Food and Drink

Jef Choy alerted us that it's GAME ON for blackberry picking last week, and it really is.

Woah, remember the city's new FOOD CART program? Look at what CBC did for you: an interactive Google MAP of them all! They're on their way...

Get out there....this is the kind of thing you wait for all year for. I love blackberries so much. For the next two weeks at least, I'm going to be lugging around some ratty shopping bag, and a step ladder.

Every few weeks the nice folks at Ethical Bean drop off some fresh coffee beans to keep us caffeinated.

A reminder....Rule number one in blackberry picking....if it ain't fallin' off...don't pick it. But once they're ripe....get out of my way.... According to my post last year , we're right on schedule.

Do you love Granville Island like I do? Then you should probably enter a story in the "I Love Granville Island" storytelling contest! They're looking for your stories, typed out in 300 words or less or in video format.

The kind folks at Ethical Bean Coffee, who keep us caffeinated here in the V.I.A. office, made this short video below talking about their new iPhone app and how they score the different roasts that they produce.

Last week, in my quest to convert Vancouver author and comedian Charles Demers into a lover of one of my favourite Indian restaurants (the All India and Sweets at 49th and Main) I CALLED HIM OUT in a Green Eggs and Ham fashion.

If you really want to make me cry, on a real hot day when you know I'm riding down this path, set up a little stand with a big sign that says 'Slurpees' and then cross it out and put 'Sold Out'

The city announced the vendors for it's new street food program last week, and in case you haven't heard anything about it I'll sum it up for you in a few words: 17 new street food vendors opening July 31st! No matter how you slice it (food pun inten