The Bon Vivant Blog

So, a post about the Naam is long overdue. It’s one of the oldest vegetarian restaurants in the city, and is an establishment. Your friends that have been to Vancouver may not have seen much of the city, but chances are good that they’ve been to the Naam. How do I feel about the Naam? [...]

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Not sure what the hype is about this restaurant chain. All these people we know have recommended this place to us. We tried several times to go to the Main Street location and it’s always been packed. We saw their soups at Edible BC in Granville Market. We’ve seen their neon sign high above main [...]

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There’s so much to say about this place. Where to start? The food, service, atmosphere, patrons, neighborhood, where? Let me try to provide some background – the parrilla controversy. Maybe we researched it too much, but there is a lot of writing about parrillas in Buenos Aires. We found comments damning and praising every parilla [...]

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It was Sunday night, and the places that we wanted very much to try in Ushuaia weren’t answering their phone, so D had heard about this place – its thing was small, tapas-style dishes with a variety of accompanying sauces. This review will be short. It was a pleasant, clean, restaurant, with very friendly service. [...]

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This was the real deal. Real seafood, in a restaurant with real character. According to my lonely planet guide, “Built by the second chief of the prison (and later police chief), the building housed several prisoners after the Ushuaia prison closed. Later, Rafela Ishton, the last pure Ona, moved in, remaining until 1985. You can [...]

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Graham Elliot, is a recently opened restaurant this past summer by the eponymous chef. Nice modern but warm space. The food is supposed to be high-end but fun with quirky ingredients. Any place that starts off with a hot bowl of complimentary garlicky popcorn wins my vote. The foie-gras lollipops coated in pop rocks was [...]

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Definitely a toss-up between who has the best mixed drinks in town: Chambar vs. The Cascade Room. Any place with a French 75 on the menu obviously has an appreciation for the Art of Mixing Drinks (it’s a book, look it up) and having been to this bar about 4-5 times, I can say it [...]

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