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LITTLE DEEDS, BIG IMPACTS

I wanted to say a big thanks to the person who picked up my lost keys that had fallen out of my pocket in the Emory Barnes Park, and put them on the bench nearby. It was a small effort by someone on that rainy day that made a big differ-

ence and reminded me that sometimes a simple act can really make a persons day! –Mark Torgerson

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Re: Rant/Rave, Aug. 18, 2016. The reply to my recent comment, that cyclists on sidewalks are a danger,

suggesting that my point was overblown hyperbole; as someone who was hit by a self-entitled cyclist on a sidewalk, I take issue with you down-playing this. If you are too scared to cycle on the roads that are provided for you and vehicles to share, then don’t ride your bike at all.

I have yet to see a cyclist on a sidewalk get stopped by police. Finally, the statistics regarding wearing helmets show that fatalities happen only in helmet-demanding cities: Vancouver and Seattle. Time to rethink that one, too. –Paul Richards

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YOUR CITY CITY SHORTS // POT SHOPS FLOUT CITY’S LICENCE SCHEME

More than 50 illegal marijuana dispensaries continue to operate in Vancouver despite the city issuing 854 tickets to owners who refuse to close their doors, according to new statistics made public this week. The city has also ﬁled 27 injunctions in court in an effort to shut down some of the 54 premises, which are operating without a business licence.The tickets are worth $250 each and, in some cases, were issued multiple times to a dispensary. So far, operators have paid 205 tickets. “We’re not going to go backwards and go back to the Wild West,” said Andreea Toma, the city’s chief licensing inspector, in acknowledging the deﬁance of pot shop owners who continue to operate without a business licence and refuse to pay tickets. The city’s new business licence regulations for dispensaries came into effect last year. But the city gave existing pot shop operators until April of this year to close their doors.That deadline only applied to operators whose dispensaries didn’t fall into a permitted zone or were too close to a school or community centre. So far, the city has issued eight business licences to pot shops and is reviewing four applications.The city has issued 21 development

permits, which is one of the last stages to getting a licence, and 14 development permit applications are under review. A total of 34 stores have complied with regulations and have closed, or are no longer selling marijuana. Toma said some of the operators notiﬁed about the city’s plan to seek injunctions have indicated they will ﬁght the city in court, saying it doesn’t have the jurisdiction to impose such a licensing scheme on what has been a federally regulated industry.That argument, along with the federal government’s promise to introduce legislation next spring to legalize marijuana, has clouded the city’s goal to effectively regulate the dispensaries. Toma said she believes the federal task force on marijuana legalization and regulation will release its recommendations before the end of the year on how the federal government should proceed. It’s not known how any new regulations could affect dispensaries. “Once that comes out, we’ll need to understand the implications, the timing and what kind of requirements in terms of moving forward, and have us try to get some alignment with the provincial and federal bodies,” she said, emphasizing the city’s goal has always been to regulate the business, not the marijuana. –Mike Howell,Vancouver Courier

“World class” may not mean much when it comes to oil spill response David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

In July, a pipeline leak near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, spilled about 250,000 litres of diluted oil sands bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River, killing wildlife and compromising drinking water for nearby communities, including Prince Albert. It was one of 11 spills in the province over the previous year. In October, a tugboat pulling an empty fuel barge ran aground near Bella Bella on the Great Bear Rainforest coastline, spilling diesel into the water. Stormy weather caused some of the containment booms to break. Shellﬁsh operations and clam beds were put at risk and wildlife contaminated. Governments and industry promoting fossil fuel infrastructure often talk about “world class” spill response. It’s one of the conditions BC’s government has imposed for approval of new oil pipelines. But we’re either not there or the term has little meaning. “This ‘world-class marine response’ did not happen here in Bella Bella,” Heiltsuk Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett told Metro News. If authorities have this much trouble responding to a relatively minor spill from a tugboat, how can they expect to adequately deal with a spill

Clean-up of a diesel oil spill near Bella Bella last month. Heiltsuk First Nation photo from a pipeline or a tanker full of diluted bitumen? The simple and disturbing truth is that it’s impossible to adequately clean up a large oil spill. A 2015 report commissioned by the City of Vancouver and the Tsleil-Waututh and Tsawout First Nations concluded that, “collecting and removing oil from the sea surface is a challenging, time-sensitive, and often ineffective process, even under the most favourable conditions.” What the oil and gas industry touts as “world class spill response” boils down to four methods: booms, skimmers, burning and chemical dispersants. An article at Smithsonian.com notes, “For small spills these technologies can sometimes make a difference, but only in sheltered waters. None has ever been effective in containing large spills.” Booms don’t work well in rough or icy waters, as was clear at the Bella Bella spill; skimmers merely clean the surface and often not effectively; burning causes pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; and dispersants just

spread contaminants around, when they work at all. Researchers have also found that cleaning oil-soaked birds rarely if ever increases their chances of survival. A tiny spot of oil can kill a seabird. After the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill off the Alaska coast, industry only recovered about 14 per cent of the oil – which is about average – at a cost of $2 billion. The 2011 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has cost more than $42 billion so far, and has not been overly effective. In that case, industry bombed the area with the dispersant Corexit, which killed bacteria that eat oil! Record numbers of bottlenose dolphins died. We’re not going to stop transporting oil and gas overnight, so improving responses to spills on water and land is absolutely necessary. And increasing the safety of pipelines, tankers and trains that carry these dangerous products is also critical, as is stepping up monitoring and enforcement.With the Saskatchewan spill, the provincial government deemed an environmental assessment

of a pipeline expansion connected to the one that leaked as unnecessary because the Environment Ministry did not consider it a “development.” University of Regina geography professor Emily Eaton, who has studied oil development, told the National Observer that Saskatchewan “gives a pass” to most pipelines it regulates. Beyond better response capability and technologies, and increased monitoring and enforcement, we have to stop shipping so much fossil fuel. The mad rush to exploit and sell as much oil, gas and coal as possible before markets dry up in the face of growing scarcity, climate change and ever-increasing and improving renewable energy options has led to a huge spike in the amount of fossil fuels shipped through pipelines, and by train and tanker – often with disastrous consequences, from the Gulf of Mexico BP spill to the tragic 2013 Lac-Mégantic railcar explosion. Spills and disasters illustrate the immediate negative impacts of our overreliance on fossil fuels. Climate change shows we can’t continue to burn coal, oil and gas; that we have to leave much of it in the ground. If we get on with it, we may still have time to manage the transition without catastrophic consequences. But the longer we delay, the more difﬁcult it will become. # 7.65! "85. 63 *6-$2+1zuki.org. W

When street gangs ruled Vancouver Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

While the West 4th Ave. scene during the late 1960s was all about peace, love and understanding, the vibe over in East Van was completely different. It was more like violence, hate and misunderstanding. Back then, the area was commonly referred to as the “East End”: a tough, two-ﬁsted, working-class, mostly immigrant neighbourhood. By the early ’70s, street gangs based in local parks spread across the city, from Renfrew all the way to Dunbar. The most infamous among them was East Van’s Clark Park Gang, a ferocious group of long-hairs in red Mack jackets whose numbers could swell to upward of 200. They were blamed for just about everything that went wrong in our city at the time, from a riot at the Sea Festival in English Bay

the park with your friends at night than be home.

to a riot at a Rolling Stones concert at the Coliseum. This bloody, deadly, yet little-known story has ﬁnally been captured and brought to life in print by local historian and award-winning author Aaron Chapman in his new book, The Last Gang in Town:The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park Gang, published by Arsenal Pulp Press.

How did you discover this murky chapter of Vancouver history? I remember hearing about the Clark Parkers well into the 1980s, when I was in high school. Any time you heard about strangers being at a house party or a concert and a ﬁght broke out, it was attributed to the Clark Parkers. They seemed to be one of the great mythical villains of the city, and I wanted to ﬁnd out the truth. Why did the gangs of the early ’70s identify themselves with city parks? A lot of youth involved

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Aaron Chapman’s new book The Last Gang in Town chronicles the rise and fall of East Van’s notorious Clark Park Gang. Rebecca Blissett photo in gangs came from pretty rough upbringings. Many of them had been in juvenile detention multiple times, and when they got out, home was no place to be,

with parents who were often violent or drunk. Combine that with the poverty in East Van at the time, with nothing for many youth to do. It was often easier to hang out at

How difficult was it to find people to tell this story, since you’re dealing with a lot of illegality, arguably on both sides of the law? It took time. It helped that some were familiar with my previous books [Liquor, Lust, and the Law and Live at the Commodore]. I have some good contacts in the retiredpolice community and gained the conﬁdence of some who were willing to talk.The old gang members were different – that took longer. I did have concerned people tell me to watch my step. Many of the retired Clark Parkers lead normal lives today and do not maintain any criminal activity; others spent many years in prison, graduated into other gangs and, in a few cases, are now the leaders of some modern-day gangs. What was your biggest research revelation? Being able to speak with some members of the Van-

couver Police H-Squad: the secret, undercover gang task force appointed after the 1972 Rolling Stones riot.They were aggressive and ambitious, and the kind of thing that police couldn’t and wouldn’t do today.Those ofﬁcers separated fact from ﬁction in one of the fascinating periods in the wild-west, low-tech policing days of the 1970s.

Why did you want to tell this story? Because it’s largely been forgotten. Many who lived through it are in their senior years now, so it’s the right time to talk to them. East Vancouver used to be a much rougher part of town and much of the legend of “East Van” is forged from that time, but it’s changing. Nowadays there are million-dollar-plus homes for sale in East Van. I wanted to show how Vancouver and crime changed during this time, seen through the lens of the police and the Clark Park Gang. The Last Gang in Town is in bookstores now. W

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From left: Déja Friesen (left) and Eldric Kuzma relax in the living room beside their wood-burning fireplace. Vintage touches give the space a funky feel. Having a fireplace means having a lot of firewood.Chung Chow photos

My Digs: Déja Friesen, Eldric Kuzma and Marissa MacGregor Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

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With Vancouver’s tight rental market, in which an overwhelming number of people are competing to nab a killer (or any) pad, a cool space to call one’s own has almost become a dream – and roomies are all but inevitable for the non-wealthy. When three creative individuals ﬁnd each other and are able to co-exist in harmony, that seems lucky enough. Throw in a to-die-for, oversized heritage apartment in South Granville – complete with wood-burning ﬁreplace and a separate dining room –

things, up-cycling, history and minimalism. Déja Friesen, an interior designer at Riesco & Lapres, co-founder and designer at CÒMH A Creative Studio. Marissa MacGregor, project systems and quality coordinator for a healthcare IT company.

and it might seem too good to be true. Coffee connoisseur Eldric Kuzma, who plays a part in our city’s high-end bean culture with his Chinatown shop, Aubade Coffee (housed within The Longwalk Lodge, alongside Space Lab and Bootleg Barbers), is living the Vancouver housing dream in his charming, light-ﬁlled apartment. Alongside designer Déja Friesen and Marissa MacGregor, the trio have created a carefully curated yet enticingly inviting space. White walls, family heirlooms and lots of greenery make this pad one of my faves.

What is it? Eldric: Deﬁnitely a getaway from all the concrete and condos. A mixture of Manhattan and Paris – with a view of the mountains. Déja: What I imagine living in Europe would feel like – Paris or Berlin. My escape from Vancouver. Marissa: Home.

Occupants: Eldric Kuzma, owner of Aubade Coffee in Chinatown; lover of handmade

Major selling feature: Eldric: The fact that it’s unchanged since the 1940s. Déja: Ten-foot ceilings.

Marissa: The roommates.

The first thing we changed: Eldric: I took the curtains down to let the light in. Déja: Nothing. Marissa: Not a thing. The feature I brag about: All: The wood-burning ﬁreplace. And the Juliet windows. And the ﬁre escape. But we try not to brag. That one conversation piece: Eldric: It’s a pet-friendly building! So rare. Déja: People are wowed when they come in. We’re inviting people into a different time and a different place with the feel and history of the suite. Marissa: The narrow bathroom. Seriously, I think

it might win for narrowest in the city.

The décor: Déja: Modern, art deco, and back-alley finds. The mix of old and new within the heritage space is what sets the mood and creates the magically lived-in, inviting place we call home. The story behind the collectibles: Déja: The [emerald-green] couch set was my grandparents’, alongside the brass coat rack at the front entrance. The mirror above the record player was one of my first alley finds after moving to Vancouver. There are a lot of stories within the décor. Downsides: Eldric: There is a zero-

per-cent chance that I could afford to live here by myself, but that’s kind of an upside since I to get to live with cool roommates. Déja: Our intersection is a noisy ambulance route. Marissa: No en suite laundry. Neighbourhood haunts: Eldric: Bump n Grind, Dose Espresso Bar. Déja: Grapes & Soda, Rangoli. Marissa: Beaucoup Bakery & Café, Granville Island. Favourite apartment activity: Eldric: Finding random records in the laundry room’s “free books” [box]. Déja: Having friends over [for] good conversation and good music. Marissa: Brunch. W

VCC fashion program evolves to offer real-world experience Aileen Lalor Style File

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Vancouver Community College’s (VCC) fashionprogram instructors had a problem. Program coordinator Andrea Korens explains: “When I tried to teach my students about something they hadn’t encountered – demographics or efﬁciency, for example – I would see their eyes glaze over.” This led to VCC developing its Colure fashion label as part of the new Fashion Design and Production diploma. Students are given six weeks to research, design, pattern, prototype, produce, cost, and bring to market products that will be sold in real-life retail environments. “We found it was important to provide a context to students for future learning, so they understand why they need certain skills,” says Korens.

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Left: Upholstery fabric sling bag with cotton muslin lining, $80. Right: Wool tote bag with cotton lining, $60. Photos supplied The ﬁrst cohort of six students worked on individual ideas for bags, then split into two groups and selected one design per group on

which to collaborate. “It was all about getting the job done, rather than executing their creative vision,” says Korens. “There’s

a misconception that the fashion industry is full of one-man bands, but actually, you can’t be a diva. Any project improves with feedback,

and interpersonal skills are really important.” Colure’s debut collection comprises two bags – a tote ($60) and a sling ($80) – that are now available at Bird on a Wire Creations (2535 Main, BirdOnAWireCreations.com). Each student produced one bag, so they’re extremely limited – only three of each design exist. The students have just started their second product for Colure: a T-shirt, which will be sold online. And over the twoyear course, projects will become more complex, culminating in a full collection supported by branding and a comprehensive marketing strategy. “Most fashion programs offer a ﬁnal show where students can showcase their designs, but that commercial background knowledge is missing,” says Korens. Kathryn Hammerton had her own label, specializing in bridal and eveningwear, before moving from the UK

to Vancouver to do the VCC course. In spite of her experience, she learned a lot from the Colure project. “We had all sorts of challenges. Our pattern was reﬁned several times and we had to overcome a lot of production issues,” she says. “It was a very realistic project, as we were documenting every change and learning how to work as a team.” As well as improving her production skills, the course has given Hammerton more industry contacts. And how does she feel about the resulting tote bag? “I love all the details we put in – like the big cover button – and we pattern-matched the tartan on the seams, Aileen Lalor is the resident beauty expert at VitaDaily.ca, Canada’s premiere fashion and lifestyle newsletter. For more stories like this, check out the website and subscribe.

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DINING OUT trucks and gift-market stalls. Donations a for visit and a photo with Santa will be accepted in support of BC Children’s Hospital and Starlight Children’s Foundation. Open noon-7pm. YaletownInfo.com/Events

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@FoodGirlFriday Discounted tickets for the 2017 Vancouver International Wine Festival (Feb. 11-19) are on sale for a limited time. In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, the theme country for this edition is Canada, with more than 76 wineries from BC, Ontario and Nova Scotia participating.VanWineFest.ca Throughout November, Thomas Haas Chocolates will be donating 10 per cent of the proceeds from a selection moustache-themed creations to the Movember Foundation, which beneﬁts men’s health initiatives. Items include chocolate Movember lollipops ($2.90), a Movember Moustache Bar featuring Guinness ganache and a stout-malt wafer ($12.50), and a Movember dark-chocolate cake featuring whisky ganache, malt wafer and moustache accents ($5.90; $35 for 6-7 servings; $45 for 10-12 servings). Available at both the Kitsilano and North Vancouver locations. ThomasHaas.com

On Wednesday, Nov. 30, Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks hosts a special evening with chef Jefferson Alvarez of Cacao Progressive Latin. Chef Alvarez will be cooking a meal based on recipes from Central, the new cookbook from chef Virgilio Martinez of Peru’s Central restaurant. Tickets are $150, and include dinner, a beverage and a copy of the book. BookstoCooks.com

Tableau Bar Bistro hosts a special dinner NOV. 16 in collaboration with Laughing Stock Vineyards. Contributed photo

ar Festival, featuring ﬁve à la carte dishes including squidink linguine and uni with smoked trout caviar ($20), chawanmushi with lumpﬁsh caviar ($14), salmon tartare with salmon roe ($14), and potato pavé with poached egg and Northern Divine caviar ($30). Also on offer is a caviar

tasting, featuring three different caviars with potato blini and crème fraiche ($180). AncoraDining.com Wednesday, Nov. 9, is Vancouver Fireﬁghters’ Umbrella Day in support of Snacks for Kids, which provides healthy, non-

perishable snacks to almost 700 vulnerable children at 22 city schools and afterschool programs. In addition to supporting the cause by buying an umbrella from a ﬁreﬁghter at any major intersection in the downtown business district between 7:30am and 10am, you can

also head over to the Flying Pig in Gastown for an evening of cocktails, canapes, oysters, music, and a live auction (which includes a trip to Mexico). Tickets $75. TheFlyingPigVan.com

We’re conveniently located on Pender Street between Bute and Jervis. We carry a superb unique and large selection of BC wine, spirits and beer.

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, Tableau Bar Bistro hosts a special dinner in collaboration with Laughing Stock Vineyards. Winery owners David and Cynthia Enns will be in attendance, and the ﬁve-course menu includes scallop crudo, butterpoached lobster, crispy veal sweetbreads, braised beef shortribs with foie gras, and dessert – each paired with a different vintage/varietal. Tickets $129 per person. Call 778-373-1620 or email events@tableaubarbistro. com. TableauBarBistro.com

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On Saturday, Nov. 26, CandyTown, the free outdoor Christmas festival, returns to Yaletown. While the kids can sit on Santa’s knee and craft candy kebabs, grownups can peruse the many food vendors, food

Until Nov. 23, Ancora hosts its second annual Cavi-

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Provence Mediterranean Grill is in its final month of operations, and to celebrate 19 years in Point Grey, chefs/owners JeanFrancis and Alessandra Quaglia will be offering a series of four prix-fixe Memories Menus – one each week – featuring the restaurant’s most popular dishes. Each $45 menu includes three courses; the first includes choices such as a fish soup from Suzanne Quaglia (mother of Jean-Francis), grilled squid, rack of lamb and crème caramel. ProvencePointGrey.ca On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Yew Seafood + Bar’s new executive chef,Weimar Gomez, hosts a special dinner with Foxtrot Vineyards. A reception is followed by a five-course menu including fresh crab, steamed lobster, roasted lamb loin, roasted beef tenderloin and petit fours. Each course will be paired with a different vintage from the famed Naramata Bench winery.Tickets $150 from Eventbrite (under Foxtrot Vineyards Dinner). YewSeafood.com On Dec. 4 and 14, The Uncommon Café will be hosting cookie classes, including baking and decorating. Tickets are $40 for adults and $5 for kids. TheUncommonCafe.com W

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Eat to thrive throughout the dark days of winter Patty Javier Gomez Whole Nourishment

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This time of year can be depressing. I don’t know about you, but I even lose motivation to leave the house at times. Like, it’s the weekend: I’ve got Netflix, a bottle of wine, food and Scrabble, so I’m good. It’s also the time of year when we overstretch ourselves with the upcoming holidays and its associated festivities (not to mention the just-passed Halloween). Although it’s tempting to live off of candy and booze, don’t be that person. Have a piece of fruit. Surviving winter – in the Pacific Northwest, especially – can be a cruel task: It’s rainy, everyone is sniffling, and the lack of light outside can make us feel down and even, in some cases, depressed. Consequently, a lot of us swap away those healthy

summer habits for comfort in the form of stretchy pants and snacks that come in a bag. It’s a pretty irresistible combination, but it will not sustain you. Now more than ever, you need nourishment. The key is to keep warm, enjoy a balanced whole-foods diet, boost your immune system and de-stress. Here are some tips and tricks to help you through fall and winter.

HYDRATION

Just because summer is gone doesn’t mean hydration isn’t important. Every cell, tissue and organ in your body needs water to work properly – to maintain healthy temperature, remove waste and lubricate joints. So it’s a good idea to keep hydrated at all times, especially when you’re feeling under the weather.

SLEEP

Lack of rest has been known to decrease mental alertness and energy levels – which, in turn, leads to a

suppressed immune system. Get your naps in whenever you can, and catch those seven to eight hours a night as often as you can. Wearing yourself thin doesn’t help anyone out.

HOT SOUPS, STEWS AND BROTHS

An obvious (and tasty) choice for keeping warm. Get your slow-cooker out and create some hot, nourishing pots of yumminess. You know your body is craving it already.

DON’T FORGET TO IMPLEMENT THE 80/20 RULE

If you’re eating a well-balanced whole-foods diet most of the time, your body will be better equipped to process those treats you love. Be good to your body and your body will be good to you! It’s important to allow yourself to indulge every now and again (and not consume yourself with guilt, as this can make

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SPICY FOODS

Another way to stay warm is by adding a little spice to your life. Not spicy to the point that you may need medical attention. I’m talking about adding seasonings like paprika, cayenne or anything made from chili peppers to your meals, as they increase body temperature and create a comforting, warming effect.

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dry list of recent pop hits, including “Blurred Lines,” “Wrecking Ball” and “Black Space.” Album centrepiece “Whitney” is a cinematic instrumental composition that’s flecked with ascendant trumpet and nimble fretboard exploration. “There wasn’t much of a plan for the sound [of the album],” Van Breeman acknowledges. “We just thought it would be fun if we did one song that sounds like this, maybe another one that sounds like a house song, another one that sounds like a super-proggy thing.” Part of the reason for the album’s stylistic diversity is that all six members were given a say in the songwriting process, their individual influences allowed to shine in an approach that Van Breeman describes as “egalitarian.” He and his bandmates – horn players Sam Davidson and Bryan Davies, guitarist Tariq Hussain, drummer Brennan Saul and bassist John Walsh – recorded bed tracks in Vancouver, while the frontman then added overdubs and mixed the results at his apartment in Brooklyn, where he was living at the time. Meanwhile, the musicians kept busy with an array of other gigs — Van Breeman has scored several movies, while Walsh plays in Dan Mangan’s backing band, to name just two of the members’ side projects — and the album remained in limbo for many months. “We had a FACTOR grant, and then we had to give some money back because we took so long to finish it,” Van Breeman admits with a chuckle.

Despite this unhurried approach to recording, the band are finally beginning to pick up momentum. They inked a deal with Hybridity Music in Canada and are once again working with Tin Angel Records in the UK. To Van Breeman’s apparent surprise, the group have been offered a cushy gig opening for Stornoway on a British tour in the new year. Despite these breakthroughs, don’t expect the outfit to pursue commercial success anytime soon. “It’s weird when we get an email from management saying, ‘Oh, it will be really good for your career if you do this tour,’” the singer reflects. “What’s the career? We’re already dads in our [30s and] 40s. That kind of thing doesn’t make sense to us. If it doesn’t come from our hearts, then it’s not going to happen.” But even though Van Breeman doesn’t aspire to fame, he says he’ll continue to play with Brasstronaut “for the rest of my life,” primarily to preserve the friendships. “I want to be an old band that plays Gulf Island festivals and sits there in the middle of the afternoon with a bunch of kids running around on the grass,” he says with a smile. “And if some weird thing happens in the meantime and we can play overseas or wherever, then that’s pretty cool.” W

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Tim Brady knows the vocabulary of the electric guitar. So much so, that in 2015 the acclaimed Canadian composer decided to lead 100 guitars in conversation in the centre of a shopping mall in Montreal. The spectacle, entitled 100Very Good ReasonsWhy ______, drew over 1,000 listeners that day, and unlike the moderators at, say, the recent presidential debates, Brady was actually able to achieve beauty and harmony amidst the noise. “I’ve played the guitar for 49 years, electric guitar for 45 of those years, so I’ve played pretty much every sound you can make on an electric guitar,” the Montreal-based composer says, with a laugh. “And I have pretty much the entire vocabulary in my mind and in my ﬁngers. So when I go to write for electric guitar what happens is I decide what kind of journey I want to take the musicians and the public on. […] And then I kind of, from this very large sound world that’s in my head, build the journey out of the sounds.”

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In fact, despite the cacophonic potential of putting 100 guitars in the same room, 100 Very Good Reasons is melodic and restrained, with the 80 amateur and 20 professional players divided into a pattern consisting of four groups with four overlapping parts, each with their own conductor. The music unfolds quite slowly, Brady explains, to give the sound waves a chance to travel unobstructed around the space. And, tracked with just a simple stopwatch app, the success of the piece depends on very precise timing. “We’re working in a very large public space,” Brady says, “and so the music has to be slow enough so that it has time to move around the space.That’s what was really important while I was writing the piece: how can we make sure that the musicians and the public really can feel the movement of the sound […] and hear it moving through space?” This is not the ﬁrst time that Brady, one of the world’s foremost composers for electric guitar, has experimented with multiple layers of the same instrument; the inspiration for this particular piece, however, was the 100th anni-

Composer Tim Brady will unite 100 guitarists in concert for Music on Main’s Modulus Festival this weekend. Martin Morissette photo

versary of legendary guitarist Les Paul. Among his many achievements, Paul was one of the earliest guitarists to experiment with overdubbing – the layering of multiple guitar tracks on a single disk – starting way back in the 1930s. “He was the ﬁrst guy, ever, to put 16 guitars together and make music,” Brady says. “Now he did his overdubbing by using shellac discs.With no edits, no redos. He had to play every part perfectly. It’s technologically quite a feat, what he did.” The result of that layer-

ing, which Brady pushes to extremes, is a pleasant fuzziness that appeals to the deep recesses of the brain. “The best example is a symphony orchestra,” Brady offers, as illustration. “If you go to a symphony orchestra you’ll notice the ﬁrst violin section has, like, 12 or 14 ﬁrst violins. And that’s why a violin section sounds so much bigger and denser and more interesting and vibrant than a solo violin – although, nothing against solo violins,” he laughs. “When you layer an instru-

ment, what happens from an actual technical perspective, is it is actually impossible for two musicians to play precisely together,” he continues. “Even the best musicians in the world are always just slightly off. So when you add six, seven, eight or 100 of them, you get just this slight fuzziness and the sound becomes almost infinitesimally complex, but our brain reduces it to simplicity and in that process we find pleasure.” If that sounds like your kind of trip, Brady is bringing 100 Very Good Reasons to Vancouver for the first time on Nov. 6 for a free performance as part of the Modulus Festival – Music on Main’s festival of postclassical music (Nov. 5-9). He’ll be joined in the program by a concert of favourites from Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble (Nov. 5 and 6), a DOXA co-presentation of the film Lou Harrison:AWorld of Music (Nov. 7), a performance by Music on Main’s newest resident composer, master turntablist Nicole Lizée, as well as an arrangement (with the Standing Wave chamber ensemble) of such contemporary composers as Andy Akiho,Vincent Ho, Jocelyn

Morlock, and Nico Muhly (Nov. 8) to name a few. Artistic director David Pay calls the festival a “concentration” of what Music on Main does best: engaging and unexpected musical experiences and unique post-classical collaborations in a welcoming environment. Meanwhile, for Brady, the festival is also an opportunity to showcase how far his classically “unclassical” instrument has come. “What I’ve realized is major social and cultural paradigms shift very slowly,” the Godin guitar player explains. “And the idea that the electric guitar is not just a rock or blues instrument has been with us for about 60 years. But it’s going to take another 60 years for people to see the other option.” “In the classical world there are still people who assume the electric guitar isn’t a ‘real’ instrument,” he continues. “And the electric guitar community is quite conservative, in its own way. For a lot of them it’s like, ‘Ah man, if you have to read music you’re not playing guitar.’” # ,00(.5) %882 /.648!4'&) ______ takes place Nov. 6 at 3pm and 5pm at the Roundhouse. Free. W

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MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA Europe-residing American expatriates, widely considered pioneers of electronic improvisation take to the stage, with a post-concert talk back. 8pm at Western Front. Tickets $21 at MyShopify.com. All ages show.

CLASSIXX Dance music duo from LA on tour in support of their latest release, Faraway Reach, with special guests Phantoms and Harriet Brown. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beat Street and TicketWeb.ca

VANCOUVER CANTATA SINGERS Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Palms kicks off the Vancouver choral ensemble’s new season, bringing Broadway sensibilities and lyrical, intimate styles into a compelling blend. 7:30pm at Ryerson United Church. Tickets $30 at BrownPaperTickets.com

METHOD MAN AND REDMAN American rap duo from New York City embark on the Canadian Fire Bowl – A Cannabis Competition. 9pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $65 at ElectroStub.com

CHICAGO AND EARTH, WIND & FIRE American horn-driven rock band co-headlines with R&B soul group on their Heart and Soul Tour. 6:30pm at Rogers Arena. Tickets $45+ at LiveNation.com

CHARLES RICHARDHAMELIN Prize-winning Canadian pianist performs a programme of Chopin in support of his latest Chopin album, a CBC Music No. 1 classical album. 7:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at TicketForce.com

PETUNIA AND THE VIPERS A weekly residence begins with the Vancouver Americana roots, country, western swing band playing two sets every Monday evening with some special surprise guests. 8pm at WISE Hall Lounge. Admission is by donation.

DUOTANG Two-piece power pop, mod rock ’n’ roll band from Winnipeg appear in support of their fourth studio album, New Occupation, with special guest Uptights. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com KILLER DWARFS Heavy metal rockers from Oshawa play an early show with special guest Whisky River Gun Club. 8pm at Red Room Ultra Bar. Tickets $20 at TicketZone.com or $25 at the door. GALACTIC PEGASUS Vancouver metal band shares the stage with special guests Shark Infested Daughters, Corvus the Crow and the Waning Light. 9pm at Funky Winker Beans. Cover is $10.

COMEDY IAN BAGG Fan favourite and top five finisher on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and star of his onehour special Ian Bagg: Getting to F**king Know You takes to the stage for the first of three evening performances. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $18 at PayPal.com

THEATRE/DANCE EMPIRE OF THE SON Returning after an extended and completely sold out first run. Testuro Shigematsu’s story of two generations of CBC broadcasters and the radio silence between them is an intimate look at Shigematsu’s relationship with his father, separated by language, culture, history and their similarities. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at TheCultch. com. Runs until Nov. 13.

NOFX American punks out of LA tour in support of their latest release, First Ditch Effort, with special guests Pears, Useless ID and Modern Terror. 7pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $37.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca

MANGCHI LA-based five-piece hammer band perform with special guest Kid Koala. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at TicketWeb.ca

BLUE MOON MARQUEE Selfstyled gypsy blues band from the Rocky Mountain prairies perform on the Gypsy Blues Fall Tour with special guests OQO and the Rossi Gang. 8pm at WISE Hall. Tickets $15 at BrownPaperTickets.com.

A$AP FERG American rapper from Harlem plays tunes from Always Strive and Prosper, with special guests Playboi Carti and Rob $tone on the Turnt & Burnt Tour. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $45 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

PWR BTTM American queer punk duo appear in support of their debut album, Ugly Cherries, with special guests Bellows and Lisa Prank. 8pm at 333. Tickets $12$15 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

REVIVAL FEST Ashely Jude and Benjamin Wise say farewell (for now) with a Revival Mix Tape Album Release Party featuring Goodword Atoms, the X Presidents, Woodyard, Barefoot Mountain, the Food, Terry, Jess Vaira, MARC-E, Matt Hoyles and Benny Wise. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $12 at TicketFly. com

VANGIV’ER #2 A benefit concert for the Vancouver Food Bank features live performances from 2 Days & Counting, the Binz, Cobra Ramone, Crummy, Death Sentence, Trailerhawk, the Furniture and many more. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife, Zulu and TicketFly.com

ELLICE BLACKOUT Hard rock outfit from Victoria hit the stage with special guests Falling for Scarlet, Mob Machine and Switch To Black. 7:30pm at Studio Records. Tickets $10 at TicketWeb.ca

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TOM GREEN Legendary Canadian comedian, star of Freddy Got Fingered, Road Trip and Tom Green Live who has headlined across the world, returns to Vancouver for a weekend residency. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $35 at TicketWeb.ca

EVENTS WHY I DESIGN Explore and celebrate innovation in action at the Museum of Vancouver. Dozens of designers, stationed throughout the museum, will be on hand to discuss their work during this special evening. 7-11pm at the Museum of Vancouver. Tickets $18 in advance at MuseumOfVancouver.ca/ WID2016, or $23 at the door ($3 off for members).

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THEATRE/DANCE BALLET BC Resident choreographer Cayetano Soto launches the season with four works displaying a unique range of creativity and originality. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at BalletBC.com. Final performance.

THE ELEPHANT WRESTLER The story of a poor Indian tea seller as he attempts to solve the interwoven mysteries of true love, tragedy and joy explores the contradictions of modern India in this funny, heartbreaking and beautiful romantic thriller. 2pm and 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Final performances. GHOSTS Helene Alving has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her husband. Determined to escape the ghosts of her past by telling her son the truth about his father, Helene learns he’s already inherited the legacy of Alving’s dissolute life. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets FormSite.com. Runs until Nov. 27.

EVENTS MODULUS FESTIVAL Music on Main presents the biggest celebration of post-classical music yet with a line-up of nine concerts, community events, and a program of legendary repertoire featuring Turning Point Ensemble, Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet and more. Visit MusicOnMain.ca for tickets and details. Runs until Nov. 9.

ART HAISLAKALA: SPOKEN FROM THE HEART Solo jewellery exhibition from Lyle Wilson, a Haisla master artisan and mixed media artist. Opening reception at 7pm at Coastal Peoples Gallery. Runs until Dec. 18.

MAC MILLER American rapper and record producer from Pittsburgh hits the stage in support of The Divine Feminine with special guests Soulection feat. Andrew Power and a set from Clockworkdj. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $40 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beat Street, and Dipt. All ages show. WENDY MACISAAC, MAIRI RANKIN & MAC MORIN Three of Cape Breton’s most respected musicians team up for a triple bill at the Rogue Folk Club. 7pm at St. James Community Hall. Tickets $24 at Red Cat, Highlife, Tapestry Music and RogueFolk.BC.ca NATALIA PARDALIS Classical musician and vocalist celebrates the release of I’m In Love with Fairytales, with special guests The Yarrow Quartet and Elena Bax. 3:30pm at Tom Lee Music. Tickets $20+ at NataliaPardalis.com

COMEDY THE SUNDAY SERVICE The award- winning improv comedy troupe brings their high energy commitment to comedy with a little slapstick shtick, carrying the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip where scenes barrel into tangents and stories smash together creating comedy gold. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.

LIDO Multi-talented Norwegian rapper, record producer and songwriter returns to Vancouver on The Everything Tour, with a special all ages show. Tickets $24.50 at ElectroStub.com

COMEDY BFF CLUB COMEDY The funniest up-and-coming and professional comedians throughout Canada take the stage alongside improv and sketch acts from around the city at this bi-monthly comedy event hosted by Stefan MacNeil, Jenny Toews and Brad Dorion. 7pm at Yagger’s Downtown. Cover is $5. QUEER PROV Don’t let the queer deter you – you don’t have to identify to get it! This not-forprofit society is dedicated to creating a queer community that creates, supports, enjoys and teaches improv. 8pm at XY (1216 Bute).

THEATRE/DANCE SULTANS OF THE STREET A touching and funny tale of colliding worlds featuring the courage and tenacity of children in the face of adversity on the streets of Kolkata, India in this Carousel for Young People production celebrating Diwali. 2pm at Waterfront Theatre. Tickets at CarouselTheatre.ca. Runs until Nov. 13.

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The fine art of raising spirits, with JS Dupuis MICHAEL WHITE @westendervan

When Justin Taylor, founding bar manager at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, resigned from his post in April of this year, his loyal clientele was perhaps less surprised about his departure than about his destination: the Cascade Room. Combined with his previous, seven-year tenure at the Four Seasons’ Yew, he was approaching veteran status as a fixture at fine-dining rooms ensconced within five-star hotels. For whatever reason, he decided to exchange the city centre, seafood towers and celebrity VIPs for Main Street, cheeseburgers and the young aspiring middle class. Taylor’s shoes would not be easily filled: His tireless sociability and mad skills behind the wood (the Girard, a

cocktail he invented for Boulevard prior to its opening in Summer 2014, was named one of the best in the world by renowned spirits authority Gary “Gaz” Regan) had made him, for many, as much a reason to drop in to Boulevard as the food and hyperglamorous dining room. JS (Jean-Sebastien) Dupuis, who succeeded Taylor barely six months ago, clearly was a shrewd choice. Westender readers have voted him Vancouver’s best bartender. Tall and broad-shouldered but soft-spoken and unfailingly polite, the Quebec-born Dupuis arrived at Boulevard in a trajectory somewhat opposite to Taylor’s. After more than a decade in upscale rooms including Bearfoot Bistro and Tableau Bar Bistro, he stepped away from restaurant roles in 2014 to work in sales and promo-

tion for a wine-and-spirits distributor. “It was good,” he says, “but not as great as bartending. I heard the call to come back. I wanted to.” For a less experienced bartender, the demanding responsibilities and luxe environment of Boulevard – which, in addition to being huge (its capacity is almost 250), is open 20 hours per day – would be daunting. For Dupuis, it was like coming home. “I came from ﬁne dining,” he explains. “It’s the style of bartending and service I love most. It’s not for everybody, but I’m very demanding.” Initially, he continues, his goal after leaving sales was “just to be a bartender: punch in, punch out, go home.” But the opportunities and freedoms Boulevard offered him under the ofﬁcial

title of Beverage Director were too good to pass up. “I’m a big spirits nerd, cocktail nerd, beer nerd,” he says, disclosing at another point in the conversation that he has a fridge at home exclusively for his vermouth and amaro collections. “I couldn’t say no to taking over such a beautiful program. It’s the attention to detail, the quality of products we get to work with, the selection I get to use at the bar. I can order more or less whatever I want – if I think an ingredient is cool, I get to use it.” That said, he arrived at Boulevard with caution and humility, knowing he needed to respect the achievements of his predecessor and what the restaurant’s customers still love about them.

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING Continued from page 11 “I didn’t want to be the guy who comes in and says ‘This is my program now!’ and scraps everything. It was already a great cocktail program. “Of course, I want to be able to offer my signature cocktails,” he continues, “but I want to please the clientele as well. I know that if I made a menu only with the drinks I personally enjoy, most of them wouldn’t be popular – and a lot of people would get drunk really, really fast.” (Always in favour of simplicity and letting spirits play the leading role, his go-to drink is “an Old Fashioned, but without the sugar, the bitters and the ice.”) He acknowledges that the Best Bartender accolade validates his instincts. But, being a gentleman in a gentleman’s profession, he insists upon sharing the glory. “The award can’t just go to me,” he states emphatically. “It has to go to the whole team. I’ve only been here for half the year. A lot of great work was done in the six months prior.”

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It seems that David Hawksworth can do no wrong in this city.The much-lauded chef has won numerous accolades for his eponymous restaurant at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia and now seems set to repeat the experience at his newly-opened Nightingale (winner of both our Best New Restaurant and Best Interior Design awards). This vegetable-forward and considerably more relaxed room was designed by the same mind that put together Hawksworth, Alessandro Munge – albeit with a more streamlined approach. No heavy draperies or fabric walls, although there are some lovely chandeliers.The ﬁrst impression is one of airiness, space and a casual ambiance that invites you to sit at the bar and swap life stories with the ﬁrst comer. “It’s more vibrant at Nightingale,” says Hawksworth. “It can turn into a bit of a party in there, which I love.” And while the near-constant buzz in the street-level lobby, with its soaring club-style bar and light-wood surround, might make you think this

is the heart of the operation, upstairs is where the theatre actually takes place.The light wood continues up the stairs to the main dining area, at the back of which is the open kitchen and the massive pizza oven. It’s an eminently adult room, but one that easily welcomes families.The contrast between the heritage accents, like the patterned white subway tile, and the more modern touches (don’t miss the papier mâché taxidermy), are what keep the space fun and the audio hum high. Pizza is one of the six main sections on the menu, and these are not to be missed, thanks to restaurant chef Phil Scarfone and pizzaiolo Guiseppe Cortinovis.The dough here isn’t verace pizza napoletana, but it’s still remarkably thin (instead of the typical Type 00, they use the slightly coarser Type 1 flour), with a slight chew and a dense flavor. Braised beef and gorgonzola plays nicely with red Russian kale, while a roasted mushroom, potato and confit garlic version is lightly topped with fontina. While there is red meat, seafood and chicken on the menu, one section is devoted entirely to vegetables, and it’s a

loving ode to the ﬂavours that live around the Mediterranean. Marinated beets sit over a sumac-infused labneh cheese. Roasted mushrooms are drizzled in brown butter, pecorino and hazelnuts. Braised greens get a lick of heat from some Calabrian chilies. Unlike Hawksworth, the focus here isn’t on wine (although there is a small list of bottles). Here, it’s all about the cocktails and cans, including a cold-brewed coffee-andgin cocktail that’s kept on tap. The house martini is redolent of the overall atmosphere. London Dry gin is mixed with some housemade chamomile and citrus vermouth for a refreshing and surprisingly complex sipper that pairs beautifully with the octopus. It’s a modern Canadian ethos that uses Mediterranean ﬂavours to pack some serious punch. Even the desserts get in on the action, like the red wine-braised prunes with mascarpone and toasted pistachio. “It’s really about serving the every-day food I like to eat on a regular basis,” laughs Hawksworth. W

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It’s been little more than two years since Postmark Brewing opened its massive wooden doors in Railtown, but already the fledgling craft brewery has seen some big changes. Chief among them has been the arrival of Dominic Giraldes, who took over brewing operations close to a year ago. Recipes changed, practices changed, and soon the entire culture of the brewery changed, says Postmark co-founder Nate Rayment. “It was a big transition, for sure,” he says. “In many respects it was like starting all over again.” And those changes have certainly proved to be positive ones. In the past year, Postmark’s business has more than doubled. Postmark brought home its firstever gold medal at the 2016 Canadian Brewing Awards for its Postmark Stout, as well as silver at the recent BC Beer Awards for Postmark Blonde. And beer-savvy Vancouverites have clearly taken notice, as evidenced by Postmark’s first-place win in Westender’s readers’ choice poll for Best Brewery. “We’ve grown immensely since Dom started,” says Rayment. “It’s been a great year for us.” Originally from Northern California, Giraldes moved

north 20 years ago to pursue his love of canoeing, of all things.The longtime homebrewer decided to leave his career in physiotherapy a decade ago and pursue the dream of brewing professionally after what he calls his “mid-life-crisis moment.” Giraldes studied at the American Beer Institute in Vermont and interned with Oregon craft beer pioneer Deschutes before returning to Canada to brew at the now-defunct Taylor’s Crossing Brewpub in North Vancouver, and then Central City. When it comes to Giraldes’ brewing philosophy, he says balance and drinkability are ﬁrst and foremost. “Our beers are sessionable and food-friendly,” he says. “I follow the four-pint rule: the fourth pint should taste as good as the ﬁrst.” Postmark’s beers are indeed approachable and exceptionally well-balanced. While other breweries seem content to jump on the latest trend and release all manner of weirdness in the name of creative expression, Giraldes is more concerned with creating perfect examples of traditional styles. Postmark’s beers are not risky, but they are sublime, and in that sense, they are unique. Part of the reason for Giraldes’ approach is that, unlike other craft breweries, Postmark boasts an attached high-end restaurant, Belgard Kitchen. “The biggest thing that I try to do is not make any one

GOLD: BEST CRAFT BREWERY thing overpowering in the beer,” he says. “It needs to be subtle, even the IPA, so it can be paired with food.” One year and 30 new recipes into his tenure at Postmark, Giraldes says he’s ﬁnally starting to feel settled. “I’m really liking our beers,” he admits, modestly, “but I just want to make them a little bit better.” That dogged perfectionism is apparent in the beer he brews, a result of his kaizen-esque approach to brewing: Giraldes even has his own rating system that he applies to his beers, and rarely praises his own work. “Dom is the most critical person of his beer,” says Rayment. “Without a doubt.” Looking forward, Giraldes says he would like to introduce a barrel-aging program and expand into sour beers. “I think we’ll start playing with things outside the box,” he says. W

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When you declare that all the dishes on your menu are $4.95, the prices on the bill better deliver. But to win Best Cheap Eats in a cutthroat culinary landscape like Vancouver, the food has to be something special, too. At The Famous Warehouse on Granville Street, all the food – from the roasted beet salad to the braised beef dip – is indeed going for less than a ﬁver, but unlike other restaurants that wave the ﬂag at that price point, your meal actually comes on a proper plate, with full table service and a team of Red Seal chefs behind the scenes. “That’s the thing that really blows my mind with our team,” says executive chef Matt Deacon-Evans, when reach by phone at his Montreal location. “Is what we can get done with $4.95.” Deacon-Evans oversees the food program for the entire $4.95 chain, which includes The Famous Warehouse (aka Granville Warehouse, aka El Furniture Warehouse), The Moose, The Dime, Hastings Warehouse, The Factory and The Capitol on Davie, and nine more cheap eats emporiums

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The Famous Warehouse’s Works burger. Dan Toulgoet photo across the country. Coming from a ﬁne-dining background, Deacon-Evans says that when the recession hit in 2008, he and his partners at The Moose saw an opportunity to offer quality pub and comfort food at prices you could afford to spring for every day, and the $4.95 movement was born. “We were just trying to make something interesting,” Deacon-Evans recalls. “We wanted to elevate our food program but at the same time we wanted to make it really accessible. […] We really wanted to create that local place that people could come all the time. At our $4.95 price point, you know, you can come for lunch with your colleagues, dinner with some friends, and then party late night. And we try to make dishes for all that.” Enter pub-style favourites

like maple bacon potato skins and yam fries, healthy choices like the Union Street noodle salad and vegan quinoa with crisp green apple, and late-night winners like the crispy mac ’n’ cheese and best-selling Works burger (boasting premium Alberta beef and a delicious mess of ﬁxings on a toasted brioche bun). Meanwhile, all the food is made to order, and there isn’t a microwave in sight. “I love the cheap eats thing,” Deacon-Evans says. “But we don’t sell cheap food.We’ve decided to sell our food for cheap. And I do take a hit on our margins,” he adds with a laugh, “but our goal was to serve millions, as opposed to gouge the 30 people I have tonight.” W

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Unless you’ve spent weeks cruising street food vendors in Hà N!i, you’ve never had Vietnamese like this before. Light flavours, clean meats, and fresh herbs plated on traditional banana leaf wraps with a notable absence of sticky-sweet hoisin characterize the fare served up at Mr. Red Café on West Broadway. The five-month-old Kitsilano eatery is the second location for Mr. Red Café, run by husband and wife team Hong and Rose Nguyen, after the popularity of their East Hastings canteen demanded an expansion. According to Rose, her menu could be the closest thing to northern Vietnamese street food without the plane ticket. And it’s that authentic taste that keeps her customers coming back. “Because I grew up in a family with three generations of cooks [who] specialized [in] northern Vietnamese cuisine, the love for the food is all the way up here,” she says, motioning to her heart. The Vietnam native and her husband moved to Vancouver in 2012 and saw that most of the Vietnamese food on offer in the city reflected

a more southern palate. “We made the decision that we wanted to maintain our food culture and that we want to have more customers know about the real northern Vietnamese cuisine,” she says. “I’m the new generation, and Hà N!i is still in my heart and everything is still in my mind.The special thing is that I learned this way of cooking from my grandmom and from my mom.” The new restaurant boasts different menu items from its inaugural location, with a focus on dishes specifically from North Vietnam; everything, from the flavours to the methods of cooking, is followed according to their tradition. “If you visited my hometown, you would typically find these dishes on the street,” Rose reveals. That includes the Cha Ca La Vong – a flakey turmeric fish cooked in a hot clay bowl, topped with fish sauce, herbs and a healthy handful of dill – which can only be found on the street of the same name in Vietnam. Other strong dishes include the Bun Cha Ha Noi, a smokey barbequed pork served in garlic chili sauce and soft vegetables; flaked-to-perfection Vietnamese spring rolls with fresh garlic-chili vinegar

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for dipping; and the Nom Xoai Xanh Chua, a sweet and sour green mango salad. And, of course, Rose simply won’t let you skip dessert, the tastiest of which are the mung bean coconut cream or the Che Chuoi, sliced banana served in hot coconut cream with tapioca. “I tell my regular customers that the wish of Mr. Red Café is to become the bridge that connects people from Vietnam to Vancouver,” Rose says. “If you’re going to come here, I recommend going with a full meal: appetizers, main course and dessert, because by doing that you will get a better understanding of what I’m enjoying.”

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Chicha might be a new word rolling off the tongue of Vancouverites but down in Peru it’s a staple of the culture. The traditional beverage – made from grains and fruits – varies depending on the region where it originates, but it’s always made fresh, from scratch and with love. That philosophy is what has built and maintained Vancouver’s Latin Americaninspired Chicha, now three years old and thriving on the corner of Main and Broadway. It’s a trio of women who, with decades of industry experience between them, own and operate the creative and cosy restaurant serving up modern Peruvian tapas. “We ﬁnd Peruvian culture inspiring,” says co-owner and chef Shelome Bouvette. “So, we want to take Peruvian ﬂavours and add a West Coast feel.” Co-owner and chef Allison Flook says when the three sat down to map out their new venture, there was some concern as to how Vancouver would receive them. “In Peru, they eat a lot

Hand-cut, double-cooked fries. A generous ladle-full of ﬂour-based poutine sauce. Cheese curds so young that they squeak. According to La Belle Patate owner Pascal Courmier, those are the elements that make up a true Montreal poutine – and he’s been serving it up in Vancouver since 2009. Habs memorabilia, Canadiens stickers and hockey sticks decorate the poutinerie, an aesthetic Courmier can take credit for. “I’m a Habs fan and a lot of my customers are, too.When we’re open, it’s on a sports channel,” the restaurateur says. The Davie Street poutinerie boasts more than 40 types of the stuff on its menu, with a few added Quebec staples, such as the classic “steamie” hot dog and a Montreal smoked meat sandwich. “If you go to a hockey game in Montreal, you would always have a steamie,” says Courmier. As for the eatery’s main staple, there are more than a few options.There’s the Shepherd’s Pie poutine, the

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of carbs, and in Vancouver, people don’t,” Flook chuckles. But the response has been overwhelmingly positive, particularly in their growing Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, a place coowner Kumiko Umeno says is a network of support. “You don’t see that everywhere in this city, and it’s great,” she says. “The more restaurants in the neighbourhood, the better for everyone.We want this to be a destination.” Umeno handles the front of house, where her innovative cocktails contain some of the best Peruvian ingredients. “We’ve got nine different Piscos on the shelf right now,”

From left: Chicha owners Allison Flook, Shelome Bouvette and Kumiko Umeno. Dan Toulgoet photo she says of the brandy produced in the winemaking regions of Peru and Chile, and popular in their signature Pisco sours. While Chicha’s menu boasts a variety of fare, Bouvette says all the meat is organic and all the seafood is Ocean Wise. Tapas maybe not your thing? Try Chicha’s brunch, for homemade quinoa and honey bread or lomo saltado, available every weekend. And don’t forget happy hour, 5-6pm Mon-Sat and all day Sunday and cocktails, like those delicious Pisco sours are just $6 all day Tuesday. W

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La Belle Patate’s Pascal Cormier and staff. Dan Toulgoet photo Baked Potato poutine, the Italian poutine – the list goes on. But nothing beats the real deal, Courmier contends. “The traditional: the fries, cheese, and gravy straight up is the most popular one by far,” he says. “I’m doing it the most authentic possible way that I know of, and I grew up on that stuff.That’s what a poutine should be.” So, what, pray tell, does that include? “The fries have to be fresh, they have to be homemade fries; the poutine sauce is traditional, so it’s not a chicken gravy or a beef gravy, its traditional poutine sauce as you would get in the majority of places around Quebec; the curd is a cheddar curd and it’s as fresh as we can get it.The fresher the curd, the more it

will squeak,” he advises. “That is what a real, true poutine is.” For those who want to dress up their fries with a little more, La Belle Patate has no lack of options. In addition to their multitude of selections, the restaurant has daily features such as Philly cheesesteak Fridays and ham, bacon, maple syrup poutine on Sundays. And don’t think, after all that poutine, Courmier would let his guests go thirsty. A beer or two will wash it down, including three Quebec based brews: Fin Du Monde, Maudite, and Blanche de Chambly. After all, you can’t have an authentic poutine without the authentic Montreal experience. W

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Michaela Morris, veteran food and drink writer Michael White, restaurant reviewer and columnist Anya Levykh and myself, Robert Mangelsdorf, certified Level 1 Cicerone and BJCP Apprentice (and editor of The Growler, the best craft beer magazine anywhere). So here’s our take on who we think should have won. Bear in mind, these are our own personal opinions, based on no specific criteria whatsoever. Take with a very large grain of salt. –Robert Mangelsdorf, editor

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Cinara 350 West Pender Cinara.ca This year’s winners for most romantic dining spot have a lot going for them, but, for me, romance has always been synonymous with intimacy, whether at a casual or more high-end scale. Owner/chef Lucais Syme has styled Cinara as a “modern European” restaurant, but this small corner room in the ﬁnancial district is really home to some of the best Italian fare (with some pan-European inﬂuences) in the city. Dishes like rabbit and foie gras terrine with almonds and celeriac remoulade are made for sharing,

as are most of the plates on the daily rotating menu. If budget allows, go for the $85 tasting menu, and be treated like a very royal – and famished – guest. A handful of cockails are available, but the small, well-selected and mainly Italian wine list is always full of excellent choices, whether you want to stick to a glass or two, or splurge on a bottle.

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Bestie 105 East Pender Bestie.ca The only place in town to get fantastic currywurst, that Berlin street food staple, Bestie uses locally-made and all-natural sausages as the base for their simple and stunning dishes. The basic currywurst ($9) sees your choice of sausage (go for the classic pork bratwurst) sliced over fries and drizzled with a

smoky curried ketchup that gives the buds a little zing with each bite. Alternatively, go for the sauerkraut combo, with house mustard and German-style potato salad. Did I mention they now have a sausage brunch every weekend?

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Masayoshi 4376 Fraser Masayoshi.ca Not going to a Japanese restaurant while in the city is tantamount to sedition. But forget your casual sushi joints and go to this tiny space on Fraser where each dish explodes with ﬂavour. From the delicate and well-studded chawanmushi to the best dashi I’ve had in years, sitting at the bar and letting chef/owner Masayoshi Baba feed you for a few hours is an experience not to be missed. W

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Angus An, Maenam ChefAngusAn.com If not for his resolute modesty – if he possessed the natural-born instincts for selfpromotion and social fearlessness that have helped make, for instance,Vikram Vij a brand as much as a chef – Angus An would be widely recognized as one of Vancouver’s best and most impactful chefs. But this isn’t, and may never be, his goal: “For me, it’s about ego,” he said in a 2015 Vancouver magazine proﬁle. “I try not to have one.” Since the opening of his ﬂagship Kitsilano restaurant, Maenam, in 2009, An has simply put his head down and gone about the business of forever changing this city’s notion of what represents good, authentic Thai food. As such, he is as important as Vij in terms of elevating a particular cuisine to previously uncharted heights. And the past year has been the most ambitious of An’s career: The arrival of Fat Mao, a noodle shop in Chinatown, and Freebird, an Asian-style rotisserie chicken “shack” at New West’s River Market, doubled

the size of his burgeoning empire. (Longtail Kitchen, a Thai street-food concept that opened at the Market in 2012, rounds out the portfolio.) All of these eateries are affordable and consistently excellent, whether or not An is in the kitchen. So, a message to An: Allow yourself at least a sliver of ego. You’ve earned it.

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Siegel’s Bagels Various locations SiegelsBagels.com My commitment to the religious doctrines of my Jewish heritage is such that any principled synagogue would excommunicate me if I belonged to one. But my cultural and, in some ways, sentimental relationship to the People Who Live to Kvetch is deep and complex, encompassing behaviours as varied and ridiculous as harbouring existential angst because Woody Allen hasn’t made a genuinely classic ﬁlm since 1992, feeling outsized pride about the fact that the backroom architects and enablers of rock ’n’ roll are essentially a roll call of renegade Semites, and being serious beyond reason as to what constitutes a great bagel. And, in my opinion, Siegel’s

purveys the best bagels in Vancouver.When namesake founder Joel Siegel arrived here from Montreal in the late ’80s, our city had never enjoyed access to the superior bagels of his hometown – only the ridiculous donut-shaped bread rolls for which NewYork has yet to apologize.To this day, the properly dense, fragrant, modestly proportioned bagels levered out of Siegel’s’ raging wood-ﬁred ovens are the best I’ve eaten outside of Mile End. Their rosemary-rocksalt bagel (so good that Joel’s daughter, Parise, named her own breakaway mini-chain after them) is a work of genius. Shmear one with one of Siegel’s’ housemade cream cheeses and follow it with a cinnamon-raisin rugolach. Oy!

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My Apartment I didn’t choose whisky; whisky chose me.Throughout a quarter century of legal drinking – the only constant of which has been an unwavering hatred of beer – my tastes have evolved from middling ginand-tonics, to wines of wideranging quality, to Bombay Sapphire served unaccompanied in a frozen martini glass.

And then, roughly a decade ago, I discovered, and fell hard for, whisky in all its permutations, served neat or with a single rock. Fortunately, my love of whisky is catholic enough that I can be as happy nursing a tumbler of Wild Turkey as a heavily peated Islay brand whose bottle commands three figures. Unfortunately, no matter what I might order, drinking whisky in a country where spirits are subject to miserly dispensation laws means the pastime always costs a small fortune.While my friends enjoy filled-to-the-brim $6 pints of a very good craft brew, I struggle not to drain my $10 ounce of Woodford Reserve in less than two minutes. I work in media – you know I can’t afford to do this. (Meanwhile, at a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, I was stunned when a request for some Maker’s Mark brought forth a virtually overflowing rocks glass that required the outlay of a single five-note.) So, increasingly, my imbibing takes place at home.To be clear, there may only be one or two bottles from which to choose, but they will be great bottles. And, relative to going out, the experience will be an unbeatable bargain. W

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R&B Brewing 54 East 4th RAndBBrewing.com When R&B Brewing opened their tap room at East 4th and Quebec earlier this year, it heralded a return to form for one of Vancouver’s OG craft breweries. But with all due respect to R&B, the beer isn’t why it’s my favourite craft beer tasting room. In a short span of time, we’ve seen dozens of breweries open up in Vancouver, and they all seem to follow the same interior design playbook: polished concrete ﬂoors, whitewashed walls and a complete absence of colour. It’s minimalism taken to boring and sterile extremes. Not so, R&B’s tap room. The space oozes personality and comfort.There’s an entire wall of vintage stereo speakers, a bookcase full of old National Geographics to thumb through, a record player inviting you to play DJ. Everything is warm and inviting: even the exposed pipework snaking across the ceiling has been yarnbombed. It’s as cozy and familiar as a ‘70s basement rec room, and it’s easy to spend hours here. It reminds me of Main Street’s much-missed Rumpus Room, but without the threat of catching bedbugs from those sketchy couches. The fact that it is two blocks from Westender HQ is a welcome bonus, as is the pizza, which sets it apart from many kitchen-less craft beer tasting rooms.

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Alibi Room 157 Alexander Alibi.ca In many ways, we can trace Vancouver’s craft beer roots back to the Alibi Room. For more than a decade, the Alibi’s 50 taps (!!!) have proven to be a gateway into craft beer geekdom for many Vancouverites (myself included). There’s always something new to discover here, and with the constantly changing lineup, it’s

pretty much impossible to work your way through their tap list.

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What’s Up? Hot Dog! 2481 East Hastings WhatsUpHotDog.ca Everyone needs a local, and mine is the best damn punk rock baseball hot dog bar in Vancouver.The “Wrigley” is the best Chicago dog this side of Lake Michigan, and it might be the only restaurant with a drum kit in the washroom. ‘Nuf said. W

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BEST BC WINERY

Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars BlueMountainWinery.com I am basing my choice of best BC winery on consistency from year to year as well as across the range.The Mavety family has been growing grapes for more than 40 years and making wine under the Blue Mountain label for 25 of those. The overall quality is always very high and prices have remained extremely reasonable. Viticulture and winemaking are now in the hands of Matt Mavety who carries on crafting unpretentious wines and allows the purity of fruit shine. In terms of the range, Blue Mountain’s Pinot Blanc ($17.90) is one of the best BC values and its Gamay ($22.90) is a go-to for a light, bright local red. It’s the traditionalmethod sparkling wine program that really seals the deal though.You can’t beat the non-vintage Gold Label Brut for $23.90. Even more impressive, the Brut Rosé will stand up to any sparkling rosé from around the world and likely trump it (current release 2012: $32.90).The absolute cream of the crop is the gorgeously elegant Blanc de Blancs. Made from 100 per cent Chardonnay and aged for a lengthy ﬁve and a half years on the lees, the recently released 2009 vintage is complex, savoury and an absolute pleasure to drink for only $39.90.

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BEST SOMMELIER

Lisa Haley, L’Abattoir 217 Carrall Labattoir.ca A year ago, Lisa Haley left Boulevard and a list of 600 wines, to assume the role of wine director at L’Abattoir. Working with a much more compact selection (maximum 100 labels), Haley states, “Every wine on the list has to serve a purpose.” I would happily order any bottle from her list. It’s wellbalanced in terms of price and styles.While she focuses on France, mirroring the roots of the cuisine, Haley also offers unique picks from Italy, Austria, California, BC and beyond. But Haley has set a challenge for herself, favouring smaller producers that not all diners will be familiar with. She’s there to help, though.Want a Pinot Noir? No problem! It might not be from that California producer you know but Haley may introduce you to the excellent Hamilton Russell from South Africa. Her strategy is to listen to her customers then deliver a wine they’ll enjoy at a price they’re comfortable with.

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She also places much importance on staff training, doing regular tastings with her team. She has an eye for good people and was able to lure up-and-coming talent Kristi Linneboe from Maenam. As assistant sommelier, Linneboe says Haley listens to her ideas and encourages her input while constantly challenging her. “Lisa is the most inspirational woman I have ever worked with and so supportive in every way,” she says.

BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT

La Quercia 3689 West 4th LaQuercia.ca When it comes to Italian restaurants, La Quercia nails it for atmosphere, food and wine list.The room is small, intimate and ideal for a special date while the service is unfussy and unobtrusive yet proper. I’d argue it’s the most authentic Italian cuisine you can find in Vancouver. Owner and chef Adam Pegg has a magic touch with pasta and risotto, cooking them truly al dente – meaning firm, rather soft and mushy. He uses just a few simple ingredients but manages to combine them in such a way that you want for no more. Each dish is flavourful, balanced and genuine. The small but well-curated wine list is exclusively Italian (minus the Dom Pérignon and Krug Champagne for which they are forgiven). Requisite classics like Amarone, Barolo and Brunello are well-represented.These are rounded out with excellent quality examples

of familiar favourites Prosecco (Nino Franco) and Pinot Grigio (Elena Walch). And for those who like to venture off the beaten track, you can ﬁnd gems such as Sergio Mottura’s Grechetto from the region of Lazio or Elizabetta Foradori’s Teroldego from Alto Adige. Besides best Italian restaurant, I’d also vote for La Quercia as best restaurant overall AND most romantic. W

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And the winners are...

We asked our readers to vote for their favourite places to eat and drink inVancouver and they responded with enthusiasm! This year, more than 15,000 votes were cast in close to 140 categories. Let our winners list be your guide to discovering new fouvourites while celebrating all the places you know and love. 2. THE TEMPLETON 1087 Granville TheTempleton.ca 3. RED WAGON 2296 East Hastings Redwagoncafe.com

BEST OVERALL

BEST RESTAURANT 1. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. HAWKSWORTH 801 West Georgia HawksworthRestaurant.com T-3. ROYAL DINETTE 905 Dunsmuir RoyalDinette.ca T-3. GLOWBAL 590 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com BEST NEW RESTAURANT OF 2016 1. NIGHTINGALE

1017 West Hastings HawkNightingale.com 2. KISSA TANTO 263 East Pender KissaTanto.com 3. OSTERIA SAVIO VOLPE 615 Kingsway SavioVolpe.com

BEST CHEF 1. DAVID HAWKSWORTH (HAWKSWORTH) 801 West Georgia HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. ALEX CHEN (BOULEVARD) 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. TREVOR BIRD (FABLE KITCHEN) 1944 West 4th FableKitchen.ca BEST BARTENDER 1. JS DUPUIS (BOULEVARD) 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. KAITLYN STEWART (ROYAL DINETTE) 905 Dunsmuir RoyalDinette.ca 3. SHAUN LAYTON Formerly of Juniper, L’Abattoir BEST SOMMELIER 1. BRYANT MAO, HAWKSWORTH 801 West Georgia HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. JASON YAMASAKI, JOEY RESTAURANTS Multiple locations JoeyRestaurants.com

3. DAVID STANSFIELD, VANCOUVER URBAN WINERY 55 Dunlevy VancouverUrbanWinery.com

BEST LATE NIGHT EATS 1. THE NAAM 2724 West 4th TheNaam.com T-2. GRINGO 27 Blood Alley Square GringoGastown.com T-2. DENNY’S Multiple locations Dennys.com 3. LUCY’S EAST SIDE DINER 2708 Main LucysEastSideDiner.com

3. ITALIAN KITCHEN 1037 Alberni GlowbalGroup.com

MOST ROMANTIC 1. BOULEVARD

BEST SERVICE 1. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. HAWKSWORTH 801 West Georgia HawksworthRestaurant.com 3. BLUE WATER CAFÉ 1095 Hamilton BlueWaterCafe.net

845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. CHAMBAR 568 Beatty Chambar.com 3. HAWKSWORTH 801 West Georgia HawksworthRestaurant.com

BEST BREAKFAST 1. CAFÉ MEDINA 780 Richards MedinaCafe.com 2. YOLK’S Multiple locations Yolks.ca 3. JAM CAFÉ 556 Beatty JamCafes.com/vancouver

801 West Georgia HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. BLUE WATER CAFÉ 1095 Hamilton BlueWaterCafe.net

BEST BRUNCH 1. CAFÉ MEDINA

780 Richards MedinaCafe.com 2. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. GLOWBAL 590 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com

BEST CASUAL DINING 1. CACTUS CLUB CAFÉ Multiple locations CactusClubCafe.com 2. TACOFINO Multiple locations Tacofino.com

BEST FINE DINING 1. HAWKSWORTH

BEST CHEAP EATS 1. THE FAMOUS WAREHOUSE 989 Granville WarehouseGroup.ca 2. LA TAQUERIA Multiple locations LaTaqueria.com 3. TACOFINO Multiple locations Tacofino.com

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GOLD WINNER

BEST DINER ON THE WEST SIDE The owners and staff thank you for 47 years of support. WIth your commitment, we continue to succeed.

2649 West Broadway • 604-733-7717 • thesunshinediner.com

BEST DESSERT 1. MOSQUITO 32 Water MosquitoDessert.com 2. THIERRY CAFÉ 1059 Alberni ThierryChocolates.com 3. THOMAS HAAS 2539 West Broadway ThomasHaas.com BEST LOCALLY SOURCED MENU 1. FABLE KITCHEN

1944 West 4th FableKitchen.ca 2. FORAGE 1300 Robson ForageVancouver.com T-3. ROYAL DINETTE 905 Dunsmuir RoyalDinette.ca T-3. BURDOCK & CO. 2702 Main BurdockAndCo.com

BEST GLUTEN-FREE OPTIONS 1. GLUTEN FREE EPICUREAN

BEST DINER/GREASY SPOON 1. FABLE DINER 151 East Broadway FableDiner.com

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633 East 15th GlutenFreeEpicurean.ca 2. NUBA Multiple locations Nuba.ca 3. MEET ON MAIN 4288 Main MeetOnMain.com

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BEST TAKE-OUT/ DELIVERY – WEST SIDE

Good Food. Good Drinks. Good Friends.Year Round.

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BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH

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BEST STEAKHOUSE

BEST SEAFOOD & BEST WEST COAST

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Big, bold, and unapologetically chaotic. This is where stripped down North American cuisine lives and breathes, taking ingredients from across the continent.

Simple ingredients creating the ultimate in fresh, classic Italian dishes. It’s familiar, offering time tested favorites and a touch of European luxury.

The magic of a classic steakhouse, but with a contemporary twist. There’s a reason we sell more steak than any other restaurant in Vancouver.

The freshest ﬁsh, succulent shellﬁsh, oysters nestled in beds of ice and the most colossal seafood towers are here. A true west coast dining experience.

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING BEST WINE LIST 1. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. CHAMBAR 568 Beatty Chambar.com 3. BLUE WATER CAFÉ 1095 Hamilton BlueWaterCafe.net

BEST WORKING LUNCH 1. MIKU 200 Granville MikuRestaurant.com 2. CACTUS CLUB CAFÉ Multiple locations CactusClubCafe.com 3. TABLEAU BAR BISTRO 1181 Melville TableauBarBistro.com

BEST COCKTAIL PROGRAM 1. BOULEVARD

BEST FOOD TRUCK 1. TACOFINO Dunsmuir & Burrard Tacofino.com 2. VIJ’S RAILWAY EXPRESS Georgia & Thurlow VijsRailwayExpress.com 3. MOM’S GRILLED CHEESE Howe & Robson Twitter.com/momsgrilledchz

845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. THE KEEFER BAR 135 Keefer TheKeeferBar.com 3. THE DIAMOND 6 Powell Di6mond.com

BEST CRAFT BEER SELECTION 1. CRAFT BEER MARKET

85 West 1st Ave CraftBeerMarket.ca 2. ALIBI ROOM 157 Alexander Alibi.ca 3. BIERCRAFT Multiple Locations Biercraft.com

BEST PATIO 1. TAP AND BARREL, OLYMPIC VILLAGE 1 Athletes Way TapAndBarrel.com 2. JOE FORTES 777 Thurlow JoeFortes.ca 3.CACTUSCLUB(ENGLISHBAY) 1790 Beach CactusClubCafe.com BEST RESTAURANT TO TAKE VISITORS 1. MIKU

200 Granville MikuRestaurant.com 2. SEASON’S IN THE PARK Queen Elizabeth Park VancouverDine.com/seasons 3. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca

BEST VIEW 1. MIKU 200 Granville MikuRestaurant.com 2. SEASONS IN THE PARK Queen Elizabeth Park VancouverDine.com/seasons 3.CACTUSCLUB(ENGLISHBAY) 1790 Beach CactusClubCafe.com BEST INTERIOR DESIGN 1. NIGHTINGALE 1017 West Hastings HawkNightingale.com 2. GLOWBAL 590 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com 3. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca BEST TAKE OUT/ DELIVERY 1. JUKE

182 Keefer JukeFriedChicken.com 2. PEACEFUL RESTAURANT Multiple locations PeacefulRestaurant.com 3. NOSH 510 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com

BEST FOOD/DRINK EVENT 1. VANCOUVER WINE FEST

VanWineFest.ca 2. DINE OUT VANCOUVER DineOutVancouver.com 3. BREWERY AND THE BEAST BreweryAndTheBeast.com

BEST GROCERY DELIVERY/CSA 1. SPUD

Spud.ca 2. SAVE ON FOODS SaveOnFoods.com 3. STONGS Stongs.com

BEST OFFICE LUNCH DELIVERY 1. FOODEE

Food.ee 2. ENROOT EnrootMeals.com 3. SAVOURY CHEF SavouryChef.com

BEST CATERING T-1. RAILTOWN CAFE & CATERING

397 Railway RailtownCatering.ca T-1. LAZY GOURMET 1605 West 5th LazyGourmet.ca 2. CULINARY CAPERS 545 West 3rd CulinaryCapers.com 3. COCKTAILS & CANAPÉS 686 Powell CocktailsAndCanapes.ca

BEST COOKING SCHOOL 1. THE DIRTY APRON COOKING SCHOOL

540 Beatty DirtyApron.com 2. PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF CULINARY ARTS 101-1505 West 2nd PICAChef.com 3. VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1155 East Broadway VCC.ca

INTERNATIONAL

BEST AFRICAN 1. SIMBA’S GRILL 825 Denman SimbasGrill.com 2. HARAMBE 2149 Commercial Harambes.com

3. JAMBO GRILL 3219 Kingsway JamboGrill.ca

BEST CANADIAN

1. OAKWOOD 2741 West 4th TheOakwood.ca 2. EDIBLE CANADA 1596 Johnston EdibleCanada.com 3. ANNALENA 1809 West 1st Annalena.ca

BEST CARIBBEAN 1. THE REEF Multiple locations TheReefRestaurant.com 2. CALABASH 428 Carrall CalabashBistro.com 3. RIDDIM AND SPICE 1945 Commercial 604-215-9252 BEST CHINESE 1. KIRIN Multiple locations KirinRestaurants.com 2. PEACEFUL RESTAURANT Multiple locations PeacefulRestaurant.com 3. BAO BEI 163 Keefer Bao-Bei.ca BEST EASTERN EUROPEAN 1. UKRAINIAN VILLAGE

815 Denman UkrainianVillage.wixsite.com/ Canada 2. ALPEN CLUB 4875 Victoria VancouverAlpenClub.ca 3. ACACIA FILLO BAR 1103 Denman AcaciaFilloBar.com

BEST FRENCH 1. LE CROCODILE 909 Burrard LeCrocodileRestaurant.com 2. LES FAUX BOURGEOIS 663 East 15th LesFauxBourgeois.com 3. L’ABATTOIR 217 Carrall LAbattoir.ca BEST GREEK 1. STEPHO’S

1124 Davie 604-683-2555 2. THE GREEK BY ANATOLI 1043 Mainland TheGreekByAnatoli.com 3. APOLLONIA 1830 Fir ApolloniaGreekRestaurant.com

BEST INDIAN 1. VIJ’S 3106 Cambie Vijs.ca 2. INDIAN BISTRO 1157 Davie IndiaBistro.ca 3. MAURYA INDIAN CUISINE 1643 West Broadway NOW CLOSED BEST ITALIAN 1. ITALIAN KITCHEN 1037 Alberni GlowbalGroup.com 2. ASK FOR LUIGI 305 Alexander AskForLuigi.com 3. CIN CIN 1154 Robson CinCin.net

BEST JAPANESE 1. MIKU 200 Granville MikuRestaurant.com 2. TOJO’S 1133 West Broadway Tojos.com 3. MINAMI 1118 Mainland MinamiRestaurant.com BEST KOREAN

1. SURA 1518 Robson SuraKoreanCuisine.com 2. DAMSO 867 Denman Damso.ca 3. SO HYANG 6345 Fraser SoHyang.ca

BEST LATIN AMERICAN 1. CHICHA 136 East Broadway ChichaRestaurant.com 2. CUCHILLO 261 Powell Cuchillo.ca 3. BARU LATINO 2535 Alma BaruLatino.com

BEST... Overall Late Night Eats (Gold) West Side Late Night Eats (Gold) Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant (Silver) Vegan/Vegetarian Speciality (Silver)

THANK YOU! 2724 West 4th Avenue (@ Stephens Street) • 604-738-7151 • www.thenaam.com

BEST MEXICAN 1. LAS MARGARITAS 1999 West 4th LasMargaritas.com 2. LA MEZCALERIA 1622 Commercial LaMezcaleria.ca 3. LA TAQUERIA Multiple locations LaTaqueria.com BEST MIDDLE EASTERN 1. NUBA Multiple locations Nuba.ca 2. EAST IS EAST Multiple locations EastIsEast.ca 3. THE AFGHAN HORSEMEN 1833 Anderson AfghanHorsemen.com BEST SINGAPOREAN/ MALAYSIAN/ INDONESIAN/FILIPINO 1. BANANA LEAF

Multiple locations BananaLeaf-Vancouver.com 2. KAYA MALAY BISTRO 1063 West Broadway KayaMalay.com 3. TROPIKA 2975 Cambie TropikaVancouver.com

BEST SPANISH 1. BODEGA ON MAIN 1014 Main BodegaOnMain.ca 2. ESPANA 1118 Denman EspanaRestaurant.ca 3. THE SARDINE CAN 26 Powell TheSardineCan.ca BEST THAI 1. MAENAM 1938 West 4th Maenam.ca 2. SALA THAI 102-888 Burrard SalaThai.ca 3. SAWASDEE 4250 Main SawasdeeThaiRestaurant.com

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BEST VIETNAMESE 1. MR. RED CAFÉ Multiple locations 604-710-9515 2. AHN + CHI 3388 Main AnhAndChi.com 3. PHNOM PENH 244 East Georgia 604-682-5777 BEST WEST COAST 1. COAST 1054 Alberni GlowbalGroup.com 2. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. BLUE WATER CAFÉ 1095 Hamilton BlueWaterCafe.net FOOD RETAIL

BEST BAKERY 1. BEAUCOUP BAKERY & CAFÉ

2150 Fir BeaucoupBakery.com 2. PUREBREAD 159 West Hastings Purebread.ca T-3. COBS BREADS Multiple locations CobsBread.com T-3. THOMAS HAAS Various locations ThomasHaas.com

BEST BUTCHER 1. WINDSOR QUALITY MEATS 4110 Main WindsorQualityMeats.com 2. JACKSON MEATS 13 West 6th JacksonMeat.com T-3. ARMANDO’S FINEST QUALITY MEATS Granville Island Market ArmandosMeats.com T-3. SAVE ON MEATS 43 West Hastings SaveOnMeats.ca

BEST CHEESE SHOP 1. LES AMIS DU FROMAGE Multiple locations BuyCheese.com 2. BENTON BROTHERS FINE CHEESE Multiple locations BentonsCheese.com 3. LA GROTTA DEL FORMAGGIO 1791 Commercial LGDF.ca BEST COFFEE SHOP 1. CAFFÈ ARTIGIANO

Multiple locations CaffeArtigiano.com 2. STARBUCKS Multiple locations Starbucks.ca 3. 49TH PARALLEL Multiple locations 49thCoffee.com

BEST DELI 1. OYAMA SAUSAGE CO. Granville Island Public Market OyamaSausage.ca/ T-2. LA GROTTA DEL FORMAGGIO 1791 Commercial LGDF.ca T-2. SANTA BARBARA MARKET 1322 Commercial No website 3. BOSA FOODS 956 Commercial BosaFoods.com BEST FARMERS’ MARKET 1. TROUT LAKE

Lakewood Dr. & East 13th EatLocal.org/Markets/ Trout-Lake 2. KITSILANO 2690 Larch EatLocal.org/Markets/ Kitsilano 3. WEST END 1100 Comox EatLocal.org/Markets/West-End

BEST FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET 1. KIN’S FARM MARKET Various locations KinsFarmMarket.com

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2. GRANVILLE ISLAND PUBLIC MARKET GranvilleIsland.com/PublicMarket 3. DONALD’S MARKET Various locations DonaldsMarket.com

T-2. WELL SEASONED 117-20353 64th Ave. WellSeasoned.ca 3. THE GOURMET WAREHOUSE 1340 East Hastings GourmetWarehouse.ca

BEST GLUTEN-FREE BAKERY 1. LEMONADE GLUTEN FREE BAKERY

BEST STALL AT GRANVILLE ISLAND MARKET 1. OYAMA SAUSAGE CO.

3385 Cambie LemonadeBakery.ca 2. THE GLUTEN FREE EPICUREAN 633 East 15th GlutenFreeEpicurean.ca 3. EAST VILLAGE BAKERY 2166 East Hastings EastVillageBakery.com

BEST GROCERY STORE 1. WHOLE FOODS Various locations WholeFoodsMarket.com 2. DONALD’S MARKET Various locations DonaldsMarket.com 3. CHOICES MARKET Various locations ChoicesMarkets.com BEST SEAFOOD SHOP T-1. THE FISH COUNTER 3825 Main TheFishCounter.com T-1. FINEST AT SEA Various locations FinestAtSea.com 2. SEAFOOD CITY Granville Island Market SeafoodCityGI.com T-3. THE DAILY CATCH Various locations Facebook.com/DailyCatch T-3. LOBSTER MAN Granville Island Market LobsterMan.com BEST SPECIALTY FOOD STORE 1. WHOLE FOODS

Various locations WholeFoodsMarket.com T-2. BOSA FOODS 956 Commercial BosaFoods.com

OyamaSausage.ca/ 2. LEE’S DONUTS 604-685-4021 T-3. THE LOBSTER MAN LobsterMan.com T-3. THE STOCK MARKET TheStockMarket.ca

SPECIALTY ITEMS

BEST BAGEL 1. SOLLY’S Various locations SollysBagelry.com 2. SIEGEL’S BAGELS Various locations SiegelsBagels.com 3. ROSEMARY ROCKSALT Various locations RosemaryRocksalt.com BEST BARBECUE 1. MEMPHIS BLUES Various locations MemphisBluesBBQ.com 2. DIXIE’S 337 East Hastings MeatAtDixies.com 3. BUCKSTOP 833 Denman Buckstop.ca BEST BURGER 1. VERA’S BURGER SHACK Various locations VerasBurgerShack.com 2. ROMER’S Various locations RomersBurgerBar.com T-3. THE CANNIBAL CAFÉ Various locations CannibalCafe.ca T-3. WHITE SPOT Various locations WhiteSpot.ca

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING BEST CHOCOLATE 1. THOMAS HAAS Various locations ThomasHaas.com 2. BETA5 CHOCOLATES 413 Industrial Beta5.MyShopify.com 3. THIERRY 1059 Alberni ThierryChocolates.com

BEST DONUT 1. CARTEMS DONUTERIE Various locations Cartems.com 2. LUCKY’S Various locations LuckysDoughnuts.com 3. TIM HORTONS Various locations TimHortons.com

BEST CROISSANT 1. THOMAS HAAS

BEST FISH & CHIPS 1. GO FISH

Various locations ThomasHaas.com 2. BEAUCOUP BAKERY & CAFÉ 2150 Fir BeaucoupBakery.com T-3. BEL CAFÉ 801 West Georgia BelCafe.com T-3. FAUBOURG Various locations Faubourg.com

BEST CUP OF TEA

1. URBAN TEA MERCHANT 1070 West Georgia UrbanTea.com 2. SECRET GARDEN TEA COMPANY 2138 West 40th SecretGardenTea.com 3. DAVIDSTEA Various locations DavidsTea.com

BEST DIM SUM 1. KIRIN Various locations KirinRestaurants.com 2. DYNASTY SEAFOOD 777 West Broadway Dynasty-Restaurant.ca 3. SUN SUI WAH 3888 Main SunSuiWah.ca BEST DONAIR 1. DONAIR DUDE

Various locations DonairDude.com 2. BABYLON CAFÉ Various locations BabylonCafe.ca 3. BEST FALAFEL 2013 Commercial BestFalafel.ca

2. THE JUICE TRUCK Various locations TheJuiceTruck.ca T-3. GLORY JUICE CO. Various locations GloryJuiceCo.com T-3. BOOSTER JUICE Various locations BoosterJuice.com

1505 West 1st No website 2. PAJO’S Various locations Pajos.com 3. THE FISH COUNTER 3825 Main TheFishCounter.com

BEST PASTA 1. ASK FOR LUIGI 305 Alexander AskForLuigi.com 2. ITALIAN KITCHEN Various locations GlowbalGroup.com/ ItalianKitchen 3. CHARLIE’S LITTLE ITALIAN 2610 Main CharliesLittleItalian.com

BEST GELATERIA 1. BELLA GELATERIA

BEST PHO 1. THAI SON

Various locations BellaGelateria.com 2. MARIO’S GELATI 88 East 1st MariosGelati.com 3. LA CASA GELATO 1033 Venables LaCasaGelato.com

Various locations ThaiSon.ca 2. MR. RED CAFÉ Various locations 604-710-9515 3. PHO GOODNESS Various locations PhoGoodness.com

BEST HOT DOG 1. JAPADOG

BEST PIZZA 1. VIA TEVERE

Various locations Japadog.com 2. WHAT’S UP? HOT DOG! 2481 East Hastings WhatsUpHotDog.ca 3. COSTCO 605 Expo Costco.ca

1190 Victoria ViaTeverePizzeria.com 2. NICLI ANTICA 62 East Cordova NicliPizzeria.com 3. PIZZERIA FARINA 915 Main PizzeriaFarina.com

BEST ICE CREAM 1. EARNEST ICE CREAM Various locations EarnestIceCream.com 2. RAIN OR SHINE Various locations RainOrShineIceCream.com 3. SOFT PEAKS 25 Alexander SoftPeaks.ca

BEST PIZZA BY THE SLICE 1. PIZZA GARDEN

BEST JUICE/SMOOTHIE 1. JUGO JUICE Various locations JugoJuice.com

Various locations PizzaGarden.ca 2. UNCLE FATIH’S Various locations UncleFatih.com 3. STRAIGHT OUTTA BROOKLYN 350 Robson StraightOuttaBrooklynPizza.com

BEST POUTINE 1. LA BELLE PATATE 1215 Davie WestCoastPoutine.wixsite.com/ LaBellePatate

2. FRITZ EUROPEAN FRY HOUSE 718 Davie FritzEuropeanFryHouse.com 3. SMOKE’S POUTINERIE Various locations SmokesPoutinerie.com

BEST RAMEN 1. KINTARO 788 Denman No website 2. RAMEN JINYA Various locations Jinya-RamenBar.com 3. HOKKAIDO RAMEN SANTOUKA 1690 Robson Santouka.co.jp/en BEST SEAFOOD 1. COAST

1054 Alberni GlowbalGroup.com/Coast 2. BLUE WATER CAFÉ 1095 Hamilton BlueWaterCafe.net 3. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca

BEST SOUP 1. BURGOO Various locations Burgoo.ca 2. LIQUIDS + SOLIDS Various locations LiquidsAndSolids.ca 3. THE STOCK MARKET Granville Island Market TheStockMarket.ca BEST STEAK 1. BLACK AND BLUE 1032 Alberni GlowbalGroup.com/BlackBlue 2. THE KEG STEAKHOUSE Various locations KegSteakhouse.com 3. GOTHAM STEAKHOUSE 615 Seymour GothamSteakhouse.com BEST TACOS 1. TACOFINO

Various locations Tacofino.com 2. LA TAQUERIA Various locations LaTaqueria.com

3. SAL Y LIMON 701 Kingsway SalYLimon.ca

BEST TAPAS 1. ESPAÑA 1118 Denman EspanaRestaurant.ca 2. BODEGA ON MAIN 1014 Main BodegaOnMain.ca 3. THE SARDINE CAN 26 Powell TheSardineCan.ca BEST VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN 1. THE ACORN

3995 Main TheAcornRestaurant.ca 2. THE NAAM 2724 West 4th TheNaam.com 3. HEIRLOOM 1509 West 12th HeirloomRestaurant.ca

BEST WAFFLES 1. CAFÉ MEDINA 780 Richards MedinaCafe.com 2. NERO BELGIAN WAFFLE BAR Various locations NeroWaffleBar.com 3. CHAMBAR 568 Beatty Chambar.com

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1836 Ontario St, Vancouver, at 3rd Ave. 604-876-3620

PLACES TO DRINK BEST PUB 1. DARBY’S PUBLIC HOUSE 2001 Macdonald Darbys.pub T-2. DUBH LINN GATE 1601 Main DubhLinnGate.com T-2. THE CASCADE ROOM 2616 Main TheCascade.ca 3. JOHNNIE FOX’S IRISH SNUG 1033 Granville JohnnieFox.ca

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING BEST COCKTAIL LOUNGE 1. GERARD LOUNGE

845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. THE KEEFER BAR 135 Keefer TheKeeferBar.com T-3. PROHIBITION 801 West Georgia ProhibitionHG.com T-3. UVA WINE & COCKTAIL BAR 900 Seymour UvaVancouver.com

BEST DIVE BAR 1. THE CAMBIE

300 Cambie CambiePubs.com/CambieGastown 2. THE COBALT TheCobalt.ca 3. JACKALOPE’S NEIGHBOURHOOD DIVE 2257 East Hastings JackalopesDive.com

BEST SPORTS BAR 1. SCORE ON DAVIE

1262 Davie ScoreOnDavie.com 2. THE SHARK CLUB 180 West Georgia SharkClub.com T-3. RED CARD SPORTS BAR + EATERY 560 Smithe RedCardSportsBar.ca T-3. THE PINT PUBLIC HOUSE 455 Abbott ThePint.ca/Vancouver

BEST CRAFT BEER TASTING ROOM 1. BRASSNECK

2148 Main Brassneck.ca 2. 33 ACRES BREWING COMPANY 15 West 8th 33AcresBrewing.com 3. R&B BREWING 54 East 4th RAndBBrewing.com

BEST CRAFT BREWERY 1. POSTMARK BREWING 55 Dunlevy PostmarkBrewing.com 2. FOUR WINDS BREWING COMPANY 7355 72 St., Delta FourWindsBrewing.ca T-3. BRASSNECK 2148 Main Brassneck.ca T-3. 33 ACRES 15 West 8th 33AcresBrewing.com BEST HAPPY HOUR 1. JOE FORTES 777 Thurlow JoeFortes.ca 2. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. GLOWBAL 590 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com/Glowbal BEST LOCAL DISTILLERY T-1. LONG TABLE

1451 Hornby LongTableDistillery.com T-1. ODD SOCIETY SPIRITS 725 Powell OddSocietySpirits.com 2. YALETOWN DISTILLING COMPANY 1132 Hamilton YTDistilling.com 3. SONS OF VANCOUVER 1431 Crown, North Vancouver SonsOfVancouver.ca

BEST BC WINERY 1. BURROWING OWL BOVWine.ca 2. MISSION HILL MissionHillWinery.com 3. QUAILS’ GATE QuailsGate.com BEST WHISKEY SELECTION 1. SHEBEEN WHISK(E)Y LOUNGE 212 Carrall Shebeen.ca

2. FETS WHISKEY KITCHEN 1230 Commercial WhiskyKitchen.ca 3. THE POURHOUSE 162 Water PourhouseVancouver.com

BEST LIQUOR STORE 1. LEGACY LIQUOR STORE 1633 Manitoba LegacyLiquorStore.com 2. BC LIQUOR STORE 5555 Cambie location BCLiquorStores.com 3. LIBERTY WINE MERCHANTS Various locations LibertyWineMerchants.com WEST END (INCLUDING ROBSON)

BEST RESTAURANT 1. BOULEVARD

845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. LE CROCODILE 909 Burrard LeCrocodileRestaurant.com 3. TAVOLA 1829 Robson TavolaVancouver.com

BEST BAR 1. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 2. LOBBY LOUNGE AT FAIRMONT PACIFIC RIM 1038 Canada Place LobbyLoungeRawBar.com 3. SCORE ON DAVIE 1262 Davie ScoreOnDavie.com BEST BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH 1. FORAGE

1300 Robson ForageVancouver.com 2. DENNY’S Various locations Dennys.ca 3. JOE’S GRILL Various locations Joes-Grill.ca

BEST DINER/GREASY SPOON 1. JOE’S GRILL Various locations Joes-Grill.ca 2. DENNY’S Various locations Dennys.ca 3. HAMBURGER MARY’S 1202 Davie 604-687-1293

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH 1. TABLEAU BAR BISTRO 1181 Melville TableauBarBistro.com 2. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. CACTUS CLUB CAFÉ Various locations CactusClubCafe.com BEST PATIO 1. CACTUS CLUB CAFÉ (ENGLISH BAY) 1790 Beach CactusClubCafe.com 2. JOE FORTES 777 Thurlow JoeFortes.ca 3. BEACH BAY CAFÉ AND PATIO 1193 Denman BeachBayCafe.com BEST TAKE-OUT/ DELIVERY 1. STEPHO’S

1124 Davie 604-683-2555 2. HON’S WUN-TUN HOUSE Various locations Hons.ca 3. JUDGE’S INDIAN CUISINE 1188 Davie JudgesIndianCuisine

BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS 1. BUCKSTOP 833 Denman Buckstop.ca 2. ESPAÑA 1118 Denman EspanaRestaurant.ca 3. DENNY’S Various locations Dennys.ca

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING BEST HAPPY HOUR 1. JOE FORTES 777 Thurlow JoeFortes.ca 2. BOULEVARD 845 Burrard BoulevardVancouver.ca 3. TABLEAU BAR BISTRO 1181 Melville TableauBarBistro.com DOWNTOWN (INCLUDING YALETOWN AND GASTOWN)

BEST RESTAURANT

1. BLUE WATER CAFE 1095 Hamilton BlueWaterCafe.net 2. ROYAL DINETTE 905 Dunsmuir RoyalDinette.ca 3. CHAMBAR 568 Beatty Chambar.com

BEST BAR 1. UVA WINE & COCKTAIL BAR

900 Seymour UvaVancouver.com 2. ALIBI ROOM 157 Alexander Alibi.ca 3. WEST OAK 1035 Mainland WestOakVancouver.com

BEST BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH 1. CAFE MEDINA

780 Richards MedinaCafe.com 2. JAM CAFÉ 556 Beatty JamCafes.com/Vancouver 3. CATCH 122 122 West Hastings Catch122.ca

BEST DINER/GREASY SPOON 1. THE TEMPLETON

1087 Granville TheTempleton.ca T-2. SAVE ON MEATS 43 West Hastings SaveOnMeats.ca T-2. THE ELBOW ROOM 560 Davie No website 3. DEACON’S CORNER Various locations DeaconsCorner.ca

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH 1. GLOWBAL

590 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com/Glowbal 2. MEAT & BREAD Various locations MeatAndBread.ca T-3. BAO DOWN 12 Powell BaoDown.net T-3. CACTUS CLUB CAFÉ Various locations CactusClubCafe.com

BEST TAKE-OUT/ DELIVERY 1. TACOFINO BURRITO BAR

15 West Cordova Tacofino.com 2. NOSH 510 West Georgia GlowbalGroup.com/Nosh 3. BAO DOWN 12 Powell BaoDown.net

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BEST PATIO 1. THE KEG STEAKHOUSE (YALETOWN) 1011 Mainland KegSteakhouse.com 2. CHILL WINSTON 3 Alexander ChillWinston.com 3. ANCORA 1600 Howe AncoraDining.com BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS 1. CHAMBAR 568 Beatty Chambar.com 2. PIDGIN 350 Carrall PidginVancouver.com 3. DENNY’S Various locations Dennys.ca BEST HAPPY HOUR 1. FANNY BAY OYSTER BAR & SHELLFISH MARKET

762 Cambie FannyBayOysters.com 2. THE FLYING PIG Various locations TheFlyingPigVan.com 3. HAPA IZAKAYA Various locations HapaIzakaya.com

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BEST RESTAURANT 1. BISTRO WAGON ROUGE 1869 Powell BistroWagonRouge.com 2. ASK FOR LUIGI 305 Alexander AskForLuigi.com 3. VIA TEVERE 1190 Victoria ViaTeverePizzeria.com BEST BAR

1. THE KEEFER BAR 135 Keefer TheKeeferBar.com T-2. CROWBAR 646 Kingsway CrowbarEastVan.com T-2. THE SHAMEFUL TIKI ROOM 4362 Main ShamefulTikiRoom.com 3. JACKALOPE’S NEIGHBOURHOOD DIVE 2257 East Hastings JackalopesDive.com

BEST BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH 1. YOLKS

Various locations Yolks.ca 2. RED WAGON CAFE 2296 East Hastings RedWagonCafe.com 3. JETHRO’S FINE GRUB 3420 Dunbar JethrosFineGrub.com

BEST DINER/GREASY SPOON 1. RED WAGON CAFE

2296 East Hastings RedWagonCafe.com 2. BON’S OFF BROADWAY 2451 Nanaimo No website 3. YOLKS Various locations Yolks.ca

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH 1. RAILTOWN CAFE

397 Railway RailtownCafe.ca

2. BURGOO 3096 Main Burgoo.ca 3. WHITE SPOT Various locations WhiteSpot.ca

BEST TAKE-OUT/ DELIVERY 1. RAILTOWN CAFE

397 Railway RailtownCafe.ca 2. PIZZA BARBARELLA 654 East Broadway PizzaBarbarella.com 3. PIZZERIA FARINA 915 Main PizzeriaFarina.com

BEST PATIO 1. BURGOO (MAIN STREET)

3096 Main Burgoo.ca 2. HAVANA’S 1212 Commercial HavanaRestaurant.ca 3. THE SLOCAN 2715 East Hastings TheSlocan.com

BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS 1. LUCY’S EASTSIDE DINER 2708 Main LucysEastsideDiner.com 2. THE CASCADE ROOM 2616 Main TheCascade.ca 3. THE WALLFLOWER 2420 Main TheWallflowerModernDiner. com BEST HAPPY HOUR 1. THE CASCADE ROOM 2616 Main TheCascade.ca 2. COLONY BAR MAIN 2904 Main ColonyMainSt 3. EL CAMINO’S 3250 Main ElCaminos.ca WEST SIDE

BEST RESTAURANT 1. MAENAM

1938 West 4th Maenam.ca 2. WEST 2881 Granville WestRestaurant.com 3. LA QUERCIA 3689 West 4th LaQuercia.ca

BEST BAR 1. STORM CROW ALEHOUSE 1619 West Broadway StormCrowAlehouse.com 2. THE MARQUIS 2666 Granville TheMarquis.ca 3. LOCAL PUBLIC EATERY 2210 Cornwall LocalKits.com BEST BREAKFAST/ BRUNCH 1. FABLE KITCHEN

1944 West 4th FableKitchen.ca 2. DENNY’S Various locations Dennys.ca T-3. THE OAKWOOD CANADIAN BISTRO 2741 West 4th TheOakwood.ca

T-3. WHITE SPOT Various locations WhiteSpot.ca

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2649 West Broadway TheSunshineDiner.com 2. SOPHIE’S COSMIC CAFE 2095 West 4th SophiesCosmicCafe.com 2. ARGO CAFE 1836 Ontario ArgoCafe.ca 3. JETHRO’S FINE GRUB 3420 Dunbar JethrosFineGrub.com

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH 1. TRACTOR FOODS Various locations TractorFoods.com 2. CACTUS CLUB CAFÉ Various locations CactusClubCafe.com 3. CAFÉ SALADE DE FRUITS 1555 West 7th SaladeDeFruits.com BEST TAKE-OUT/ DELIVERY 1. PEACEFUL RESTAURANT

Various locations PeacefulRestaurant.com 2. BANANA LEAF Various locations BananaLeaf-Vancouver.com 3. FLYING WEDGE Various locations FlyingWedge.com

BEST PATIO 1. LOCAL PUBLIC EATERY 2210 Cornwall LocalKits.com 2. TAP AND BARREL (OLYMPIC VILLAGE) 1 Athletes Way TapAndBarrel.com 3. MAHONY & SONS 601 Stamps Landing MahonyAndSons.com BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS 1. THE NAAM 2724 West 4th TheNaam.com 2. DENNY’S Various locations Dennys.ca 3. EARLS KITCHEN + BAR Various locations Earls.ca

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ELEPHANT STONE Montreal psychedelic rockers hit the West Coast in support of their latest release, Ship of Fools, with special guests the Velveteins and Thee Magic Circle. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca LAURYN HILL – MLH CARAVAN R&B singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and actress appears in support of A Disapora Calling!, her concert series exploring the theme of unity and celebration. 8pm on Nov. 8 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $55+ at Ticketmaster.ca KIIARA Electronic pop singersongwriter from Chicago plays tunes from her latest EP, low kii savage, with special guests Cruel Youth and Lil Aaron. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca RUEBEN DEGROOT Kingston singer-songwriter plays tunes from Rocket Surgery, with special guests Dennis Bouwman and Richard Innman. 8pm at WISE Hall Lounge. Admission is by donation.

THEATRE/DANCE ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE, HONEY Choreographer Frédérick Gravel attempts to deconstruct the stereotypes of the typical North American male, from T-shirts, beer and baseball to violence, confusion and mood swings in this piece performed by four male dancers. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at TheCultch.com. Runs until Nov. 12.

CHEAP & FUN HILLARY VS. DONALD Come watch the US presidential election live with a crowd to drown your sorrows with rather lying curled up on the floor at home alone and crying. 9pm at Rio Theatre. Admission is free!

MUSIC FIVE ALARM FUNK Twelve-piece gypsy-rock groove band hits the stage with special guest Tonye. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca or $25 at the door. LUKAS GRAHAM Danish pop and soul band tours in support of its self-titled debut album. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $35 at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

MUSIC BAMBOO-FOLK MUSIC OF VIETNAM Van-Anh Vo, Bic Ngoc Hoang and Chi Khac Ho performs lullabies, peasant work songs, troubadour music and more in UBC Music’s Noon Hours series. 12pm at Roy Barnett Recital Hall (UBC). Tickets $5 at the door. THE STRUTS UK-bred four-piece rock band perform is support of the reissue of Everybody Wants on The Struts Tour. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at Ticketmaster.ca SHOVELS & ROPE American country-folk duo on tour in support of their latest release Little Seeds with special guest Indianola. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu and Ticketmaster.ca

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NYB FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW Not Yer Buddy celebrates five amazing years of the local music business with performances from Strugglers, Anchoress, Dagrs, the Corps, Off By An Inch and Red Circle. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $10 at the door. PUBLISH THE QUEST Seattlebased music project brings their Afro-beat elements and folk-rock influences to town with special guest John Welsh Band. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $28 at the door.

COMEDY TOBY HARGRAVE Edmonton, Alberta, actor, comedian and entertainer with appearances on Comic Genius and on comedy festival stages across the country performs stand-up with opening sets from Ivan Decker and K Trev Wilson. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com

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SUITCASE STORIES Maki leaves her home in South Korea and takes off for Canada with only a small suitcase in tow, and a crosscountry tale of survival turns into a journey of self-discovery in this one-woman show filled with winsome vulnerability and plucky humour. 8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre.org. Runs until Nov. 12

KITTY NIGHTS HOT & HEAVY TRIBUTE TO PRINCE With great reverence, Kitty nights remounts their live band burlesque tribute to the one and only Prince with large screen visuals, a moving finale, a bevy of Vancouver’s most dynamic performers and special guest star Miss Harvest moon. 7pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $15 at KittyNights.com or $20 at the door.

BAKERSFIELD MIST A comedy about discovering art in unexpected places set in a trailer park in Bakersfield, California, where Maude, totally broke and on the wrong side of 50, stumbles across a long-lost painting by the renowned Jackson Pollock – or is it? 1:30 and 7:30pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Nov. 20.

MISS SHAKESPEARE The mad mind of Judith Shakespeare explodes in this sensational musical, a story inspired by the Bard’s daughter, whose own creative aspirations come alive as she leads a group of women in the secret, subversive and illegal staging of a play. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FirehallArtsCentre.ca

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Alison Wandzura virtually never smiles as Nicole, the pipe-wielding badass she portrays in Van Helsing. Off-screen, however, the Vancouver actress smiles freely and frequently – and with good reason. First, there’s the fact that Van Helsing – the Syfy channel’s locally shot series about a resurrected vampire hunter (portrayed by True Blood’s Kelly Overton) in a postapocalyptic near-future where the bloodsuckers have taken control – is a runaway hit.The series premiered in September to rave reviews and insta-love from viewers around the globe, and has already been renewed for a second season. Then there’s the fact that as Nicole, one of Van Helsing’s on-the-run human survivors, Wandzura is seen kicking ass in a strong, archetypal role. Wandzura grins as she describes how fans on Twitter have likened Nicole to Sarah Connor, Linda Hamilton’s iconic character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. “It’s a tough world, and [Nicole]’s just doing what she needs to do to survive,” says Wandzura. “It’s so intense. There aren’t many smiles happening. Not even a half-smile.” Wandzura continues to smile as she recounts the trajectory of her own career: from an academics-focused upbringing in a Slavic family in corporate Calgary, to a marketing job in the swimwear industry, to the

Vancouver actress Alison Wandzura stars in SyFy’s supernatural thriller Van Helsing. James Frystak photo moment she embraced acting as her true calling, and to her current life as a working actor in Vancouver’s thriving ﬁlm and TV industries. In the beginning, Wandzura pursued marketing over performing because she thought it was the only way she could be self-sufﬁcient.

“I remember thinking, ‘I’m always going to be a person that won’t have to be dependent on anyone else and I’m going to make a lot of money,’ so that’s why I went into business,” she says. “But then, somewhere along the way, I realized it was more important to tell stories.”

Wandzura’s ﬁlmography includes The X-Files, You Me Her, Rogue, Supernatural, Once Upon a Time, The Runner, and her personal favourite: Cari Green’s Citizen Jane, a short ﬁlm about the persecution faced by LGBT soldiers in the Canadian Armed Forces.

She’s also produced a couple of shorts of her own (including Singer Sisters, in which Wandzura plays an actress whose manager-sister begs her to get plastic surgery), and is equally passionate about theatre work, teasing an unnamed project with Continuum actress Luvia Petersen slated for early 2017. When Wandzura stepped onto the local screen scene at 26, she called upon the skills she’d learned in the marketing world to promote herself as an actress. “If I booked a role, I would immediately set to work on creating a campaign to advertise the fact that I had booked this role to the casting directors,” she says, chuckling. These campaigns often took the form of humourous postcards. “Casting directors were probably like, ‘What the hell is this?’ and ‘That is so cute that she would be trying so hard.’ I’m sure it stood out. No one in the film industry does this.” But she soon hit a wall for that very reason: The film business doesn’t operate like other industries. “In business, generally, there’s a formula:You put in X effort and X strategy, and you get Y-amount of reward or output. But there’s no similar formula in film and television, so that was a real head-trip,” she admits. Over the last seven years, she had to settle into a new way of looking at success and fulfillment – and even now, in the midst of a textbook “successful” year, her definition of success isn’t what it used to be. “My version of success has shifted from ‘How much work can I get?’ to ‘What am I actually

putting out there into the world?’” she says. “I’ve come to a point now where I need to be a storyteller. That’s the whole purpose of me doing this. If I don’t get to tell stories, I might as well be working back in swimwear.” Van Helsing is chock-full of delicious storytelling. Wandzura credits much of the series’ appeal to showrunner Neil LaBute. “He’s taken away all of the cutesiness and the glitz that can sometimes be associated with the vampire genre. There’s not a speck of glitter on that show, we’re proud to say.” If you missed last week’s nail-biting episode, we’ll spare you the gory details regarding Nicole’s current state. But we will share what Wandzura says about working closely on Van Helsing with one of her heroes: Christopher Heyerdahl, the proliﬁc actor who also played “the Swede” on AMC’s Hell onWheels. “[Heyerdahl]’s just so interesting.You would be hard-pressed to ﬁnd another actor whose character work is that nuanced and that skilled and that compelling,” she enthuses. “Every moment [in which he’s acting] means something and there’s always so much going on. On this show, he plays a deaf man. Some people might be, ‘Oh, he doesn’t have lines…?’ He brings so much to that character. I’ve learned so much about the art from watching him.” W

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VANCOUVER WELCOMES NEW FILM COMMISSIONER

Vancouver now has its very own film commissioner and a film and media centre. Representatives from the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Economic Commission announced at an Oct. 17 press conference that David Shepheard – formerly London’s film and TV sector lead – will serve as Vancouver’s first film commissioner. At the same time, they announced the creation of a new film and media centre, mandated to (according to the press release) “raise the profile of Vancouver on the global stage, advocate on behalf of the Vancouver industry and work towards attracting investment to the city.” The release quotes Mayor Robertson as follows: “As one of Vancouver’s high growth industries, Film and Media has been a big

contributor to our nationleading economic growth and has tremendous positive impact in our City. David Shepheard’s expertise and experience – coupled with the new Film & Media Centre – will take our Digital Entertainment industry, already the 3rd largest ﬁlm production centre in North America, to the next level on the international stage.”

VANCOUVER ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Film festival season continues with the return of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF), which celebrates its 20th birthday with 35 feature-length and short ﬁlms of all genres from the local and international Asian diaspora. This year’s packed lineup – which includes four world premieres, two North American premieres, 10 Canadian premieres, and six Vancouver premieres – were programmed under the banner theme of “homecoming,” showcasing stories that touch on some aspect of the concept of “from there, to here.” Highlights include

The Last Smile from IndoAmerican director Shankey Srinivasan; Ken Wu’s indie neo-noir directorial debut Heartfall Arises; The Tiger Hunter, a dramedy that stars Danny Pudi (Community) as a young Indian who travels to America to become an engineer; and the locally made Leo Award-winning thriller The Bleeding Edge, about the global black market for human organs. Also on the schedule: the AIM (Asians in Movies) summit, a forum that pushes for diversity in movies, media and music. All ﬁlms are in English or include English subtitles. VAFF takes places Nov. 3-6 at Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas. Schedule and tickets at Festival.VAFF.org.

JUDY GREER GETS PUBLIC SCHOOLED

The creative duo behind indie hit Eadweard – writerdirector Kyle Rideout and writer-producer Josh Epstein – have a lead for Public Schooled, their upcoming coming-of-age comedy: Judy Greer, the proliﬁc American actress whose lengthy list of

credits includes Two and a Half Men, Arrested Development, WhatWomenWant, and TheWedding Planner. Public Schooled is slated to go to camera in November, with Rideout in the director’s chair and Epstein producing.

‘TRAVELERS’ ARRIVES

The locally shot Travelers received a warm reception from fans and critics alike when it premiered earlier this week on Showcase. The sci-ﬁ series – which stars Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) and Mackenzie Porter (Leap 4Your Life) – follows a group of future humans who discover how to send consciousness back into people of the 21st century; these travellers assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly doing whatever they can to save humanity from a terrible future. The series also stars Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman, Patrick Gilmore, and Leah Cairns. If you live beyond the reach of Showcase, fear not: Travelers will arrive on Netﬂix in December. W

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I don’t have a degree in psychology. I don’t work out of an earth-toned ofﬁce complete with a mahogany desk and a Crate & Barrel chaise lounge for my rotating cast of helpless patients. I didn’t drop $500 on potted palms to add life to my waiting room. I didn’t spend my 20s asking patients, “And how did that make you feel?” However, I play professional every week with this column and I think I’ve become a decent poser. All a therapist really does is listen carefully, ask the right questions and pepper in just enough sage advice so that the patient comes to their own conclusions about their so-called problems. One read of this email you sent me and I can already tell you are more self-aware (and well-read) than most. I don’t think these fantasies are that fucked up.You should sell the movie rights ASAP. Female dominance and sci-ﬁ are all the rage right now. Is this fantasy the only thing that works when you masturbate? Do you think about this when you are having sex with another person? Is the alien waif running through your head as someone else’s lips run down your dick? I once interviewed this transgender porn star who had a baby fetish. She loved wearing diapers, wetting herself and sleeping in a crib. She explained the difference between a kink and a fetish. “A kink is

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Prefaced by the modern world of technology and the cult of celebrity that’s seemingly been with us forever, I find my sexual fantasies have become increasingly elaborate dystopian dreamworlds instead of being simple bursts of horny fun. Take the kind of waifish celebrity women I like, who have the screen gloss and unobtainable air around them. I imagine them taking on a detached, alien aspect, like the persona we see at a distance through screens and magazines. Now, having imagined them taking on a form more than human, I imagine them imprisoning me and making me something less than human. As if I’m a human sacrifice to them, with everything about me and my entire life stripped away. Existence as an abstractly fetishistic worship to them. Existence as an imprint of someone else. Massive scenarios I can constantly expand on since they exist somewhere just outside of reality. Of course these fantasies of elaborate masochism are nothing new. For example, there’s a Japanese book I’ve never been able to track down called Yapoo: The Human Cattle. From what I can gather, it concerns a miniature dehumanized race called the Yapoos who enter a religious sadomasochistic fervor by becoming the servants of their white human overloads. Strip the racial satire and overtly sci-fi elements and you have something resembling what I’m getting at. There are definitely similar ideas in Yukio Mishima’s autobiographical Confessions of a Mask and JG Ballard’s Atrocity Exhibition. Whilst I find positives in how creative and bizarre these fantasies can be, I also feel a

a thrill, but a fetish is a must,” she said. If these fantasies are a must, then you have yourself the world’s most specific fetish. Unlike putting on a baby bonnet and some Depends, your fantasy can’t be recreated in this hemisphere. Besides, it feels much less sexual to me than it does about wanting to disappear. What is going on? Is this elaborate escape into an unobtainable reality your heroin? Your gambling problem? “It also feels like deep-set unhappiness and suicidal ideation, mixed with the libido that booze gives back when depression takes it away.” Read this sentence you wrote me. Now, read it again. In your entire email, this is what stands out. Addictions and obsessions are unhealthy reactions to overwhelming emotions that feel beyond our control. Only you can figure out what is really making you miserable. Sometimes a professional with an actual degree can help. We are all unhappy in some capacity. It’s part of being human. Fantasies are concerning when they aim to harm people. Until one crosses the line into reality and an innocent bystander ends up in a body bag, fantasies are just a thought that can be extinguished once understood. Looking inward is exhausting work, but you have to figure out the why. I worry that the only person you seek to hurt is yourself. Maybe I’m way off.What the fuck do I know? (Diddly squat.) But what I do know is that I want you to like yourself and be happy, even if it’s only 75 per cent of the time. (Anything above 50 per cent means you are winning.) Go talk to a professional.This poser needs to read some more textbooks before I open my office door. | Send Mish your own sex questions and queries to sex@ westender.com W

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I am in awe of your headfirst, chargeforward, no-distractions approach. In fact, I aspire to incorporate more of the Aries-style directness into my own repertoire. But I also love it when, on rare occasions, you flirt with a more strategic perspective. It amuses me to see you experimenting with the power of secrets. Your wisdom often grows at an expedited rate when you get caught up in a web of intrigue that exposes you to dark joys and melodramatic lessons. During times like these, you feel fine about not having everything figured out, about not knowing the most straightforward route to your destination. You allow the riddles and enigmas to ferment as you bask in the voluptuous ambiance of the Great Mystery. Now is such a time.

I am pleased to inform you that at least 30 per cent of what you think you know about love and lust is too prosaic. Probably too narrow and constrained, as well. But here’s the good news: As soon as you agree to relinquish the dull certainty of that 30-plus per cent, you will open yourself to a surge of fresh teachings. And soon, I expect, dewy throbs and hot flows will awaken in all the erotic parts of your body, including your heart and brain and soul. If you’re brave enough to respond, generous lessons in intimacy will keep you entertained for weeks.

Over the last two decades, well-meaning Westerners have donated a profusion of clothes to low-income folks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kind and magnanimous, right? Yes, but their largesse has had an unintended consequence: the demise of the textile industry in those African countries. With this as a cautionary tale, I’m asking you to take inventory of your own acts of benevolence and charity. Are they having effects that you approve of? If not completely, how could you adjust the way you give your gifts and bestow your blessings?

Is it possible that you might flourish as a top dog after all the work you’ve put in as an underdog? Can you wean yourself from the worried fantasy that you’ve got endless dues to pay, and then harness your imagination to expand your confidence and build your clout? I believe you can. And in the coming weeks, I will unleash a flood of prayers to the Goddess of Holy Reversals, asking her to assist you. Now please repeat after me: “I am a creative force of nature. I am a strong song of liberation. I am a wise animal with direct access to my primal intelligence.”

The next two weeks could be smooth, peaceful and bland. Is that the experience you want? Mild satisfactions, sweet boredom and slow progress? There’s nothing wrong with any of that. Please feel free to loll and loaf as you explore the healing charms of laziness. Grant yourself permission to avoid conflict and cultivate sunny selfprotectiveness. This is one of those times when silence and stasis are among the best gifts you can give yourself. Welcome the rejuvenating power of emptiness!

It’s time to replace banged-up, dried-out old obsessions with ripe, juicy fascinations. It’s your duty to phase out numbing traditions and deadening habits so as to make room for exciting new rituals, customs and sacraments. Can you summon the electric willpower to shed influences that are technically “correct” but lacking in soulfulness? I think you can. Do you love yourself enough to forswear pretty but meaningless titillations? I think you do. Now get out there and do the hard work necessary to bring more serious fun into your life. Homework: Write an essay titled “What I Can Do to Be More Playful.”

Over the course of his or her life, the average British person says “Sorry” on over 90,000 occasions. The typical Libran Brit probably utters routine apologies upwards of 120,000 times. Libras from other countries may not reach that heady level, but many do specialize in excessive politeness. (I should know, as I have three planets in Libra in my natal chart.) But, in accordance with the astrological indicators, I am authorizing you to be a bit less courteous and solicitous than usual in the next two weeks. Don’t go overboard, of course. But allowing yourself some breathing room like this will help you get more rigorous access to your authentic, idiosyncratic, soulful urges – which will be very tonic.

Until 2007, Scotland’s official slogan was “Scotland, the Best Small Country in the World.” Deciding that wasn’t sufficiently upbeat, the government spent $187,000 on a campaign to come up with something better. “Home of Golf” and “Home of Europe’s Fastest Growing Life Sciences Community” were among the proposed phrases that were rejected. The ultimate choice: “Welcome to Scotland.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you’re in a favorable phase to rebrand yourself. But I hope you will be more daring and imaginative than Scotland. How about “Smoulderingly Alarmingly Brilliant”? Or maybe “Safely Risky and Unpredictably Wise” or “Home of the Best Secrets Ever”?

I cheer you on as you attend to your difficult but holy duties. I send you my love as you summon the wisdom and resourcefulness you need to weather the gorgeous storm. Here are clues that might be useful: Whether you are partially or totally victorious will depend as much on the attitude you hold in your heart as on your outward behaviour. Be grateful, never resentful, for the interesting challenges. Love your struggles for the new capacities they are building in you.

The coming weeks constitute the harvest phase of your personal cycle. That means you have the pleasure of gathering in the ripe rewards you have been cultivating since your last birthday. But you also have the responsibility to answer and correct for any carelessness you have allowed to affect your efforts during the previous 11 months. Don’t worry, dear. My sense is that the goodies and successes far outnumber and overshadow the questionable decisions and failures. You have ample reasons to celebrate. But I hope you won’t get so caught up in your rightful exaltation that you’ll neglect the therapeutic atonements.

Like England and Spain, the Netherlands has a royal family, including a king, queen, prince and princesses. They’re an egalitarian bunch. The young ones attend public schools, and the previous queen’s birthday is celebrated with a nationwide flea market. The king’s crown is attractive but quite economical: Its pearls are fake, and other “jewels” are made of glass, coloured foil and fish scales. In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that you create a regal but earthy headpiece for yourself. It’s high time for you to elevate your self-worth in an amusing and artful way. What fun and funky materials will you use in your homemade crown? In her book, A Natural History of the Senses,

Diane Ackerman reports on the eccentric methods that professional writers have used to galvanize their creative process. Poet Amy Lowell relaxed into her workday by puffing on Manila cigars. Novelist Colette plucked fleas from her cat. T. S. Eliot’s poetry thrived when he had a head cold. Novelist George Sand liked to jump out of bed after making love and immediately begin writing. Novelist William Gass, who is still among the living, wanders around outside taking photos of “rusty, derelict, overlooked, downtrodden” places. As for D. H. Lawrence: climbing mulberry trees naked energized his genius. What about you, Pisces? Now is an excellent time to draw intensely on your reliable sources of inspiration – as well as to seek new ones.

Nov. 3: Anna Wintour (67) Nov. 4: Matthew McConaughey (47) Nov. 5: Tilda Swinton (56) Nov. 6: Emma Stone (28) Nov. 7: Lorde (20) Nov. 8: Parker Posey (48) Nov. 9: Carl Sagan (82)

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