The Bon Vivant Blog

Autumn Brook Gallery
1545 West 4th Avenue
Vancouver
604-737-2363
Brunch: Weekends only from 10:30am – 3pm
Lunch : Coming soon, apparently starting sometime in March
Cost: Reasonable, not cheap but not expensive
What a great find close to Granville Island but just far enough to be out of the crowds. An art gallery which serves brunch in a sunny [...]

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DB Bistro Moderne
2551 West Broadway, Vancouver
info@dbbistro.ca
Reservations: yes – opentable or phone
604-739-7115
Price: Above average but not crazy
Would we go back: Yes
The famous chef Daniel Boulud took over the old Feenie’s site. DB is famous for, among other things, the original DB burger – a $28 sirloin burger filled [...]

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Ping’s Cafe
2702 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3E8
(604) 873-2702
Small plates approx $5-8
Large plates approx $15+
Beer/Wine $6+
We like this place. Although discreet signage and a “difficult to find” place often works well in big cities like New York or Toronto, unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be working so well for Ping’s Cafe, which is [...]

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Paul Bocuse
www.bocuse.fr
Open daily all year round
lunch : noon to 1.30pm
dinner : 8.00pm to 9.30pm
L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges – 40 Rue de la Plage – 69660 Collonges au Mont d’Or
Tél. : (33) 04 72 42 90 90
Fax : (33) 04 72 27 85 8
Cost: Really really expensive
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An eating odyssey of 4 hours at [...]

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The perfect place for us to unwind and enjoy good simple food after the extravagance of Per Se.  One of Mario Batalli’s battalion of restaurants, this place hit the spot.  It is obviously a local favorite – still going strong after 11pm when we were seated.  Despite being busy and [...]

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