Food and Drink

From comforting plates of pasta to steamer baskets full of dumplings, and loaded hot dogs or all-day breakfasts, there are plenty of just-opened, or soon-to-open, restaurants worth checking out in Vancouver.

2018 was a big year for craft beer in B.C., but let's stop living in the past. So without further ado, here are my pithy predictions and prognostications for craft beer in 2019.

The second location of Heritage Asian Eatery is officially opening their doors on Feb. 5, setting up shop on West Broadway just steps from the Broadway-City Hall SkyTrain station.

Whether you want some sweets for your sweet, or your own sweet tooth, Metro Vancouver has plenty of chocolate-makers to tempt us.

Customers at a boutique Vancouver grocery store won't find racks of individually packaged goods or rolls of plastic bags in which to lug their food home.

Step aside Swedish meatballs and 75-cent veggie hot dogs, IKEA is temporarily introducing new cuisine in celebration of Chinese New Year at select locations in Canada, including Richmond.

Starting this spring there will be a new grocery option for shoppers in several B.C. communities, as Sobeys moves their FreshCo brand of markets into the province.

From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 2, Glenburn Soda Fountain in Burnaby Heights will have goodies like Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches, Breakfast Sundaes, and Waffle Saturdaes.

If you happen to have your "Bonafide" chicken and Cajun fries craving and you're south of the Fraser, take heart: Popeyes is opening a location in Surrey.

Photo by Kelsey Knight on Unsplash I recently had a preview of some of the 1,450 wines that will be poured starting February 23rd at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Here are three of them...