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 [...]

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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 with [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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 with no reservation, we only [...]

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