Vancouver Magazine
Opening Soon: A Japanese-Style Bagel Shop in Downtown Vancouver
The Broadway/Cambie Corridor Has Become a Hub for Excellent Chinese Restaurants
Flaky, Fluffy and Freaking Delicious: Vancouver’s Top Fry Bread and Bannock
Protected: The Wick is Lit for This Fraser Valley Winery
Wine Collab of the Week: The Best Bottle to Welcome a Vancouver Spring
Naked Malt Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Celebrates Versatility and Spirit
Coyotes, Crows and Flying Ants: All of Your Vancouver Wildlife Questions, Answered
The Orpheum to Launch ‘Silent Movie Mondays’ This Spring
5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (March 27-April 2)
What It’s Like to Get Lost on a Run With a Pro Trail Runner
8 Things to Do in Abbotsford (Even If It’s Pouring Rain)
Explore the Rockies by Rail with Rocky Mountaineer
The Future of Beauty: How One Medical Aesthetics Clinic is Changing the Game
4 Fashion Designers From African Fashion Week Vancouver to Put on Your Radar
Before Hibernation Season Ends: A Round-Up of the Coziest Shopping Picks
No chain delivered more in ’09 than the still effervescing Cactus Club (Gold). Alongside signature Feenie dishes like BBQ duck clubhouse and soy-marinated sablefish were interesting newcomers like hunter chicken with wild mushroom. (Coming next: a Club-branded stand at English Bay.) Consistency can be a chain’s weakest link, but steadfastness has forged success for the five locations of Memphis Blues (Silver). There’s no disputing George Siu and Park Heffelfinger’s mastery of all things meat or their evangelism for pulled pork that’s soft like buttah. Joey (Bronze) has come on strong this year with new concepts like spinoff burger’n’brew joint Local. Honourable Mentions: Earl’s upped the ante in Yaletown with the splashy, cocktail-friendly V Lounge. Meanwhile, Daddy Daycare meets Food Revolution at Rocky Mountain: yes to the free-range food; beware the free-range rugrats.
