Foodists is a collective of like-minded food worshippers. We breathe and sleep in order to eat and drink. Have something to share with us? We'd love to hear from you. If it's something to eat or drink, even better.
I would like to personally thank the protestors of Gastown and Downtown East Side restaurants. If it were not for the haute couture balaclava clad fashions and poetic typographic masterpieces on placards, it may be…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Monday, July 15th, 2013
Categories: Meditations | Tags: DTES, Gastown, protestors, restaurants, vancouver | 9 Comments »
I am getting sick to death of hearing people say how awesome Nicli Antica Pizzeria is. I get it already—their Neapolitan pizza is very good, and it’s so authentic it earned Vancouver’s first Vera Pizza…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 13th, 2012
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Bill McCaig, Gastown, interview, Nicli Antica Pizzeria, Pasta, vancouver, Vicino Pastaria & Deli | No Comments »
On a cold November night, many of Vancouver’s foodie elite descended to the new Gastown location of The Found & The Freed “pop up” shop for an event called Sweater Season. Accompanying…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Categories: Meditations | Tags: ButterOn The Endive, event, Gastown, interview, Owen Lightly, The Found and The Freed, vancouver | 1 Comment »
Foodtree and Urbandig are pumped to invite you to uncover unpretentious gourmet food in Vancouver during GROWconf. We’re completely certain that this will be the tastiest Day 3 GROWconf adventure, so grab one of the…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: chinatown, event, food tour, Gastown, local food, locavore, Railtown | No Comments »
There are a couple of places in Vancouver that have managed to successfully transcend their tourist appeal and evolve to offer locals plenty of reasons to convene at. Then again, maybe their original success has simply…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bernard Casavant, Eating in BC, EBC, Edible British Columbia, Gastown, Granville Island Public Market, local food, Wild Apple Restaurant | 1 Comment »
Say the words “pork belly” and the eyes of any foodist will light up. That’s what happened when I read the words “crispy braised pork belly” on the recently updated menu at the venerable…
Posted by: Evan Leeson on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: braise, Gastown, irish heather, pork, pork belly, skin, The Irish Heather, vancouver | 1 Comment »
It’s Saturday night and I find myself consuming a healthy plate of pork and beans. But this isn’t your typical Libby’s beans out of the can. The comfort food I’m talking about is part of the menu at…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktails, comfort food, Gastown, Pourhouse, Pourhouse Vancouver | 7 Comments »
When I caught wind of their new Long Table Series, I knew it was time for a trip back to the new Irish Heather.
Posted by: Dave Shea on Monday, July 20th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gastown, Guiness, irish heather, long table, LTS, restaurant, review, short ribs, vancouver | 1 Comment »
Say hello to Wanda. Wanda was purchased by some of the men of the Foodists collective a few weeks ago. She said her farewell to her time at Sloping Hills Farm this past week and was greeted with much excitement and…
Posted by: Karen Hamilton on Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: bc, butchers, butchery, canada, downtown, events, Foodists, Gastown, knives, manly men, meat, pig, pork, vancouver, wanda | 18 Comments »
Fellow Foodist Lauren and I braved this morning’s snow to hit up Medina Café the morning they opened back up post-holidays. As Chambar’s little sister, Medina shares owners and sits one door down on Beattie…
Posted by: Dave Shea on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Breakfast, brunch, cafe, coffee, Gastown, Medina Cafe, restaurant, review, vancouver | 6 Comments »
When my ma needed a break on weekends, we’d throw together a simple meal of olives, the peppers, capicollo, prosciutto and ripe, sharp cheeses accompanied by crusty Calabrese bread; straight off the cutting board.…
Posted by: Dave Delibato on Monday, August 28th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: capicollo, cheese, Gastown, italian, review, Salt Tasting Room, vancouver | 2 Comments »
I’m often asked what my favourite restaurants are in Vancouver and recently found myself typing out the same list of spots for a friend. So this time, I’m going to record the list here where it belongs for…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gastown, Japanese, monsoon, sun sui wah, vancouver, vancouver-restaurant, vij's | 4 Comments »