Vancouver Is Awesome #113 - June 2, 2022

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CITY OF VANCOUVER: PUBLIC HEARINGS Public Hearing: June 23, 2022

Public Hearing: June 21, 2022

Thursday, June 23, at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. Heritage Designation: 347 West Pender St. (Hartney Chambers) To bring forward for enactment a by-law to designate the retained historic street façades of the existing building (listed in the Vancouver Heritage Register in the ‘B’ evaluation category) addressed at 347 West Pender Street, also known as the Hartney Chambers, as protected heritage property.

2. CD-1 Rezoning: 1332 Thurlow St. and 1065 Harwood St. To rezone 1332 Thurlow Street and 1065 Harwood Street from RM-5A (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 33-storey residential building, with 279 secured rental units, of which 20% of the floor area is secured as below-market rental units. A height of 91.4 metres (300 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 12.61 are proposed.

3. CD-1 Rezoning: 1066-1078 Harwood St. To rezone 1066-1078 Harwood Street from RM-5A (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 33-storey residential building, with 278 secured rental units, of which 20% of the floor area is secured as below-market rental units. A height of 91.4 metres (300 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 12.55 are proposed.

4. CD-1 Rezoning: 495 West 41st Ave. To rezone 495 West 41st Avenue from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 14-storey mixed-use development, with commercial space and 99 secured market rental units, over three levels of underground parking. A height of 45.7 metres (150 feet), with additional height for a rooftop amenity, and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.37 are proposed.

5. CD-1 Amendment: 809 West 41st Ave. To amend the existing CD-1 (34) (Comprehensive Development) District at 809 West 41st Avenue to permit the development of an 18-storey mixed-use development, with ground-floor commercial space and 131 secured-rental residential units, with 20% of the residential floor area secured as Moderate Income Rental Housing Units, over three levels of underground parking. A height of 60.6 metres (199 feet), with additional height for rooftop amenity, and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 7.11 are proposed.

A. Heritage Designation: 365 Railway St. (Fleck Brothers Warehouse) To add to the Vancouver Heritage Register in the “C” evaluation category, and to bring forward for enactment a by-law to designate the structure and exterior of the existing building addressed at 365 Railway Street, also known as the Fleck Brothers Warehouse, as protected heritage property.

B. CD-1 Text Amendment: 500-650 West 57th Ave. (Pearson Dogwood) To amend CD-1 (696) for 500-650 West 57th Avenue (Pearson Dogwood) to permit additional rental housing floor area which would include 216 market rental units and 99 below-market rental units. Height increases ranging from 2.0 metres (7 feet) to 28.0 metres (92 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.08 are proposed.

C. CD-1 Rezoning: 524-526 Granville St. To rezone 524-526 Granville Street from DD (Downtown) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 24-storey strata-titled commercial office building. A height of 97.4 metres (320 feet), and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 21.5 are proposed.

D. CD-1 Rezoning: 450-496 Prior St., 550 Malkin Ave. and 1002 Station St. To amend CD-1 (761) By-law No. 12833 for 1002 Station Street and 250-310 Prior Street and to rezone 450-460 Prior Street, 550 Malkin Avenue and 496 Prior Street from CD-1 (761) (Comprehensive Development) District to a new CD-1 District, to permit the development two 19-storey mixed-use buildings containing commercial space, cultural amenity space, and secured market residential units. A height of 64 metres (210 feet), and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.68 are proposed.

Public Hearing: June 28, 2022 Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: i. Rezoning: 156-180 West 2nd Ave. To rezone 156-180 West 2nd Avenue from I-1 (Light Industrial) District to I-1C (Light Industrial) District, to permit the development of a building with light industrial and office uses. A building height of 46.5 metres (152.5 feet) and floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.0 are proposed. ii. CD-1 Rezoning: 2970 Kingsway To rezone 2970 Kingsway from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building, with 127 secured market rental units and commercial space at grade. A building height of 24.6 metres (80.7 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.96 are proposed.

iii. CD-1 Rezoning: 2086-2098 West 7th Ave. and 2091 West 8th Ave. To rezone 2086-2098 West 7th Avenue and 2091 West 8th Avenue from RM-4 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 13-storey residential building containing 129 social housing units. A building height of 47.1 metres (155 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.4 are proposed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS, VISIT shapeyourcity.ca/rezoning AND REFER TO THE REFERRAL REPORT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES.

These Public Hearings are to be convened by electronic means, with in-person attendance also available. You may participate in the Public Hearing either by speaking by phone or in person, or by submitting comments that will be distributed to the Mayor and Councillors. All spoken and written comments will be publicly accessible on the City of Vancouver’s website with your full name attached.

To participate in the Public Hearing, you can register to speak beginning at 8:30 am on June 10 for the June 21 and 23 Public Hearings and June 17 for the June 28 Public Hearing until 5 pm on the day of each Public Hearing: • Register to speak online by visiting: vancouver.ca/yourgovernment/speak-at-city-council-meetings.aspx and select the agenda item(s) you wish to speak to; telephone participation is encouraged as it is the most efficient way to speak to Council.

• Register to speak via phone by calling 604-829-4238 and specifying which meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) you wish to speak to, and indicate whether you are participating by telephone or in person.

• You can also register on the day of the Public Hearing, between 5:30 and 6 pm at City Hall. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings.

To participate by telephone, you must have access to a telephone, provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you, and provide an email address where instructions on when and how to call into the Public Hearing can be provided to you. Speakers can also call in during the Public Hearing. The telephone number and participant code are tweeted out and available on the live stream, while the meeting is in progress. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings.

Send your comments to Council online at vancouver.ca/public-hearing-comments, by email at publichearing@vancouver.ca or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. Get live updates onthe meeting at vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. Watch the meeting live at vancouver.ca/council-video.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be made available for in-person viewing from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on weekdays at the City Clerk’s Office on the Third Floor of City Hall starting June 10 for the June 21 and 23 Public Hearings and June 17 for the June 28 Public Hearing until the Public Hearing commences. They will also be available for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting on the same days at 1 pm. See the agenda on the City’s website at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings. Minutes of the Public Hearing will also be available at this location approximately two business days after a meeting. Details of all Council meetings can be found at covapp.vancouver.ca/councilMeetingPublic.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND REGISTERING TO SPEAK: vancouver.ca/publichearings

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Iconic motel gets second life and city’s largest mural

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he Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF) has set its eyes and paintbrushes on an iconic Vancouver motel for its biggest project yet.

The historic City Centre Motel in Mount Pleasant (built in 1954) has been transformed

by David Duprey's The Narrow Group into a 75-room low-cost artists' studio for underrepresented and marginalized artists.

The motel has been renamed to The City Centre Artist Lodge and is set to also be

home to the city's largest mural to-date (30,000 square feet!) wrapping around the building exterior.

“The project will support low barrier access to a public stage for emerging artists, curators and community partners through a variety of upcoming VMF events,” says Nickolas Collinet, VMF Senior Project Manager.

To celebrate, VMF is hosting a free weekendlong party with entertainment, open artist studios, food trucks and a bar. There will be

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live music and dance performances by Public Disco on the first day and a drag brunch and afternoon Tea Dance by By Felicia on the next day. The City Centre Block Party is open to all ages and will take place at the revamped motel from June 25 to 26.

City Centre will also be the hub for VMF's 10-day summer mural festival which will have live entertainment and mural tours from August 4 to 14.

However, this community landmark will only

remain for two to three years before being redeveloped under the pending Broadway Corridor Plan policy.

City Centre Block Party When: June 25-26, 2022 Where: 2111 Main St, Vancouver Cost: Free

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ith the traditional, unceded territory of the Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) as a backdrop, the First Nation signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Vancouver for a service agreement, intended to provide utilities to a planned 6,000-unit housing development on reserve land near Burrard Street Bridge.

At a press event on May 25, Squamish council chairperson Khelsilem and Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart penned the deal, which will sit in escrow until details are finalized. The agreement, when completed, should detail how services like electricity, water and sewage will connect to the Sen̓áḵw development.

It also includes significant upgrades to pedestrian, cycling, transit and road improvements in the area, many of which will blend into the surrounding city land.

The timeline of getting shovels in the ground appears to be delayed slightly, with an initial start date of late last year being pushed to sometime later this year. Squamish Nation spokesperson Sxwíxwtn, Wilson Williams said a completion date in 2027 is the current target.

While Stewart and other members

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of local government are praising the landmark project, there has been pushback from some in the surrounding Kitsilano neighbourhood. Residents in the area have historically resisted tall residential towers. The tallest buildings in the Sen̓áḵw plan reach 56 storeys or higher.

Concerns have also been expressed about a potential service road going into the development.

At Wednesday's event, Nation spokesperson Syexwáliya, Ann Whonnock reminded the audience that the traditional name of the region is Xats'alanexw, the name of a Squamish chief. Before settlers came, the area had been home to the Squamish people for thousands of years, sharing the territory

with xwmə0kwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Səlílwəta (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

And as the parcel in question is reserve land, the development doesn't have to conform to typical city rules, like a formal public consultation process.

"The truth is that because it's an onreserve development, there isn't a lot of required engagement pieces," Khelsilem said. "But I think what this means is that there's actually a lot of opportunity for the Nation to be innovative and take different approaches."

He explained that there would be more public outreach, both within and outside the Nation, when more design and development specifics are available.

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CITY OF VANCOUVER: PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearing: June 14 Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 6 pm to be convened by electronic means

1. CD-1 Rezoning: 1515 West 49th Avenue To rezone 1515 West 49th Avenue from RS-3 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of two threeand-a-half storey residential townhomes with eight secured market rental housing units. A height of 13.5 metres (44.3 feet), and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.51 are proposed.

2. CD-1 Rezoning: 4310 Slocan Street To rezone 4310 Slocan Street from C-1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a four-storey mixed-use building with eight secured market rental residential units and commercial space on the ground floor. A building height of 17.0 metres (55.8 feet) with additional height for a rooftop amenity and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.77 are proposed.

3. CD-1 Rezoning: 4408-4488 Fraser Street & 707-709 East 29th Avenue To rezone 4408-4488 Fraser Street & 707-709 East 29th Avenue from RT-2 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building, with 100 secured market rental housing units and commercial space on the ground floor. A building height of 21.6 metres (70.9 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.65 are proposed.

4. CD-1 Rezoning: 1406-1410 East King Edward Avenue To rezone 1406-1410 East King Edward Avenue from RM-1N (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit the development of a 13-storey mixed-use building, with 109 social housing units. A building height of 51.0 metres (167 feet) with additional height for a rooftop amenity and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 11.07 are proposed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS, VISIT shapeyourcity.ca/ rezoning AND REFER TO THE REFERRAL REPORT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES.

NPA party goes law and order for 2022 election

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ancouver's Non-Partisan Association is going with a law and order theme for its slate unveiled during a May 24 Italian Cultural Centre fundraiser.

The John Coupar-led party has recruited three candidates for city council from the policing sphere: Ex-Canadian Border Services Agency intelligence officer Cinnamon Bhayani, South Vancouver Community Policing Centre executive director Mauro Francis, and Vancouver Police Department crime analyst Arezo Zarrabian.

They join lone incumbent Melissa De Genova on the NPA’s Oct. 15 ticket. De Genova is seeking her third term at 12th and Cambie, and her spouse is a member of law enforcement.

Three of the other four councillors elected in 2018 left the party in April 2021 when Coupar was appointed the mayoral candidate last year by the party board.

Other NPA candidates running for city council are Skills Canada-B.C. CEO Elaine Allan and Dunbar Theatre operator Ken Charko.

Incumbent Tricia Barker is one of four candidates for Park Board. Sports management consultant Ray Goldenchild, InTech Environmental president Dave Pasin and photographer and travel consultant Matt Pregent round out the team.

NPA candidates for school board are to be announced.

In a prepared statement, Coupar says incumbent Mayor Kennedy Stewart has put Vancouver in trouble.

“It has become unaffordable for too many young people and new arrivals,” Coupar said. “Homelessness is worse than ever and so is crime. The city is dirty and doesn’t work for our residents. And meantime, the Mayor and his allies on council seem clueless about what to do on any of these issues.”

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Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations:

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This Public Hearing is to be convened by electronic means, with in-person attendance also available. You may participate in the Public Hearing either by speaking by phone or in person, or by submitting comments that will be distributed to the Mayor and Councillors.

All spoken and written comments will be publicly accessible on the City of Vancouver’s website with your full name attached.

To participate in the Public Hearing, you can register to speak beginning at 8:30 am on June 3, 2022 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing: • Register to speak online by visiting: vancouver.ca/yourgovernment/speak-at-city-council-meetings.aspx and select the agenda item(s) you wish to speak to; telephone participation is encouraged as it is the most efficient way to speak to Council.

• Register to speak via phone by calling 604-829-4238 and specifying which meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) you wish to speak to, and indicate whether you are participating by telephone or in person.

You can also register on the day of the Public Hearing, between 5:30 and 6 pm at City Hall. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings.

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To participate by telephone, you must have access to a telephone, provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you, and provide an email address where instructions on when and how to call into the Public Hearing can be provided to you. Speakers can also call in during the Public Hearing. The telephone number and participant code are tweeted out and available on the live stream, while the meeting is in progress. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings. Send your comments to Council online at vancouver.ca/public-hearing-comments, by email at publichearing@vancouver.ca or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. Get live updates on the meeting at vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. Watch the meeting live at vancouver.ca/council-video.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be made available for in-person viewing from 8:30 am to 5 pm on weekdays at the City Clerk’s Office on the Third Floor of City Hall from Friday, June 3, 2022 until the Public Hearing commences, and for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting June 3, 2022 at 1 pm. See the agenda on the City’s website at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings. Minutes of the Public Hearing will also be available at this location approximately two business days after a meeting. Details of all Council meetings can be found at covapp.vancouver.ca/councilMeetingPublic.

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Canadians to take on first place Spokane, a city that’s only so-so

Dates: May 31 to June 5. Can you believe it’s June!?

You can? Good for you, I guess.

Visiting Team: Spokane. They are currently (as of this writing) sitting in the number one spot in the Northwest League Standings. A lot can

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And while the Baseball Department at this humble publication doesn’t quite have the budget to send me on the road with the team (though I’m sure a few angry letters from you folks might make them rethink that policy) I thought a fun use of this column would be to do a little homework on what we can expect at the current homestand at Nat Bailey Stadium.

And, yes, I do realize I just referred to homework as “fun.” Believe me, it’s on brand.

So, in what I hope will become a running topic over the course of the season, here’s what to expect at the current homestand at The Nat. A series preview, if you will.

change in a week, especially in a six-team league, but Spokane is flying high right now and I, for one, am sick of it.

What Happened Last Time: We beat ‘em. We beat 'em’ real good, taking two out of three from them during the season opener.

3 Facts About Spokane: In an effort to better understand our enemies, here are three facts about the city of Spokane:

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As a fan of the Chicago Cubs, I am obligated to tell you that hall of famer Ryne Sandberg was born there.

I know most of you reading this probably couldn’t care less about the Cubs, but that won’t stop me from sneaking them into these articles (though I’m sure a few angry letters from you folks might make me rethink that policy).

It’s the birthplace of Father’s Day, celebrating the first one ever on June 19, 1910. Another

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It’s so far east, it may as well be in Idaho.

That’s it, that’s the best I can do for a third fact. Not much going on in ol’ Spokane County.

Special Events: This series will feature the first fireworks extravaganza of the season on Saturday, June 4, and First Nations Games Night on Thursday, June 2.

Opposing Player To Watch Out For: Zac Veen. First off, that’s a quality baseball name right there. A name that would be fun to either heckle or cheer for. A short and punchy name with a lot of good rhyming possibilities.

Second, he was selected in the first round (ninth overall) by the Colorado Rockies in the 2020 draft, signing for $5,000,000. It’s always fun to see a first rounder come into town. Just don’t get mad at me if Spokane promoted him before the 31st. Or do get mad at me. That’s fine, too.

So that’s it! Come one come all, next week, and join me at the most beautiful sandbox of a ballpark in the world. Thanks for reading and, as always, see you at The Nat!

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im Rutherford is about as old school as it gets. The Vancouver Canucks’ president of hockey operations started his playing career in the 60’s and first stepped into a management position in the mid-80’s. The 73-year-old Rutherford has had a front office job in hockey for nearly four decades.

While Rutherford may be old school, the reason he’s lasted so long is because he doesn’t get locked into old-school thinking.

“One of the things in my situation, where I've been around the game for a long time, is you have to be willing to change with the times,” said Rutherford in an interview with Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal on Chek TV. “If you are, then you get the opportunity to stick around longer.”

For Rutherford, that means embracing analytics. When he was with the Carolina Hurricanes, Rutherford relied on Jason Karmanos, his assistant general manager, to oversee the team’s analytics and, when he was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins, he brought Karmanos with him.

In Vancouver, however, there was already an analytics team in place, put together by former analytics director Jonathan Wall, who was fired by Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini shortly before Rutherford was hired. That team has been kept in place, with Wall’s righthand man, Aiden Fox, promoted to head of the department, which includes Ryan Biech, Miles Hoaken, and the newly-hired Rachel Doerrie.

“We have a very good analytics department with the Canucks and I like what they do,” said Rutherford.

What they do is manyfold, from working directly with the coaching staff to providing input on free agent signings and trades to identifying players of interest for the amateur scouting department.

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department. Anytime you can have more information about something, it's going to give you a better chance to make the right decision.”

One of the things that frequently gets missed in the debate between “eye test” and “analytics” is that the two seemingly-opposed sides agree far more than they disagree. The points of disagreement, however, get the most attention. It’s also why analytics are useful.

There would be no point in engaging in analytics if the conclusions of analytics perfectly lined up with the eye test.

“Where I really use [analytics] a lot, is when we have people that are in-person watching players, watching the team, watching the game, watching our future draft picks — they have an opinion and then I look at analytics and the opinion is totally opposite,” said Rutherford. “That's when you really have to drill down.

“That's when you go back to the people that are out there in the field and they're watching these games in person, you say, 'Why is this?' and then you get in a long conversation.

And eventually it gets to a point that you're comfortable with what the analytics are saying and what the people are saying.”

Rutherford keys in on the most important question when it comes to analytics: why.

Armed with new information from analytics, a scout might notice something that he previously missed and realize that he was wrong in his initial assessment.

Or, he might be able to tease out why the data disagrees and be able to explain the discrepancy. Either way, more knowledge has been gained and a better decision can be made.

After the previous regime, which only paid lip service to analytics, it will be intriguing to see how analytics might shape the decisions that Rutherford and general manager Patrick Allvin make this offseason.

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A first-time competitor and Vancouver College student, Yu says learning new words is the best part of the spelling bee process.

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His favourite word so far? Cryosphere, an all-encompassing term for places on Earth with frozen water.

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And to take it one step further, Cofu is also home to a fully non-alcoholic bar menu, too.

Cofu didn't begin as a mecca for plant-based sushi, mind you. The restaurant had operated as a take-out sushi spot - with seafood - since its launch in the fall of 2021, but as the new year got underway, Cofu shifted its focus and re-launched with an all-vegan food and "sober bar" menu.

The reason for the change was to answer what Cofu CEO Akiko Otsuka says was a demand for health-focused restaurant fare.

Capitalizing on the popularity of sushi in Vancouver, Otsuka created a menu that marries the deep-rooted traditions of pressed sushi with modern components, like fully plant-based ingredients that parallel seafood in texture and taste with a line-up of creative and colourful sauces not typically found in sushi bars.

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In addition to an epic concert series lineup, the PNE will also provide a variety of entertainment and attractions. From Stars of the Peking Acrobats, SuperDogs, Flying Fools High Dive Show, Dueling Pianos, and the "For the Love of Drag" tribute show, there are countless things to see and do at the Fair.

This summer marks the triumphant return of the PNE Fair in full format, after two seasons of significantly scaled-back pandemic-era programming.

What's on the menu at Cofu?

The Cofu menu is centred on the pressed sushi experience, with a list of set combos being the most popular draw. Customers can also order pressed sushi as individual orders, and a menu of plant-based appetizers round out the food options - things like a fried mock fish or chicken made using a soy protein, served with a vegan dipping sauce.

The sushi is machine-pressed to ensure a uniform result, and the combos are arranged attractively on large black slates with sauces for dipping. The eggplant is chewy and smokey, evoking unagi (eel), while Cofu has created vegetable iterations of both tofu and salmon for its sushi, using plant ingredients like jackfruit, carrot, and konjac. The pressed "salmon" sushi does evoke the gentle, velvety texture of salmon, though the flavour overall is more mild and gentle than its aquatic counterpart.

Otsuka says the food is meant to be not just beautiful to look at, but also nutritious. For one, Cofu uses black rice - and a little less rice per serving than at the average sushi

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Meanwhile, patrons can order mocktails from the "sober bar," featuring non-alcoholic spirits or beers. The Akutagawa, made with Lyre's Malt (a zero-proof bourbon-style spirit), is like a booze-free scotch and soda that gets its zip from the addition of dried chili. Brews come

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The small eatery, which is located steps from the entrance to Granville Island, offers dine-in seating (while popular anime films are projected on the wall) as well as take-out.

Although Otsuka herself doesn't follow a plant-based diet, she's keen to show Vancouver sushi's plant potential, while demonstrating that a vegan version of the wildly popular Japanese category of food is much more than plain cucumber or avocado rolls.

Cofu is located at 1833 Anderson St, #103, in Vancouver. Follow them on Instagram @cofu_20.

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