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Opened late last month by former clothing buyer and amateur cycling enthusiast, Thomas Eleizegui, Musette Caffè, the city’s first cycling-themed café, is a shrine to European biking culture, from the vintage jerseys and “musettes” (bags used to feed racers and, incidentally, where the café took its name) on the walls, … Read More
Most of us don’t understand the nuances, let alone the languages, of tech software programming, but we certainly can’t live without the end results. Last week, we looked at two new made-in-Vancouver businesses that are enjoying great success. This week, we look at two tech houses that are really taking off. Atimi You … Read More
From concept to consumer, Vancouver has been the incubator of many innovative ideas. If you missed the IPO for Lululemon, here are two of the latest viable ventures we’re watching. Go Voluntouring Enjoy wine? Visit Bordeaux to help test and improve viticulture methods for enhancing biodiversity. (A tough job, but … Read More
Vancouver’s “Sharper Chef” series is written by food and drink aficionados, and features prominent chefs, brewers, vintners and distillers who share some of their finest, oftentimes secret, recipes. In this installment, from the menu at his namesake restaurant, celebrated Vancouver chef David Hawksworth offers an apple beet salad perfect on … Read More
Three years ago, Vancouver’s restaurant scene was riding high on a wave of Olympic optimism. Internationally acclaimed chefs like Daniel Boloud and Jean-Georges Vorichten opened Vancouver satellites, while local cuisiniers indulged their patrons’ ever-more refined palates and ever-deeper pockets. But when Wall Street collapsed and the Winter Games went a … Read More
