The Bon Vivant Blog

The Ritz Paris is perhaps the world’s most famous hotel – and as every hotel has at least one bar where the inhabitants can go and drown their sorrows, the Ritz is no exception. And when you’re the most famous hotel in the world, this means that you have the most famous hotel bar in [...]

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I’ve said before that I think “lets just go here” is a recipe for disaster when walking around town in terms of food, but once in a while, it just works out – as it did at the Continental (another one of the Starr restaurants like Butcher & Singer). Breakfast after a late night. We [...]

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This place never seems to change. And that’s not a bad thing. Long a home to those Haligonians or visitors who are in need of a late-night cocktail, the Bitter End is a great place to go when you’re in town and you want a very relaxed place where they’ll mix you a mean martini, [...]

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Out for drinks with M – he hasn’t been down to Gastown much, and I was taken to the Revel Room a few months back by a native Vancouverite, and was impressed with their ability to whip up a proper Old Fashioned and by the fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies they were serving to bar patrons [...]

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Happening funky place in a not so happening funky area with the constant stream of customers and full house until late a testimony to the popularity of the food and drink. Great cocktails and selection of beer. The food is Belgian fare with an ?African twist. Our favorites are the mussels congolaise, the lamb tagine [...]

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Okay – so I found probably the closest thing to a “local” that I have right now. Every guy needs their bar – it doesn’t have to be local (but it should be within stumbling distance from home), it doesn’t have to be fancy, it doesn’t have to even serve good drinks or food – [...]

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T: While waiting for our table at Lark, it was suggested to us by the maitre d’ at Lark that we drop by next door at Licorous – the bar owned by the same people as own Lark. Two words: Great idea. A super-funky bar, big enough to be comfortable but not so big that [...]

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