The Bon Vivant Blog

I keep hearing about this place – from friends from the East Coast, from magazine articles, – and I couldn’t believe it, but one actually opened here in Vancouver! We were out with S and F, for a morning hike in Lynn Canyon Park, and F was getting seriously hungry. Serious hunger? Five Guys it [...]

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Sunday, strolling around Mission on a sunny day in San Francisco. Lunchtime – and we come across this taqueria at 18th and Valencia – in we go, and within 5 minutes, we’re sitting down on one of the long benches, enjoying a super pork burrito. The faded, yellow poster on the wall for something like [...]

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Whether it’s Elgin street in Ottawa, Avenue des Pins/St-Laurent in Montreal, or Blowers at Grafton (Pizza Corner) in Halifax, I’ve had a few shawarmas and donairs in my time. And Babylon Cafe in Vancouver on Robson Street should be proud for producing one of the best. We’ve been here many times – the Pacific Centre [...]

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“Pizza Corner” at the corner of Blowers and Grafton Streets in Halifax is where you’ll probably (and probably should) end your night to get in the whole Halifax experience. For years and years, this was the place to go to get a slice of pizza or Halifax’s more fabled (and tasty) donair. But in the [...]

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So, it’s 3AM and you’re hungry and you’re in downtown Toronto. Your options are basically to get street food (delicious also) or head to Chinatown on Spadina to go to any of the many late-night restaurants there. But, you have to understand: this food falls into the category of “Cheap Chinese”. You can not, and [...]

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Uptown on business with V. In Markham, at the Hwy 7 and 404. This is where business happens in Canada, my friends. As much as in the boardrooms on Bay Street, it’s the office parks surrounding Toronto where the deals are made and the handshakes happen that drives the economy in Canada. But – this [...]

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Hot and spicy food in Burnaby near Metro town in the Crystal Mall. It doesn’t seat too many people (?20people) so be prepared to wait outside on plastic stools. But the wait is worth it. It is cheap, fast and tasty – thus its popularity with the mainly Asian crowd. Our favourites were the eggplant, [...]

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