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Dine Out Vancouver food trucks make comeback
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by Charlie Smith
treet Food City is returning to this year’s Dine Out Vancouver Festival. The food-truck pod was a fixture on the north side of the Vancouver Art Gallery at the annual event dating back to 2011. But in 2021, due to the pandemic, organizers cancelled Street Food City. This year, there will be 13 food trucks ready to dish up meals in the giant square bounded by Hornby, West Georgia, and Howe streets. Participants include: Chickpea, Disco Cheetah, Mama’s Fish & Chips, Melt City Grilled Cheese, Mom’s Grilled Cheese, Mr. Arancino, Old Country Pierogi, REEL Mac and Cheese, Salty’s Lobster Shack, Shameless Buns, Super Thai, Taste of Malaysia, and Via Tevere Pizzeria Napoletana. Street Food City will be open from Saturday (January 15) to next Sunday (January 23) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so we’re especially excited to bring Street Food City back this year—and we’re sure the public shares our enthusiasm for its return,” Dine Out Vancouver Festival manager Lucas Pavan said in a news release. “We and the participating food truck oper-
As part of the Dine Out Vancouver Festival, a baker’s dozen of Vancouver’s food trucks will pack the square north of the Vancouver Art Gallery, serving meals from grilled cheese to lobster.
ators look forward to welcoming guests to the Square for some delicious food and good times. It’s a great way to kick off the new year and for Vancouver to reignite its love for our local food trucks.” The Dine Out Vancouver Festival is produced by Destination Vancouver and runs from Friday (January 14) to January 31. It’s Canada’s largest food and drink festival and is celebrating its 20th year this month. As part of the Dine Out Vancouver Festival, hundreds of local restaurants, breweries, and winemakers offer multicourse, fixed-
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price menus, which can be viewed online at dineoutvancouver.com. On this website, it’s possible to search by name, menu price, cuisine, and neighbourhood, as well as make reservations. In addition, visitors to the site can choose whether they’re interested in menus for breakfast/brunch, lunch, dinner, takeout, and vegetarian or gluten-free dining. Participating hotels are offering a $50 Mastercard prepaid gift card per night that can be used to cover some of the cost of dinner, a room, or for shopping. There’s a threenight maximum on the gift-card offer.
Dine Out Vancouver also has a long list of events planned to coincide with the festival, including a return of the Vancouver World Chef Exchange. On January 25, Toronto-based celebrity chef Rob Gentile, Toronto pasta chef David Marcelli, Oliver’s Phantom Creek Estate Winery chef Sarah Fiore, and Giovane Bacaro chef Scott Korzack will prepare a $250 all-inclusive multicourse dinner with wine pairings at Giovane Bacaro in the Fairmont Pacific Rim. The next chef event takes place on January 26 at Alimentaria Mexicana on Granville Island. There, chef Joaquin Cardoso of Loup Bar in Mexico City will collaborate with the team at Alimentaria Mexicana on a $100 all-inclusive meal with an optional wine pairing for an additional $50. The final three World Chef Exchanges are at Salmon n’ Bannock Bistro on January 28, 29, and 30 with the team there welcoming Odawa chef Joseph Shawana from the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory reserve, followed the next day by Algonquin Anishinabe chef Marie-Cecile (Cezin) Nottaway from Ottawa, and then Enoch Cree chef Shane Chartrand from Edmonton. They will create $175 all-inclusive meals. g
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