vancouverites Set off Fireworks at Halloween? Halloween fireworks aren't a thing in other places. Why here?
Food News Vancouver’s First Michelin-Starred Restaurants Will Be Announced October 27 They'll also announce the Bib Gourmand, great value winners—and you can tune in live.
Restaurants New Restaurant Alert: Archer Opens in Downtown Vancouver September 28 It's the newest spot for Pacific Northwest fare: think wagyu ribeye, crab gnocchi and flaming cheesecake.
Day Trips Cyclists, Rejoice: Here’s Every E-Bike Share Program Available in B.C. Right Now Mobi, Evolve and Lime now offer e-bike sharing in Vancouver, Whistler and the North Shore respectively.
Food News Where to Get Sushi in Vancouver: Masayoshi’s Residency at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Lobby Lounge Starts Today Acclaimed sushi chef Masayoshi brings the omakase experience to downtown Vancouver with new Lobby Lounge program.
Gear This Packable Raft Is a Must-Have for Urban Outdoorsy Types Vancouver's Stikine Packrafts makes #raftlife irresistible.
Home Decor What to Expect From the Pop-In@Nordstrom Shop Collab With Parachute Sponsored Content Beloved linen brand Parachute is at the heart of Nordstrom's latest in-store pop-up shop.
Wine This New Monthly Wine and Disco Pop-Up Is Poised to Be Our Favourite Night Out Sponsored Content Vin Van's new monthly disco-and-wine night, Stompin' Grapes, checks all of our boxes.
Beauty City Informer: Was Botox Really Invented in Vancouver? Legend has it that the magic of Botox was discovered here—by accident.
city Watch a Concert at Kingsgate Mall and Make a Dream You Didn’t Know You Had Come True Sponsored Content
Restaurants Opening Soon: New Peruvian Restaurant, Suyo, Coming to Main Street Sponsored Content Ancora's chef to launch new modern Peruvian restaurant in former Slickity Jim's space this summer.
city City Informer: Where Do Those Crows Go Each Night? It's a nightly ritual: spotting the crows flying east. But where are they off to?
city City Informer: Did Leonard Nimoy Actually Live in That Tree-Topped Building? The truth about the West End's tree-topped Eugenia Place.
city City Informer: Why Are There So Many Bunnies at Jericho Beach? Where did these beach bunnies come from?
Home Decor Best Bed in a Box Mattress in Canada Sponsored Content Find the best mattress in a box in Canada for you with these top-rated picks.
Fashion Mejuri Opens New Brick-and-Mortar Boutique on West 4th The online jewellery retailer is putting down roots in Kits.
Stores The Ultimate Vancouver Neighbourhood Gift Guide: Main Street The best gifts, giftable experiences and places to eat while you shop Main Street in 2021.
Fashion Add to Cart: A Luxurious Loungewear Set That Cements My Commitment to Comfort Death to denim!
Home Decor Wish List: Someone Please Buy Me This Wood-Fired Hot Tub Outdoor lifestyle brand Goodland makes its grand debut with the cedar hot tub of our dreams.
Booze News Shop Booze-Free Bevs This Sober October at Vancouver’s First Zero-Proof Pop-Up Stock up on sophisticated alcohol-free options at Sansorium's pop-up market October 23.
Hiking The 10 Essentials to Pack for Every Vancouver Hike If you're heading out on a hike, make sure these 10 items are in your backpack.
Restaurants New Mexican Restaurant Alimentaria Mexicana Might Just Make Granville Island Cool An unfussy (and delicious) new Mexican spot from the team behind Nuba, Chancho and Fayuca could tip Granville Island into destination-dining territory.
Restaurants City Informer: Was The California Roll Really Invented in Vancouver? An investigation into the West Coast's most notable roll... and the general concept of "truth."
city Hidden Vancouver: There Is a Secret Spa on Industrial Ave and It’s Amazing This quirky salt sauna and hydrotherapy experience is like the East Van answer to Scandinave.
Home Decor Personal Space: Inside This Florist’s Adorable, Plant-Filled Heritage Loft Floralista founder Alice DeCrom lives among the flowers.
Home Decor Not-So-Extreme Home Makeover: Pandemic Edition Three interior designers share COVID-era home improvement tips.
Fashion 3 Essentials to Up Your Walk Game Our top picks for your next stroll around the neighbourhood.
Weddings Vancouver Wedding Stories: A Golden Dress and an Unforgettable Party For couples wedding planning for the future: a look back at a chic urban celebration of love, for a little inspiration for when we can all be together again.
city City Informer: Where Did All These Hobbit Houses Come From? These houses look like they should be in Lord of the Rings, not Vancouver.
Beer Highly Recommended: Stuffing Everyone’s Stocking With This Locally Made Hot Sauce Saus will spice up your gift-giving this year.
Food News We Can’t Travel Right Now… But We Can Go to the Grocery Store Life hack: Going to a specialty market safely scratches the travel itch.
Beauty Why a Vancouver TV Makeup Artist Launched Her Own Skincare Line She's addressing skincare needs on-screen and off.
Restaurants 3 New Vancouver Restaurants Open for Business, Despite this Pesky Pandemic Restaurants open, giving us food and hope.
city City Informer: Where Are All Those Flying Ants Coming From? Every July, they descend on the city. Here's why.
Home Decor Design Lessons from 800 Square Feet Falken Reynolds helps a family transition from condo living to a 3,500-square-foot dream home—without any growing pains.
2020 Hey, Brewers: We’ve Got a Beer Category in This Year’s Made in Vancouver Awards You've got until March 30 to put in your entry form for your chance to be named Best Beer in VanMag's second annual Made in Vancouver Awards.
Fashion Vessi’s Giving Away Free Shoes to Health Care Workers—Here’s How to Get Your Pair Fresh kicks for our heroes in scrubs.
city Things We Never Thought We’d Say: London Drugs Just Dropped a Super-Woke Collection of Valentine’s Cards
2020 Made in Vancouver Awards 2020: Meet Our Home Category Judge Interior designer and industrial design pro Ben Leavitt, creative director of PlaidFox Studio, is this year's Home judge.
Restaurants The Best Thing I Ate All Week: A Seafood Tower With a Surprisingly Reasonable Price-Tag And it's just a SeaBus ride away.
Stores Shop Louis Vuitton’s Outrageously Luxe Wares from a Penthouse Pop-Up Shop Custom-painted trunks, billiards carrying cases and more over-the-top LV goods you didn't know you wanted.
Restaurants Fufu Cafe Brings Japanese-Style Souffle Pancakes to Fairview These ultra-fluffy, eggy pancakes taste like Kyoto.
Restaurants Vancouver Baking Blogger Opens Brick-and-Mortar Sweet Shop And Convinces Me to Give Cheesecake Another Chance Oh Sweet Day opens its doors for the cheesecake-loving masses... which apparently now includes our executive editor.
Restaurants The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Đồ Chay’s Vegetarian Vietnamese A plant-forward menu puts a modern spin on Vietnamese street food.
Vacations Getaway Guide: A Little R&R in the City That Never Sleeps New York City might be constantly buzzing with activity, but there are moments of peace and quiet to be found on the fringes.
Wine Okanagan Dreamin’: This Historic Theatre Is Now a Wine Bar No blockbusters here, just some B.C. reds.
Vacations Where to Stay Next Time You’re in Toronto Beautiful boutique hotels that make a visit to our nemesis city worth a trip.
Restaurants You Want Some Polenta with Your Polenta? We’ve Got Good News for You Di Beppe celebrates Polenta Fest with—you guessed it—polenta aplenty.
Food News Bad News, Tim Hortons: YVR’s Food Options Just Got a Lot More Interesting Thirty new food and retail options are slated to set up shop at the airport over the next two years, with options from local heroes Hawksworth and Japadog among them.
2019 Made in Vancouver Awards: Meet Our Wildcard Category Judge Kristina Matisic shares her Vancouver favourites in advance of judging our Made in Vancouver Wildcard category.
Fashion Stuff We Love: I Bought These Waterproof Sneakers and I’m Never Taking Them Off Are these kicks the ultimate antidote to Vancouver winters?
Restaurants Vancouver Restaurant Professionals Dish On How To Complain It's not burnt. It's not cold. But the food you ordered is just... not great. Is there anything you can do?
Fashion What It’s Like to Work in the Fashion Industry in Vancouver A designer, a stylist, a consignment store owner and a fashion show founder weigh in about the ups and downs of working in Vancouver.
Fashion Frank and Oak Doubles Down on Sustainability for Its New Winter Outwear Collection The Canadian clothing brand launches a new collection designed to combat both winter weather and fashion's eco-unfriendly habits.
Home Decor Small Wonder: A West Van House That Could Obakki founder and philanthropist Treana Peake finds that homey feeling in her little West Van beach house.
Home Decor Sneak a Peek at Two Gorgeous Homes on the Vancouver Modern Home Tour Consider this your pre-game for next weekend's tour.
Restaurants Leisure Center to Open New In-Store Cafe July 14 And you don't have to be shopping for a designer duds to get a taste.
city City Informer: What’s Inside the Towers on the Burrard Street Bridge? "They were not designed as affordable waterfront bachelor suites."
Restaurants Joe Fortes is Making Our Pie-and-Cocktails Dreams Come True With New Late-Night Menu Our greatest food fantasy is now a reality.
Restaurants The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Forage’s Cheese Puff This surprising contender might just be the best dessert in Vancouver.
city Find Your Neighbourhood: The VanMag Neighbourhood Ranking Tool Which factors make up your dream Vancouver neighbourhood? Use our interactive neighbourhood ranking tool to find out the best fit for you.
Food News New Concept Restaurant Coming to Granville Island A dream team of chefs is set to offer gourmet counter service in repurposed shipping containers this summer.
Weddings Vancouver Wedding Story: A Camping-Themed Wedding in a Vintage Schoolhouse This Vancouver couple headed to the suburbs to create their laid-back, camping-themed celebration of love.
city City Informer: What Makes the Vancouver Special So Special? "This rectangle with a half-assed roof must have spoken to people."
Food News This 5-Course Meal is Inspired by the VAG’s Takashi Murakami Exhibit Each dish (and drink pairing) at this Market by Jean-Georges dinner takes inspiration from the Japanese artist's work.
Home Decor How to Shop Like an Interior Designer Sophie Burke shares a few of the Vancouver-sourced design pieces she's currently coveting.
Fashion The Coolest Made-in-Vancouver Clothes for Kids So your little one can rock the Vancouver sidewalks like a runway.
Stores Van Cleef and Arpels Opens on Alberni The heritage brand brings a little sparkle (and a lot of whimsy) to Vancouver's unofficial jewellery district.
Beauty Hey, Vancouver! It’s Time to Embrace Korea’s Skincare Trends "Koreans talk about skincare the way Vancouverites talk about real estate."
city City Informer: Who is the Voice of the SkyTrain? Our intrepid City Informer answers the age-old question.
Restaurants Cinara and Wolf in the Fog Team Up for EAT! Vancouver Dinner As part of the 15th annual EAT! Vancouver Festival, Chefs Nick Nutting and Lucais Syme join forces once again.
Restaurants First Look: New Railtown Cafe Opens Downtown The 1,800-square-foot café sets up shop on the Granville strip—here's what to expect.
Home Decor Cool Workspace: Quietly’s Converted Two-Storey Apartment This Gastown office gives the phrase "work from home" another meaning.
Home Decor Cool Workspace: Rennie Group’s Remodelled Chinatown Office See how a heritage space became home to a bustling real estate marketing and brokerage firm.
Food News Restaurant News: Beaucoup Bakery Under New Ownership Jackie Kai Ellis passes the reins to long-time employees Betty Hung and Jacky Hung.
Restaurants The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Butter-Roasted Cabbage at Royal Dinette Possibly the only time in the history of eating that cabbage stole the show.
Fashion 3 Spring Eyewear Trends You’ve Got to Try Ready to upgrade those specs? We've got a few suggestions.
Vacations Our New Dream Home is This Giant Yacht That Sails the Globe And it's going to be in Vancouver this July. You should probably plan to take a peek.
Beer Vancouver’s First Contract Brewery Plans to Open This Summer Factory Brewing offers at-capacity craft brewers a chance to expand their output.
Food News We Tried It: Meal Prep Delivery Is it lazy to pay someone to plan and prep your meals? Or is it a genius time hack?
Day Trips Travel Diary: How to Spend One Perfect Day in Seattle Pizza, karaoke and cocktails fuel a whirlwind trip in Seattle.
Restaurants Review: Slickity Jim’s Chat and Chew’s Second Location Just as Charming as the Original The restaurant's clever name and killer brunch menu draws big crowds off the Granville-Broadway corridor.
Restaurants Review: Breakfast Table Shows Potential on South Granville This farm-to-table spot brings relief to a brunch-starved neighbourhood
Restaurants The Best Thing I Ate All Week: Gnocchi at Stable House Bistro This dumpling dish steals the spotlight at a South Granville neighbourhood wine bar.
Stores Muji is Coming to Vancouver The beloved Japanese lifestyle brand gets a pop-up shop as part of the upcoming Japan Unlayered exhibit.
Stores Holiday Shopping on Main Street: 12 Great Gifts to Buy The best thing about shopping Main? Making coffee (or beer) stops along the way.
Stores West Side Gift Guide: 13 Pieces Perfect for the Holidays Source little luxuries and statement-piece splurges on this side of town.
Stores Gastown Gift Guide: 13 Great Presents to Cover Everyone on Your List Your go-to 'hood for vintage-inspired pieces designed to please the modern Vancouverite.
Stores 9 Great Gifts You Can Snag in Downtown Vancouver Hit the Granville strip, then pop over to Yaletown and get your list checked off in an afternoon.
Restaurants New Vancouver restaurant to source all ingredients from dumpsters Kitsilano's Slöp is taking 'zero-waste' to new heights
Fashion Lululemon Fans Lined Up for Two Hours for Merchandise Getting a good run-time tomorrow won’t matter if you don’t look good doing it, right?
Events Precocious Teen Hosts Natural-Disaster-Themed Pop-Up Dinner Obviously you should get a ticket.
Stores Designer Outlets to Open at YVR July 9 The new open-air mall aims to keep Canadians north of the border.