Food and Drink

The 17-square-metere Iktsuarpok Coffee Stand, which opened late last month in Gastown, has no seating and sparse furnishings.

The premise is pretty simple: Eat poutine during La Poutine Week and go online and vote for your favourites. And this glorious event celebrating Canada’s unofficial national drunk food takes place the first week of February each year.

With a new year often comes a new emphasis on our eating habits. A recent survey of B.C. residents explored dining out habits, and found millennials often stand out for their choices.

In recent years, a disturbing new trend has emerged that needs to be addressed. I speak, of course, of Dry January, or as I refer to it, No Fun Month.

Now in its 17th year, Dine Out Vancouver is back to tantalize locals and visitors to Vancouver from January 18 to February 3, with its array of special menus and event programming all around the city.

With the end of 2018 came the end of a chapter for Vancouver's Cinara. They are rebranding as a second outpost of their sibling restaurant, Autostrada.

A coffee shop and bakery that's totally free of animal products in Vancouver? Well that's a bonus. Literally. That's because the city's newest fully plant based bakeshop and cafe is called Bonus Bakery, and they've been open for just a few weeks.

Angelina's, the incredibly popular New West breakfast spot, is moving into bigger digs nearby its current location at the River Market.

Bubble tea shop The Alley has several franchised locations operating around the globe and are now prepping their first-ever Vancouver location.

In every corner of the province, there are new breweries being planned. Could B.C. top hit the 200-brewery milestone before year's end? We'll have to wait and see!