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IT’S YOUR RIGHT TO BE AN ASSHOLE

I am a proud patriotic Canadian who is also a volunteer with the Remembrance Day poppy campaign and I’m committed to raising as much money as I can this year to help our veterans and their families.

Therefore I am writing this rant to and for you, 20-something European woman in the cat costume, who on Halloween night

grabbed several poppy pins from my tray and tossed them into air and onto the middle of Granville Street as you walked on with your friends.

When I ran to you to ask you for a donation for the poppies you so rudely grabbed and tossed, you just laughed at told me that you had no cash to begin with.

You might already be aware that regardless of

whether or not you are a Canadian citizen you automatically have rights the moment you set foot on Canadian soil. However, it might also surprise you that the veterans from past wars going as far back as the First World War all the way to recent conflicts in Afghanistan have also fought for your right to completely ignore them, slander and criticize veterans in social media and not give a damn

to wear a poppy pin or donate any money if you take one. Veterans have even fought for your right to be a completely selfish and disrespectful asshole like you clearly indicated.

On the other hand, you don’t have the right to steal a handful of poppies, litter the street with poppy pins that you didn’t pay for and walk off like you don’t even care at all. You might want to know that I did spend about 30 minutes looking for you and I notified the uniformed police on Granville Street on Halloween night who would have arrested you and dragged you off to jail in a heartbeat if I could have found you among the crowds and pointed you and your friends out to the police.

So whoever you are, you do have the right to continue to be a selfish inconsiderate asshole who shows no respect whatsoever for the veterans who fought for your rights and the patriotic volunteers who try to support them, but sooner or later the Karma Queen is going to give you the ass-kicking that you have coming and which is long overdue and I really hope that she’s wearing a poppy pin and a Canadian Forces uniform when that happens.

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Black community calls for tribute to Hogan’s Alley

MIKE HOWELL @howellings

When city council voted Tuesday to knock down the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, it also voted to right a wrong of Vancouver’s past and commemorate the loss of the black community’s roots in Strathcona. But what that commemoration looks like is a work in progress, although some of the people who spoke to council over two days of hearings made it clear that arts, culture, a memorial and housing should be in the mix to pay tribute to what was known as Hogan’s Alley.

“This is your chance to not only acknowledge past dislocation and exclusion but to see to it that the black community that was displaced and the subsequent generations who have been impacted by that loss are thoughtfully consulted with the purpose of re-establishing a place for Vancouver’s black community,” said Stephanie Allen, an urban studies master’s student at Simon Fraser University who wrote about the history of Hogan’s Alley for a research paper.

Hogan’s Alley, which was centred between Prior and Union and Main and Jackson, was home to much of Vancouver’s black community in the first half of the 1900s but it was destroyed when the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts were built in the early 1970s.

In Allen’s presentation to city council, she quoted the “Vancouver development

Hogan’s Alley in Strathcona, which was destroyed when the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts were built in the 1970s, was once home to a thriving black community. City of Vancouver archives study” published in 1957 that was meant to guide urban renewal.The study mapped decaying areas in Vancouver and said options were to clear them out or restore and conserve them.

“In the study, the area occupied by the black community was identified as being a first priority for removal due to the severity of blight,” she said, quoting from a page in the document that acknowledged displacement “is bound to create special problems for these minority groups.”

Allen argued the reason Hogan’s Alley was considered a blight on Vancouver was because the city government of the day did nothing to fix up the streets, buildings or parks.

Writer Wayde Compton, a member of the Hogan’s Alley Memorial Project, said proper commemoration of the black community’s roots is an opportunity to send a message to Vancouver’s 20,000-plus citizens of African descent “that their history in the city is

remembered and valued and honoured.”

“A sacrifice was made for this mistake, and it was us,” Compton said of the addition of the viaducts. “Whether it’s a memorial, or in the form of a cultural centre – or whatever it is – [there has to be] some acknowledgement that this was an area that was significant to the black community.”

Randy Clark, who spoke to council on behalf of the United Black Canadian Community Association, said he supported the removal of the viaducts but emphasized the city must “celebrate” the history of Hogan’s Alley as it proceeds with redevelopment of the viaduct lands.

Clark was a resident of Hogan’s Alley in the 1960s and lived with his mother and five siblings at 230 Union St. His grandparents’ restaurant, Vie’s Chicken and Steak House, was across the street.

(The location was once home to a shrine to musician Jimi Hendrix, whose grandparents

lived on East Pender and East Georgia.) Clark, a retired Vancouver school principal, is a direct descendant of the first black settlers to Saltspring Island and Victoria, dating back to 1858.

Talk of building a freeway in the 1960s and the eventual construction of the viaducts destroyed the community, said Clark, echoing Allen’s argument that the city government failed to invest in Hogan’s Alley.

“By 1965, when I arrived, the black community – for the most part – didn’t exist, it wasn’t the same,” he said. “I refer to the previous 10 years as a system of systemic profiling of our people and our neighbourhood. Structures were left to decay, homes were either sold or abandoned and only after long periods of time were they removed. Nothing new was built.”

When the viaducts are demolished, it will free up two city-owned blocks that straddle Main Street.The city staff report that recommended knocking down the elevated roadways suggested up to 300 units of “affordable housing” could be built on the property.

Although he didn’t promise affordable housing would be a component of commemorating the black community, Mayor Gregor Robertson told Allen he was “hopeful there’s a really robust community effort that’s part of this in reshaping” what was lost in Strathcona.

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Grant “The Angry Yardsale” Lawrence discovers the joys of solo parenting. Grant Lawrence photo

Solo parenting Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

You’re late…again.You’re rushing out the door, you’re trying to remember everything you need, and you’re stressed out.That’s when the person you’re with shits himself.

Such a sticky situation is just one of the many challenges of solo parenting, something I experienced with my toddler for most of the month of October, 2015.

I’m the proud husband to a successful touring musician.

This fall season alone, my wife toured Japan, Europe, and Quebec, all while the wee boy and I remained home. It’s a bizarro role reversal for me: for 17 years of my life, I was the cool guy hopping into the van or the jet, zipping off to some exotic port of call in my rock band, hardly understanding or caring for the feelings of the people left at home. Now I’m the one looking longingly out the front window, while my wife climbs into the waiting cab, headed to the airport.

Within minutes of my wife’s departure, my respect for single parents skyrocketed as I grabbed for my toddler while he pranced along a windowsill. And before I go any further: there’s a big difference between “solo parenting” and “single parenting”. Solo parenting means your partner – the gods be willing – will return to resume their role. Single parenting means you’re on your own, just you and the kid, a commitment far greater than my temporary solo situation. I work with a wonderful single mom at the CBC, and my reverence for her has grown tenfold.

Here are just a few of the challenges I faced as days grew into weeks while solo parenting: When the hell do you have a shower?

Having not bathed in days and reeking like a dumpster behind a fish restaurant, I

found myself Googling various mommy blogs, typing in that exact question. Some of the mommies suggested that you simply bring your toddler into the shower with you. But when your son yanks on your penis like it’s the ripcord to a parachute, that gets old quickly. One mommy suggested putting the baby monitor in the living room and the receiver in the shower. Was that a sly attempt to electrocute daddy?!

In the end, I basically didn’t bathe for a month.

How to do you avoid packing like you’re out to conquer Everest for the simplest of day trips?

The sheer amount of stuff I needed to leave the house had me Googling “sherpa service Vancouver?” Not only was I weighed down with diapers, wipes, water and milk bottles, extra clothing, a bib, a rubber stick-on plate, cutlery, various snacks in Tupperware of tiny shapes, a haberdashery of hats for all manner of weather – and yes, a few cold ones for Dada – my toddler insisted on bringing every stuffed animal he owns every time we left the house. Dada was forced to make arm space for Snow Leopard, Owl, Monkey, Turtle, Hockey Man, and Hockey Duck. They all simply had to make the trek to London Drugs.

How do you avoid judgment?

My son mispronounces “cookie”. Instead, he calls them “doobies”. He constantly asks for them, everywhere we go. “Dada! Big doobie for Josh?” In an effort to effectively and easily communicate with my son, I answer, “Joshua, when we get home you can have a small doobie”.

The other parents at the playground glare at me.

I would be remiss without saluting the grandparents, my sister, and our friends for their help. My son and I did indeed bond wonderfully, but allow me to admit this: when my wife finally stepped out of that cab, I practically shit myself with relief. W

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The many marvels of the mysterious mushroom David Suzuki Science Matters @DavidSuzuki

Until 1969, biologists thought mushrooms and other fungi were plants.They’re actually more closely related to animals, but with enough differences that they inhabit their own distinct classification.

This and more recent findings about these mysterious organisms illustrate how much we have yet to learn about the complexities of the natural world. New research reveals mushrooms can even help plants communicate, share nutrients and defend themselves against disease and pests.

There’s far more to mushrooms than the stems and caps that poke above ground.

Most of the organism is a mass of thin underground threads called mycelia.These filaments form networks that help plants, including trees, connect to each other, through structures called mycorrhizae.

Scientists believe about 90 per cent of land-based plants are involved in this mutually beneficial relationship with fungi. Plants deliver food to the mushroom, created by photosynthesis, and the filaments, in turn, assist the plants to absorb water and minerals and to produce chemicals that help them resist disease and other threats. And, of course, a myriad of other life forms benefit from the healthy plants.

The structure and function of the mycelial networks and their ability to facilitate communication between physically separated plants led mycolo-

gist Paul Stamets to call them “Earth’s natural Internet.”

He’s also noted their similarity to brain cell networks. According to a Discover article, “Brains and mycelia grow new connections, or prune existing ones, in response to environmental stimuli. Both use an array of chemical messengers to transmit signals throughout a cellular web.”

Research by Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia found that Douglas fir and paper birch trees transfer carbon back and forth through the mycelia, and other research shows they can also transfer nitrogen and phosphorous. Simard believes older, larger trees help younger trees through this process. She found that the smaller trees’ survival often depends on large “mother trees” and that cutting down these tree elders leaves seedlings and smaller trees more vulnerable.

Researchers in China found trees attacked by harmful fungi are able to warn other trees through the mycelia networks, and University of Aberdeen biologists found they can also warn other plants of aphid attacks.

It all adds to our growing understanding of how interconnected everything on our planet is, and how our actions – such as cutting down large “mother” trees – can have unintended negative consequences that cascade through ecosystems.

Scientists are also finding that fungi can be useful to humans beyond providing food and helping us make cheese, bread, beer and wine.

Stamets believes mushrooms

can be employed to clean up oil spills, defend against weaponized smallpox, break down toxic chemicals like PCBs and decontaminate areas exposed to radiation.

He credits his interest in fungi to another fascinating aspect of many mushrooms around the world: their hallucinogenic properties. During college, Stamets spent a lot of time in the Ohio woods, where he first tried psilocybin mushrooms.They had a profound effect on him, and after his first experience, his persistent stutter went away.

He later quit a logging job, because the work was destroying mushroom habitat, and began studying fungi at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

Since then, his research has led to fascinating discoveries of multiple possible purposes for fungi, including nuclear decontamination, water filtration, biofuels, increasing agricultural yields, pest control and medicines.

Research is also shedding light on potential benefits of the psychotropic properties of mushrooms, such as the 144

species that contain psilocybin.

Indigenous people have long used hallucinogenic mushrooms for ceremonial, spiritual and psychological purposes – and with good reason, it turns out. Psilocybin has been shown to improve the brain’s connectivity. Researchers are finding the chemical can help combat depression, anxiety, fear and other disorders, and increase creativity and openness to new experience.

This makes them potentially beneficial for post-traumatic stress, addiction and palliative care treatments.

We humans have made a lot of technological and scientific advances, and this sometimes gives us the sense that we’re above or outside of nature, that we can do things better. Sometimes it takes a fascinating lifeform like a mushroom to shake us from our hubris and show us how much we have yet to learn about the world and our place in it. W Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Learn more at DavidSuzuki.org.

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Home Is Where The Art Is: Hobo Woodworks

as natural as possible. It’s work for the people. It’s made with the purest intention. It’s made by hand with heart.

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I’ve spoken a lot lately about the movement our city has taken toward locally made, handcrafted goods; we, as designers and consumers, are seeking a personal experience with our purchases – a story to tell about where our pieces come from and who made them. It’s an old-school take on how community and design should interact.

When I met the boys behind Hobo Woodworks I realized that the reason their pieces are seeing such success in Vancouver is not only because of their beautifully simplistic reclaimed designs, but I dare say more so due to the fact that their spirit identities with the consumer desire to connect with the artist. Sam Clemens and Lenny Hopkins, brothers and partners in one of the coolest woodworking shops I’ve seen around the city, strive to build relationships not only with their clients, but with their community as a whole.

Nestled in the heart of East Van’s industrial land, Hobo Woodworks first opened its doors as we know them now in 2012 (although the team brings a lifetime of woodworking to the table); the 1,400-sq. ft. studio offers a 500-sq. ft. retail and social space up front, opening into a large production and design workshop in the rear.

The vibe is artistic, local and fun – albeit I’m a sucker for anywhere blasting classic rock and old country on vinyl, especially if there are a

What gets your creative juices flowing?

We get going creatively off of each other’s creations.

We inspire each other to do our best, it’s a very symbiotic relationship. We work almost telepathically being very close siblings. Few words need to be spoken about projects as our vision is completely aligned. We both bring new stuff to the table.

There is a competitiveness in the most positive sense of the word, only to keep each other accountable to the highest quality.

Is there a song or musician that inspires you to create?

We listen to music all day every day on vinyl. Recently we have been enjoying Waylon Jennings, Steel Pulse, Canned Heat and Buddy Holly.

Clockwise from top left: The Wall of merch at Hobo Woodworks; Brothers Lenny Hopkins and Sam Clemens; A wooden purse and wine caddy. Dan Toulgoet photos Who is the idol or mentor free and lawless. Unfortunately few creative souls doing what is about living a life based on behind your craft? our personal belief that follow- our neighbourhood is being they love to invite you in.

The mentor is definitely encroached upon by high-end ing what you love to do will Whether you’re in the our parents. Our mother has developments – apparently market for larger furnishings, always provide to your needs. a wonderful aesthetic. We everyone wants to be by the We took a leap and it has smaller accessories or the have different fathers; Len’s chicken factory now. Haha. given us so much more than perfect gift, Hobo Woodfather being our musical works should definitely be on just paying the rent. inspiration, my father lendWhen it comes to style or your radar. ing the building knowledge. design, what is one thing you Do you have a Vancouver There’s a whole article worcovet most? muse, or a place in the city Tell us a little about yourthy of the roots.

We are most interested in that inspires you? selves… timeless design. Things that We are very much inspired Clemens:We are two brothIf you could describe your will never go out of style by our neighbourhood, it’s ers born and raised on the artistic style in one word, and get better with age. We West Coast.We build anything the last bastion of freedom in what would it be? like to break things down to Vancouver.There are so many one may desire for their home One word to describe our their simplest form. We are interesting things happening on or business using exclusively work would be honest.There always looking for the purest just our block, yet one would indigenous and reclaimed is nothing there that doesn’t expression. We also like to never know it looking from wood.We work in a very need to be there.The designs exemplify the imperfections. outside. Loads of artists, woodregional style deeply rooted are stripped down to the simWood, as life, is perfect in its workers, metalworkers, musiin our family history, yet very plest form, all our finishes are imperfections. cians, collectors, etc. It’s very much of today.What we do

If you could spark to a room of youth considering a career in the arts, what would your advice be?

It sounds cliché but we would tell then to follow their bliss. Ultimately we are at our best doing what we love. If you wake up excited for the day your on the right path.

We were fortunate to find this.

The universe has a funny way of working. It will always meet your needs if you take a risk and relentlessly pursue your dreams.

It may be at the last moment but it always works out. W

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Ditch those dingy drugstore readers Niki Hope Style File

@NikiMHope Take a peek at Vancouver style icon Susie Wall’s and West Coast eyewear brand Claudia Alan’s collaboration of affordable chic readers and sunglasses.

The capsule collection of fashionable frames, called C4: Canadian Creative Collaborative, also includes a charitable component, with $5 from every eyewear purchase going to the Cause We Care Foundation, a Vancouver-based charitable foundation created by women for single mothers and their children.

“Ditch those dingy drugstore readers and slip on C4s,” Wall, a member of the Board of Directors for Cause We Care, said in a media release. “Every detail of the

collection has been designed with so much thought – from the online shopping experience to the packaging that arrives on your doorstep. And I’m so thrilled that every pair purchased gives single mothers in need the hand up they so desperately need via Cause We Care.”

The Claudia Alan brand of eyewear, designed by Carla D’Angelo Taylor, has long had a tradition of helping others.

“I started my company in 2003, and I’ve always had a mission of giving back,” D’Angelo Taylor told Westender. “Beauty and giving back are centre to what I do.”

Through her iconic AYA line, D’Angelo Taylor collaborated on an eyewear collection with First Nations artist Corrine Hunt, co-designer of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic medals. Partial proceeds from the unique

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First Nations art-inspired eyewear collection go toward a breakfast program for First Nations children in Ontario.

Her company has donated more than $90,000 to the charity over the years.

The inspiration for her most recent collaboration with Wall started when D’Angelo Taylor discovered custom Italian-designed acetate.

“I was captivated by the material; it was so luxurious, I thought, ‘I would like to bring something like that to market,’” she recalls.

Eventually, the designer asked Wall, who has served as an influencer for Nordstrom Canada, Smythe, Ted Baker London, and J. Crew, to help devise a collection that would make use of the gorgeous materials she came across on her travels.

During the creative collaboration, the team

looked at inspirations, ideas, what worked, what didn’t, eventually coming up with a stylish collection of luxurious readers and effortlessly cool shades – all with a classic, ever-stylish feel. Keeping the line at an affordable price point, the acetate materials were designed in Italy, but overall manufacturing is done in Asia.

The line is optical ready, meaning they can handle a prescription lens. The collection brings a harmonious balance between beauty, function, price, and charity – which may sum up D’Angelo Taylor’s personal ethos.

“It makes me feel good,” the designer and mother-oftwo says about the charitable aspect of her company. “I’m very rewarded by the fact that I can help with charities.”

Have a look at the entire C4 collection online at ClaudiaAlan.com/c4/. W

Style queen Susie Wall, named onew of Canada’s 50 Best Dressed by HELLO! Magazine, rocks a pair of readers from the new C4 line, which she helped design in collaboration with local eyewear brand Claudia Alan. Contributed photo

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Left: Bauhaus executive chef Stefan Hartmann and owner Uwe Boll. Right: Lobster with ham hock, pickled vegetables and caper mayonnaise. Dan Toulgoet photos

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BAUHAUS

1 West Cordova 604-974-1147 Bauhaus-Restaurant.com Open for lunch Monday-Friday, 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner nightly from 5:00pm.

The buzz (and grumbling) about this restaurant started well before it opened. When Uwe Boll, a movie director known for his B (okay, C) horror flicks, announced he would be opening a German fine dining restaurant in Gastown, he managed to piss off just about every chef (and quite a few FOH managers) within 50 square kilometres with his claims that he would show Vancouver what “real” fine dining was all about.

Boll did manage to lure Stefan Hartmann, Michelinstarred chef/owner of Hartmann’s in Berlin, to take over the kitchen. The food was certainly excellent, but the opening months were (unsurprisingly) more than a little rocky. Service, for such a high-end establishment, was inconsistent at best. UK import Tim Adams (whose resumé included a lengthy stint at Kensington Palace) couldn’t charm locals with his royal pedigree and left at the end of the summer.

It takes time for a restaurant to find its rhythm, and

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Bar Oso, the much-anticipated wine bar opening inWhistler this month, has announced that two Araxi team members will be taking senior positions in the new space. Chef Jorge Muñoz Santos will be heading the kitchen and Jason Redmond is now bar manager. Bar Oso will focus on Spanish-influ-

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several months in, Bauhaus is now firmly – and smoothly – in swing. Boll still makes the rounds, usually in jeans, chatting and smiling with everyone. Michel Durocher (who locals might remember from his time at Parkside, Piedà-Terre, and other Durbach properties) is leading a service team that makes for a room full of very happy faces.

The room was a winner from the start, thanks to the heavy reno that saw the fractured, multi-level space being flattened into a single, open floor with sleek lighting and “ghetto” art – and the removal of some large Teutonic chairs that had you sliding out of them like a recalcitrant child refusing to sit straight. And, in the kitchen, Hartmann is delivering food that makes me sit back and close my eyes in silent appreciation and thanks.

Is it pricey? Hell, yeah.

Starters range from $13 to $26 on the dinner menu, and several mains top $40.The tasting menu tops out at $110 for six courses (four- and five-course options are also available), but, lunch is more reasonable, with $13 starters and $18-$24 mains (plus a reasonable prix fixe for under $40). It’s not more expensive than Cioppino’s or Blue Water Café, and, like those restaurants, it’s giving amazing value.

A beautiful piece of cured herring sits over a bed of micro-greens, sided with a lightly-pickled cucumber, julienned apple and a gribiche

that sings with parsley, tarragon and more of the pickled cuke. It’s so easy and light, with snappy zings on the palate, that I want to order another. At lunch, instead of just some plain bread, we get a little crostini (from Nelson the Seagull) topped with seasoned quark cheese and fresh radish.

The quark makes a comeback in ravioli, along with ricotta, and sits beside the perfect tiny croquette of potato and chorizo.The famed veal schnitzel is almost $40 on the dinner menu, but try it at lunch, when it’s only $22. It’s not swoon-worthy, but the meat is succulent and the breading is light, crunchy, and paper-thin.

Lobster with ham hock is a fun take on a classic German favourite, here served with a capered mayo. Poached char off the tasting menu is exquisite, as are a side of chickpeas done two ways, lightly peppered, both crispy and soft.

Bauhaus is an expensive and decadent restaurant, but the atmosphere isn’t stuffy, the service is now what it should be, and the food is divine.

Prösterchen, my friends.

Hear Anya Levykh every Monday on CBC Radio One’s On the Coast. Find her on Twitter @foodgirlfriday and Facebook.com/FoodGirlFriday. W

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In the culture-hub that is Vancouver, even the trees are storytellers.

When cherry blossoms bloom and “Vancouver snow” blankets the streets, the trees tell us that spring has finally arrived.

When their leaves fall prematurely and their brittle limbs snap in the wind, we witness the devastating impact of a hot, dry summer.

And when their naked branches do little to shelter us from the relentless winter rain, we watch for the hint of green that signals relief is on the way.

Our trees are rich with poetry and evoke all manners of mood – a fact that wasn’t lost on director Michelle Kim when she set out to make a feature film inspired by an agonizing break-up.

In The Tree Inside, Kim – who also wrote and stars in the film – calls upon the city’s trees to anchor and mirror an emotionally charged love story.

The film follows a rollercoaster relationship between a woman (Kim) and a man (portrayed by Casey Manderson) over the course

Vancouver’s Michelle Kim wrote, directed and stars in The Tree Inside. Contributed photo of a year, incidentally (but not accidentally) the same amount of time it took to film The Tree Inside.

“My romantic life seemed to go into cycles. I think it happens to a lot of us,” says Kim, a former CBC journalist and veteran of numerous shorts, including The Goodbye Girl, which won the National Screen Institute’s Drama Prize.

“I was heartbroken, I was contemplating the impermanence of a lot of relationships, not just romantic but any kind of relationship, and I wanted to make the con-

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because I wanted us to experience the relationship naturally throughout the year,” says Kim. Kim wanted art within her art – something she admires about Spanish director Pedro Almodovar – and so she convinced Barbara Bourget of Kokoro Dance, and writer Michael Turner (Hard Core Logo), to appear in The Tree Inside.

“It’s a love letter to Vancouver, and all the art in Vancouver,” says Kim, noting the inclusion of artworks by local painters Andy Dixon and Alison Yip.

and 13 Canadian premieres – all designed to encourage audiences to “examine the complications within the search for personal and cultural identity.”

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nection between nature and human.”

During filming, Vancouver’s trees did their part, moving through their natural seasonal cycle. In order to garner similarly naturalistic performances from her actors, Kim employed a structured improv approach.

Actors were given a framework, and provided with marks they needed to hit and lines they needed to say, but otherwise, they were expected to improvise.

“The person I told the least to was the guy who played the boyfriend,

Also in the cast: Diana Bang, who, while filming The Tree Inside, squeezed in a co-starring role in one of the most controversial movies of the last decade.

“Diana said, ‘I’m on this paid gig and it’s really improv-y, and they don’t know what time they’re going to be done,’ and I’m like, ‘Who are these guys? What amateur film is she working on?’” laugh Kim. “And we go to pick her up, and it’s The Interview.”

In The Interview, Bang played the North Korean propaganda minister; in The Tree Inside, she’s Kim’s best friend.

The Tree Inside was co-directed by Rob Leickner and premiered at the Green Film Festival in South Korea.

This weekend, it screens for the hometown crowd as part of the 19th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF).

“I’m half Korean, a lot of the cast is Asian, but that’s not something I thought about. This is just my world, and I think it’s a reality in Vancouver,” says Kim. “I’m happy about the inclusion in VAFF. Rob and I are both interested in, and influenced by, Asian cinema, in particular Korean cinema, and I think that with everything that we shoot, we invoke techniques from Asian cinema.”

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Hot films, cool festival Whistler Film Festival brings Oscar-bait and indie fare to land of ski and snow SABRINA FURMINGER @sabrinarmf

Cool is in the eye of the beholder, and Whistler Film Festival (WFF) – which bills itself as “Canada’s coolest film festival” – delivers the cool on multiple fronts.

First, there’s the basic definition of cool. WFF runs Dec. 2-6, and Whistler in December is usually pretty damn cold, so barring any El Niño action, it’s likely that anyone attending the 15th edition of WFF will need to bundle up in winter finery.

But there’s also that other definition of cool that involves being relevant, staying one step ahead of the game, and blazing a trail for others to follow – and with a program packed with Oscar bait, indie fare, and quirky gems you won’t see anywhere else, WFF is, at 15, the picture of cool.

First, the numbers: 89 films from 19 countries, including 46 features and 43 shorts, exhibited on seven screens at five venues over five days. That includes 17 world premieres, 12 Canadian premieres, five North American premieres, 25 Westender Canadian premieres, and 21 British Columbia premieres.

“This little film fest is not so little,” says WFF’s director of programming, Paul Gratton, at a WFF media preview lunch in Vancouver last week.

WFF opens with the Canadian premiere of Carol, Todd Haynes’ acclaimed drama of forbidden lesbian love set in the 1950s. The film stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara (who took home the Best Actress award at Cannes Film Festival) and is already garnering Oscar buzz – and the fact that the film is having its Canadian premiere at WFF is an incredible endorsement for the festival, says Gratton.

Other films making a stop at WFF on the road to Oscar include Trumbo (starring the eternally cool Bryan Cranston as blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo),

and Legend, in which Tom Hardy offers up a couple of tour-de-force performances as twin mobsters in 1960s London.

There’s also critical buzz for The Lady in theVan (starring Maggie Smith), Born to be Blue (featuring Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker in what Gratton describes as a “jazz riff” on a biographical tale), Maggie’s Plan (with Julianne Moore), The Meddler (with Susan Sarandon), and The Legend of Barney Thomson (in which Emma Thompson is directed by Robert Carlyle).

The fest closes on Dec. 6 with Numb, the highly anticipated feature film debut from Vancouver director Jason R. Goode. Numb – which features Jamie Bamber (NCIS), Marie Avgeropoulos (The 100), Aleks Paunovic (iZombie), and Stefanie von Pfetten (Cracked) in a modern-day gold rush survival tale – is the perfect closer for WFF because, according to Gratton, it represents the festival’s ongoing commitment to heralding local talent (and it doesn’t get much cooler than that).

“I think we’re the most

Aleks Paunovic (iZombie) and Marie Avgeropoulos (The 100) star in Numb, the closing film of the Whistler Film Festival Dec. 6. Contributed photo fiercely Canadian film fest in Canada, “ says Gratton.

“More than 50 per cent of our titles are Canadian, and I think the opening and closing films should reflect our two tracks: Oscar-bait movies and Canadian titles.”

Other highlights include Ingrid Veninger’s He Hated Pigeons, which will be presented with a live score to create a one-of-a-kind movie-going experience; the 30th Anniversary screen-

ing of Sandy Wilson’s My American Cousin; Nestor, the singular effort from Canadian director Daniel Robinson (“singular” because no other individual besides Robinson was involved in the creation of the film); Rehearsal, a world premiere from WFF favourite Carl Bessai (director of last year’s Canuxploitation flick Bad City); Norwegian disaster film TheWave (“As good as San Andreas but had a budget

of $5 million,” says Gratton.

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Singers help Ballet BC soar in season opener KELSEY KLASSEN @kelseyklassen

Ballet BC’s dancers will be lifted to new heights this week, when the acclaimed contemporary dance company teams up with the Chor Leoni men’s choir for the first time. Only instead of lifting with their hands, the all-male choir will be powering the dancers with their voices, singing the words of Leonard Cohen on stage in a reprise of the Vancouver vocal ensemble’s stunning 2015 world premiere, “Wandering Heart”,

by Latvian composer Eriks Ešenvalds.

“The bulk of the piece that we’ll be singing and they’ll be dancing to is this Eriks Ešenvalds piece with text by Leonard Cohen,” explains Erick Lichte, Chor Leoni’s artistic director.

“It’s a real tour de force for the singers, but also connects so deeply emotionally.

Its premiere in April was one of the first times I’ve turned around at the end of a performance and the audience is just in tears because they are so with you,” he recalls.

Calling Ballet BC a

“jewel in Vancouver’s artistic crown”, the Portlandbased Lichte says he felt compelled to reach out to its artistic director Emily Molnar last fall after watching them perform, to see if there was the possibility of collaboration sometime in the next few years.

“I just emailed Emily out of the blue, she didn’t know me at all, and said, ‘Hey do you want to go for coffee?” says Lichte. “I was thinking, oh, we would plan for two or three years out like most arts groups do, and she said, ‘Well, actually, we can do something next November!’”

Despite their annual Remembrance Day commitments, Lichte says his men jumped at the chance to work with the ballet.

“Dance is such a natural fit with singing, because essentially we are using our bodies to create the music, and the dancers are using their bodies to create the dance.

There’s something very organic about that,” the

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energetic young conductor explains.

And opening night of Ballet BC’s 30th season, Nov. 5-7 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, marks another first, with Belgian-born choreographer Stijn Celis using Chor Leoni’s music as the starting point for his first work for Ballet BC – a rare creation made outside his own company, Saarländisches Staat-

stheater. His piece will be accompanied by the Canadian premiere of Solo Echo, a wintry work by Vancouver-based choreographer Crystal Pite, and the return of 2014’s critically lauded Twenty Eight Thousand Waves by resident choreographer Cayetano Soto, making it a night of three very different works of dance.

At half an hour, the Chor Leoni collaboration is an unusually long piece for the Ballet BC dancers, but according to Lichte it gives the music a chance to see its natural sonic narrative – from darkness to light – all the way through.

“You don’t want to make anything too literal because

Ballet BC launches its 30th anniversary season with a Chor Leoni collaboration Nov. 5-7. Pictured: Ballet BC dancer Racheal Prince. Michael Slobodian photo

most dance doesn’t work in that way – dance is mostly an abstraction – but if you’re going to program almost a half-hour of music, you’ve got to give yourself some kind of arc, some kind of storyline,” says Lichte. “I knew that the Ešenvalds-Cohen piece ends in this place of shimmering light and warmth, so I was kind of starting in the middle with the piece I knew I wanted to do, and it was finding two other pieces that added on in the right way.”

To do that he bookended the Cohen set, which also sees the choir playing hand chimes and tuned wine glasses to exquisite effect, with music by Carl Orff and a moody Psalm by polish composer Piotr Janczak.

“I don’t know how I discovered that piece,” says Lichte. “The beginning of it is almost very chant-like – the vocalism is very smooth but the musical intervals are very claggy and angular.

And the translation is, ‘Out of the depths I cry unto thee, oh Lord’... If you’re going to have this progression from

darkness to light, you better start as dark as you can!” he explains with a laugh.

Lichte says watching Celis and Ballet BC’s accomplished dancers bring his selections to life has left him with not only a new appreciate of the music, but of his medium.

“As a conductor, I certainly have my interpretation of how these pieces should go musically, and Stijn has reinterpreted that in the dance. So, to me, the truth lies somewhere in between,” says Lichte. “I think there will be something really potent about singing that right at the dancers. What they’ll be hearing from us is that unadorned acoustic phenomenon, and for me that’s where choral music always has its magic.” W

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Nirbhaya shatters the silence around sexual violence KRISTYN ANTHONY @allovthethings

It was the morning after the brutal attack on 23-year-old Jyoti Singh Pandey aboard a bus in Delhi in December of 2012, thatYaël Farber began the process that would become Nirbhaya; the searing and poignant new work from the writer/director, challenging the stigma of silence around sexual violence against women.

Laws forbid naming the victims of rape in India, and so until she succumbed to injuries so horrific they claimed her life, Pandey was known only as Nirbhaya; the Hindi word for fearless. Farber has

taken the notion of that word and elaborated on its theme with this ensemble piece, casting away the idea of shame, that so often silences victims.

Guarding the integrity of the story was at the forefront of the project, and as Farber delved further into the process, she says it took on a life of its own.

“Overwhelmed is a word in every theatre maker’s lexicon,” Farber says, when reached by phone. “There wasn’t a minute in five weeks (of preproduction) that wasn’t spent soaked in adrenaline.”

Collaborating with Poorna Jagannathan, a Mumbaibased actor, Farber travelled to India and armed with

the gift of shared experiences from the women who responded to her call, she began to write. An incredibly talented cast from India, including Jagannathan, bring these stories to the stage, a process Farber describes as “extraordinarily generous” considering for some, this was the first time they spoke

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openly about their experiences.

“I remember thinking it was that silence that had resulted in allowing this to happen again,” Farber describes.

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However, the result is further stifling the voices of those who are fighting for the culture around rape in India, to change.

On the graphic nature of the piece, Farber says, “audiences arrive to be entertained, but I have always felt my goal has been to move them;

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THE SLOTHS Legendary ‘60s rock band from the Sunset Strip in Hollywood bring the hits back to Fuck Friday! 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca

THE MOTORLEAGUE Four-piece rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick, swing through town in support of their new record, Holding Patterns, with special guest, the Dying Arts. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $8 at TicketFly.com

CHERUB A fresh new interpretation of the show presented by this electro-indie duo from Nashville, who’ve grown to a four-piece band with an opening set from Hippie Sabatoge. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $21.50 at Red Cat and Ticketmaster.ca

MAC MILLER American rapper, on tour in support of his new release, GO:OD AM, with special guests Goldlink, Domo Genesis, and Alexander Spit. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $38 at TicketWeb. ca. All ages show.

TORY LANEZ Toronto hip-hop artist and producer returns to Vancouver on his Swavenation Tour, with special guest Boogie. 10pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet, DIPT and TicketWeb.ca

THE STRUTS Glamorous, dangerous and over the top classic English rockers take the stage in support of their new EP, Have You Heard?, with special guest Andrew Watt. 8pm at Venue. Tickets $18 at TicketWeb.ca

FRIENDLY MALES Experimental psych-pop band from LA tours in support of Nopalera, with special guests the Cut Losses and the Big Gone. 8pm at Railway Club.

Tickets $7 at the door.

BUCKCHERRY LA-based hard rock act play tunes from their latest effort, Rock ‘n’ Roll, with special guest Pigeon Park. 9:30pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $35+ at Red Cat, Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com DALANNAH & OWEN Vancouverbased blues duo celebrate the release of their new album, Been Around A While, with an evening of classic blues with a modern twist as part of Trier Performance Series. 8pm at Orpheum Annex.

Tickets $20 at ArtsPoints.com THE ZOLAS Vancouver indie rockers play in supporr of their forthcoming release, Swooner, with special guests Hannah Epperson, and Fine Times. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets at Red Cat, Ticketmaster.ca and LiveNation.com

THEATRE/DANCE BALLET BC: PROGRAM 1 An evening of three individual works by choreographers reshaping contemporary ballet, including a world premiere by Belgianborn Stijn Celis, the Canadian premiere of Crystal Pite’s Solo Echo and the return of Cayetano Soto’s Twenty Eight Thousand Waves. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $30+ at Ticketmaster.ca. Runs until Nov. 7.

PAUL ANTHONY’S TALENT TIME Survey says Vancouver’s favourite monthly variety show returns for more laughs, more talent, and seriously good times, and this month it’s all about game shows with special guests Ryan Beil, Sophie Buddle, and Ava Frye with live music from The Runaway Four. 8pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $10 at RioTheatreTickets.ca or $12 at the door.

BIG SUGAR Canadian bluesreggae-rock band, on tour in support of Calling All The Youth, with special guest Triggerfinger. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $39.50+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca

COMEDY RICH VOS With two appearances on Last Comic Standing, Vos is the only white comedian to ever perform on Def Comedy Jam. A regular at Caroline’s in NY, with his own podcast and two half hour specials on Comedy Central Presents. 8pm & 10:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TheComedyMix.com

THEATRE/DANCE AIR INDIA (REDACTED) Five years in the making, this moving piece of music, theatre, poetry and projection sees its world premiere 30 years after the tragic saga of the bombing of Air India Flight 182, sharing the legacy of a remembered trauma. 8pm at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Tickets at WhatsOn.SFU.ca THE INCOMPLEAT FOLK SINGER An adaptation of the words of folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger shares, in his own words and music, his inspirations, conflicts, favourite songs, stories and instruments and the kind of learning that can only come from listening carefully. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at Tickets.

FirehallArtsCentre.com. Runs until Nov. 14.

PEOPLE Meet Dorothy Stacpoole, impoverished aristocrat and owner of a decaying home, desperate to raise enough cash to keep it all going. As The National Trust beckons, so do other less reputable offers in this production detailing every ambivalent Bennettian preoccupation. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre.com. Runs until Nov. 29

3 INCHES OF BLOOD Canadian heavy metal rockers play the first of two nights, culminating in their farewell show with special guests Hookers and Erosion. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $23.50+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca WINDIGO Four-piece psychedelic pop band from Calgary, on tour in support of their latest release, The Disco EP, with special guests Sister Says and Owl Skowl. 7:30pm at Railway Club. Tickets $10 at the door.

HERE WE GO MAGIC New Yorkbased psychedelic-electro-folk rockers bring their ambient hypnotica and melodic indie rock to the stage in support of Be Small, with special guest Big Thief. 7pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, and BPLive.

Electrostub.com DAVID GOGO Celebrating the release of his 14th studio album, Vicksburg Blues, the Nanaimobased musician brings his groovefueled blend of blues and rock to the stage. 8pm at Rio Theatre.

Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Beat Merchant, Neptoon, Zulu, Highlife, RioTheatreTickets.com or $25 at the door.

COMEDY WINSTON SPEAR With a charisma that endears him to all ages, the stand-up comic and actor from Toronto is a sure-fire hit thanks to his slightly disturbed sensibility and impromptu on-stage dance numbers. Opening sets from Joey Commisso, Brad Dorion, and Ross Dauk. 7pm and 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com

THEATRE/DANCE NIRBHAYA A stirring performance piece written and directed by Yaël Farber, centres around the brutal attack on a young woman travelling by bus in Delhi in 2012;

this searing new work cracks open the silence around women whose lives have been shattered by violence. 8pm at York Theatre.

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Runs until Nov. 14.

THE AMISH PROJECT A brilliant mediation on radical kindness, this production tackles our instincts for justice and revenge asking, when faced with the most terrible of atrocities, what do you do? 8pm at Pacific Theatre.

Tickets at PacificTheatre.org. Runs until Nov. 21.

A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL The classic holiday favourite gets a musical spin on the tale familiar to anyone who has ever been a kid. For nine-year-old Ralphie, only an Official Red Ryder BB gun will do under the tree, and this Canadian premiere is a holiday gift for the whole family. 2pm and 8pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub. com. Runs until Dec. 27.

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VANCOUVER CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE Inspired by adventurous and innovative composers, this unforgettable program of experimental music features new work from Remy Siu, Sammy Chien, Alan Lau and others. 7:30pm at Orpheum Annex. Tickets $15 at VCME.BrownPaperTickets.com and at the door.

COMEDY THE SUNDAY SERVICE A highenergy comedic production that carries the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip, this group builds, demolishes and builds again in an absurd patchwork of scenes and stories favouring discovery over structure. 9pm at Fox Cabaret.

Tickets $7 at the door.

THEATRE/DANCE THE DINING ROOM A.R. Gurney’s eloquent look at the lives of 50 characters, played by six actors in 18 vignettes, over a stretch of five decades; all of whom life’s most important decisions are made around the dining room table.

2pm at PAL Studio Theatre. Tickets at Dining.BrownPaperTickets. com or at 604-363-5734. Runs until Nov. 8.

PUSH FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY Charlie Demers hosts the announcement of the 2016 festival programming with live performances from Geoff Berner, Theatre Replacement, and Veda Hille. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $20 at PushFestival.ca

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WINNER: BEST RESTAURANT WINNER: BEST FINE DINING WINNER: BEST CHEF (DAVID HAWKSWORTH) WINNER: BEST SERVICE WINNER: MOST ROMANTIC WINNER: BEST INTERIOR DÉCOR WINNER: BEST WINE LIST SECOND: BEST SOMMELIER (BRYANT MAO) SECOND: BEST BARTENDER (COOPER TARDIVEL) SECOND: BEST DESSERT SECOND: BEST CATERING SECOND: BEST PRIVATE DINING ROOM SECOND: BEST DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT SECOND: BEST DOWNTOWN BAR THIRD: BEST WEST COAST THIRD: BEST COCKTAILS THIRD: BEST COCKTAIL BAR THIRD: BEST DOWNTOWN BAR THIRD: BEST CATERING

Almost five years ago, David Hawksworth opened up a rather ambitious room for Vancouver. At a time when other fine-dining and upscale restaurants were closing their doors or reinventing themselves as casual bistros, Hawskworth opened his eponymous restaurant in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia as an unabashedly elegant venture.

The risk paid off. Multiple accolades – including awards for best new restaurant, best chef, best wine list, best fine dining – from numerous publications (including this one) poured in during its first year. Maclean’s called it the restaurant of the year.The awards haven’t slowed down much since then, with the restaurant collecting golds both for its people and its food and beverage programs.

“I thought we were full when we opened up, but we’ve almost doubled the volume since then,” Hawksworth admits.

Hawksworth is quick to give credit to those that have stood behind him since opening.

“It’s evolving very nicely right now, and it’s really a collaborative effort with the whole team.”

And, it’s not just the stars like Kristian Eligh, Chad Clark, Cooper Tardivel and Bryant Mao that he credits.

When asked about a beautiful roasted romanesco salad I had for lunch one day, made with quark cheese, saffron white asparagus, watercress, meyer lemon vinaigrette, dukkah, and grated cured egg yolk, he credited sous chef

Phil Scarfone. “And Wayne Kozinko [pastry chef] just keeps getting better and better,” he adds.

Another reason for that success might be the steady focus on the kind of food they’re aiming to create.

“The mandate for what I want to see is that it feels refreshing.We’re veering away from anything too rich,” explains Hawksworth. “We do have foie gras and stuff like that on the menu, but it’s more about acidity and freshness of flavours. I think it’s headed in the right direction.”

That direction also includes the noted use of Asian flavours like yuzu and black sesame, among others.

“I think incorporating Asian flavours, to a degree – and Asian could mean Indian,Vietnamese,Thai, influences; we have such a melting pot here in Vancouver – is pretty indicative of where we live.”

Also indicative of place is the fact that for such an upscale restaurant, neither the atmosphere nor prices are stuffy.

“It’s not that ‘fine-dining’ here, to be honest,” Hawksworth states. “I purposefully didn’t use tablecloths.

I never wanted to open a restaurant where people go only one time, and there are some people that we’ve tracked who have been here 300 times since we opened. Our prices aren’t that much different from places like Cactus Club.”

When asked about his plans for the next few years, he replies, laughing, “To still be here!” On a more serious note: “I think we’ve built something fairly sturdy.We’re in a beautiful hotel, in a great spot.We have a great team.

David Hawksworth was named Vancouver’s Best Chef in Westender’s 2015 Best of the City: Dining readers’ poll. His eponymous restaurant picked up 19 awards in total, more than any other Vancouver eatery. Dan Toulgoet photo I don’t want to make it too fussy here, but I still want to make this the kind of restaurant that, if there’s one restaurant that you have to go to when you’re in the Vancouver, I want this to be the place.”

You would think that running the restaurant would be enough to keep him busy, especially with his new partnership with Air Canada, supplying their business lounges and first-class passengers with signature dishes, but apparently rest is for the lazy. A second, more casual restaurant

is in the works and while Hawksworth wouldn’t divulge the name, he did let slip that it’s based on a children’s fable. As for the food, “it’s really more of an Italian-Mediterranean-Californian focus, with small share plates.”

Think Fresno chilli, a pizza oven, and high-quality olive oils. Opening is slated for March 2016. W

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Score on Davie scores with Checkmate Caesar ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

Score on Davie’s floor manager Mitch MacDougall shows off the bar’s impressive Checkmate Caesar. Dan Toulgoet photo

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When it comes to the Caesar game, no one comes close to Score on Davie. So it’s little wonder that the West End bar was this year’s winner for Best Sports Bar and finished third for Best West End Bar. Of course there’s the huge patio, awesome staff, and huge TVs to watch the game. But no trip to Score on Davie is complete without a legendary Checkmate Caesar.

This diabolical culinary monstrosity is not for the weak of heart (or liver).

“We got called out online,” floor manager Mitch MacDougall explains. “We had a line of specialty Caesars, and someone called us out saying their Caesar was bigger.

“So this is our mic drop on the Caesar game.”

Checkmate, indeed.

Four ounces of vodka. An entire Cornish game hen. A Score burger. A

pulled pork slider. Half a dozen hot wings. Half a dozen onion rings. A hot dog stuffed with pulled pork and mac ‘n’ cheese. And to top it all off, a brownie for dessert.

“Substantial engineering goes into this,” says MacDougall. “It’s not easy to get this to the table without dropping it.”

Cooking and assembling the Checkmate can take more than 20 minutes, so be patient. And make sure to bring a friend (or two): with four ounces of alcohol, the Checkmate is intended to be shared.

Not surprisingly, the legend of the Checkmate has spread online, and many make the trip to Score on Davie just to challenge the world’s most ridiculous Caesar.

“Lots of people visiting Vancouver for the first time will make us their first stop to try the Checkmate,” MacDougall says.

But while that might get them through the door, what keeps people

WINNER: BEST SPORTS BAR THIRD: BEST WEST END BAR

coming back is the staff, he says.

“The atmosphere is great, because it’s a great group of friends here,” says MacDougall. “That’s what keeps everyone around.” W

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Gourmet hot dogs for the working class

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Hot dogs have long been held back by the ketchup mafia. Every once in a while, mustard and onions were allowed in on the action, but for the longest time the sweet red sauce ran the show.

Enter Matt and Jenna Hagarty, husband and wife hot dog… connoisseurs? It certainly seems that way, with their 25-seat, punk rock hangout in Hastings-Sunrise offering nearly a dozen different versions of the classic dugout snack.

You’ve got the best-selling Matt and She’s, a dog so loaded down with mac ’n’ cheese, bits of bacon and green onion that you need a fork to slay the beast; you’ve got the Reuben, a corned beef, swiss cheese and sauerkraut creation that can proudly call itself one of What’s Up? Hot Dog!’s original three; and you can’t forget the Hanzai, the pickled ginger, cucumber, wasabi and sriracha party that rolls with a tempura-and-blacksesame-seed entourage.

They pickle their own onions, smoke their own pork, and all their dogs – made

with all-natural Two Rivers beef or Field Roast veggie – run from eight to 11 bucks.

“We put a lot of time and work into the ingredients,” says Matt proudly from one of the red vinyl booths.

“There’s no space cheese or anything on top.”

So, it’s no surprise that within seven short months of opening, the couple, who also both play in local bands, now hold silver for Best Hot Dog in our Best of the City: Dining readers’ choice poll.

They also won Best Cheap Eats, Best Diner/Greasy Spoon (city wide AND East Side), and bronze for Best Burger.

Not bad for a couple who didn’t really want to do a restaurant in the first place.

“My goal wasn’t necessarily to create a restaurant,” admits Matt with a laugh.

“Our food is really good and it’s gotten a lot better since we started, but my goal was just to create another place where we could hang out that wasn’t just a bar.

“Vancouver is so saturated with sports bars and there’s a lot of places I love to go to see bands,” he continues, “but in between those two things I didn’t

feel like there was a lot of spaces that had more than just drinking.”

Inspired by tour stops at Tubby Dog in Calgary, a place where all-ages live shows and hot dogs are a match made in heaven, the walls at What’s Up? Hot Dog! are lined with posters from Vancouver’s punk rock past while tunes by Weezer, Bad Sports, Protex and The Monks blare over the speakers. And true to their goal to have more than just booze, the bar became a Blue Jays hot spot in the summer, has a well-played pinball arcade, and is building on its popular Simpson’s trivia night with impending NHL ’94 tournaments and Tape Jam – a VHS and Betamax movie night that will see custom hot dogs to match the movies.

Matt adds that they want people in the neighbourhood to know it’s also a place to just come by with a laptop to work. Fair warning though: those keys will be a mole sauce magnet. W

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What’s Up? Hot Dog! co-owner Matt Hagarty hunkers down for some delicious dogs.

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BEST OVERALL BEST RESTAURANT 1. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

BEST CHEAP EATS

BEST BRUNCH

1. What’s Up? Hot Dog! 2481 East Hastings 604-879-8364 WhatsUpHotDog.ca

1. Medina Café 780 Richards 604-879-3114 MedinaCafe.com

2. La Taqueria 322 West Hastings 604-568-4406 LaTaqueria.com

2. Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com

3. Sal y Limon 701 Kingsway #5 604-677-4247 SalYLimon.ca

3. Chambar 568 Beatty 604-879-7119 Chambar.com

BEST WORKING LUNCH

BEST DESSERT

1. Cactus Club Various locations CactusClubCafe.com

1. True Confections 866 Denman 604-682-1292 TrueConfections.ca

T-2. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com

3. Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com

BEST FINE DINING

T-2. Meat & Bread 370 Cambie 604-566-9003 MeatAndBread.ca

1. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com

T-3. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com

2. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

T-3. Sciue Italian Bakery Caffe Various locations 604-602-7263 Sciue.ca

3. Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar 845 Burrard 604-642-2900 BoulevardVancouver.ca

T-3. Yaletown L’Antipasto 1127 Mainland 604-558-1174 YaletownLAntipasto.com

BEST MID-PRICE

BEST BREAKFAST

1. Cactus Club Various locations CactusClubCafe.com

1. Medina Café 780 Richards 604-879-3114 MedinaCafe.com

2. Yaletown L’Antipasto 1127 Mainland 604-558-1174 YaletownLAntipasto.com

3. Red Wagon 2296 East Hastings 604-568-4565 RedWagonCafe.com

2. Yolk’s 1298 East Hastings 604-428-9655 Yolks.ca

T-2. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com

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T-2. Thomas Haas 2539 West Broadway 604-736-1848 ThomasHaas.com T-3. The Acorn 3995 Main 604-566-9001 TheAcornRestaurant.ca T-3. Bella Gelateria 1001 West Cordova 604-569-1010 BellaGelateria.com

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Sommelier Jason Yamasaki helped secure Chambar two of its four Best of the City: Dining awards. Scott Little photo

Jason Yamasaki has come a long way since his humble beginnings as a busboy at the White Spot. He now runs the wine program at Chambar, one of Vancouver’s hottest restaurants and has earned a couple of well-deserved feathers in his cap. After triumphing at the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers (CAPS) competition in BC in November 2014, he was named the 2015 Sommelier of the Year by the Vancouver International Wine Festival, and was voted the Best Sommelier in the city by readers of Westender.

I caught up with Jason after three days of judging together for the Vancouver Magazine Wine Awards just hours before he was to due to fly off to Australia. God forbid we should do an interview without drinking, so Jason thoughtfully poured me a glass of the 2014 Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine from Château du Coing de Saint-Fiacre.

Why wine?

Wine arrived completely unexpectedly and organically out of an obsession to get better in restaurant hospitality. Wine was part of the job but honestly I never paid much attention to it. I realized that I was surrounded by individuals who were speaking passionately about something that I didn’t have that much experience with.

So just by subtle, lengthy osmosis of their influence, I decided one day I would give this a shot.

remarkable. (Note: Jason kept all of us wine judges well medicated with FernetBranca.)

Is there a particular wine that was a turning point for you?

The most memorable bottles have always been paired with a certain occasion. I can pick out a Meo-Camuzet Chambolle-Musigny from a humble 2004 off-vintage that was my first big introduction into Burgundy and the first time I was willing to spend more than a couple of bucks on a bottle of wine.

How do you approach food and wine pairing?

At Chambar I am completely willing to suspend my notions about certain proteins going with certain styles of wine and certain sauces going with other styles. So many of our sauces take a traditional protein and turn it on its head. I have been surprised on way too many occasions to have any sort of manifesto of principles. As long as there is acidity in the wine something will happen.

What are you drinking when you aren’t drinking wine?

Fernet-Branca. It is the magic cure-all for creating hunger and appetite in addition to having restful digestive properties. It is quite

Is there a wine that shares these same properties?

We are drinking it right now. It’s Muscadet as pure as Muscadet could possibly be. Neutral at the same time capturing the quintessential nature of what to me white wine should be all about. It’s amazingly accessible to drink and unbelievably surprising and magical with food.

It’s the question we all hate, but what is your desert island wine?

Muscadet would be extremely high on the list. But its soulful, more complex counterpart, Chablis would probably be number one.

As a much broader answer; Chardonnay, in all of its forms.

What off-the-beaten-track gem are you currently excited about?

I have had such amazing success introducing staff to Chinon. It can reliably find something compatible with nearly every dish. I put Les Pensées de Pallus Chinon on by the glass and it has become one of our absolute best sellers. It’s totally approachable for an individual who is more used to drinking Cabernet Sauvignon yet it still has the soul and attachment to what Cabernet Franc/Chinon is.

What do you believe is the most important aspect of your job?

Teaching staff and using wine as a way to improve and inspire people in the restaurant. W

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1. What’s Up? Hot Dog! 2481 East Hastings 604-879-8364 WhatsUpHotDog.ca 2. Deacon’s Corner 101 Main 604-684-1555 DeaconsCorner.ca 3. Lucy’s Eastside Diner 2708 Main 604-568-1550

BEST PRIVATE DINING ROOM

1. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca 2. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 3. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com

BEST SERVICE

1. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca T-3. Bistro Wagon Rouge 1869 Powell 604-251-4070 BistroWagonRouge.com T-3. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com

BEST VIEW

1. Cactus Club Various locations CactusClubCafe.com

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2. Seasons in the Park West 33rd at Cambie 604-874-8008 VancouverDine.com/seasons-park 3. Cloud 9 1400 Robson 604-687-0511 Cloud9Restaurant.ca

BEST PLACE TO TAKE VISITORS

1. Cactus Club Various locations CactusClubCafe.com 2. Seasons in the Park West 33rd at Cambie 604-874-8008 VancouverDine.com/seasons-park T-3. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com T-3. Edible Canada 1596 Johnston 604-682-6681 EdibleCanada.com

MOST ROMANTIC

1. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. Seasons in the Park West 33rd at Cambie 604-874-8008 VancouverDine.com/seasons-park 3. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

BEST PATIO

1. Tap & Barrel 1 Athletes Way 604-685-2223 TapAndBarrel.com 2. Cactus Club CactusClubCafe.com 3. Dockside 1253 Johnston 604-685-7070 DocksideVancouver.com

BEST LATE-NIGHT EATS

1. The Naam 2724 West 4th 604-738-7151 TheNaam.com 2. Lucy’s East Side Diner 2708 Main 604-568-1550 3. Denny’s 1098 Davie 604-689-0509 Dennys.ca

BEST LOCALLYSOURCED FOOD

1. Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com 2. Farmer’s Apprentice 1535 West 6th 604-620-2070 FarmersApprentice.ca 3. Fable 1944 West 4th 604-732-1322 FableKitchen.ca

BEST CATERING

1. The Lazy Gourmet 1605 West 5th 604-734-2507 LazyGourmet.ca T-2. The Butler Did It 620 Clark 604-739-3663 ButlerDidItCatering.com T-2. Emelle’s 177 West 7th 604-875-6551 Emelles.com T-2. Hawksworth Catering 801 West Georgia 604-605-3325 ext. 1 HawksworthRestaurant.com/ events/catering 3. Culinary Capers 1545 West 3rd 604-875-0123 CulinaryCapers.com

BEST CHEF

1. David Hawksworth Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. David Gunawan Farmer’s Apprentice 1535 West 6th 604-620-2070 FarmersApprentice.ca 3. Chris Whittaker – Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com

BEST SOMMELIER

1. Jason Yamasaki – Chambar 568 Beatty 604-879-7119 Chambar.com 2. Bryant Mao – Hawksworth 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com T-3. Alex Thornley - L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca T-3. Andrea Vescovi Blue Water Café 1095 Hamilton 604-688-8078 BlueWaterCafe.net T-3. Steve Edwards - Boulevard 845 Burrard 604-642-2900 BoulevardVancouver.ca

BEST BARTENDER

1. Dani Tatarin - The Keefer 135 Keefer 604-688-1961 TheKeeferBar.com 2. Cooper Tardivel – Hawksworth 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com T-3. Shaun Layton - L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

T-3. Lauren Mote – Uva 900 Seymour 604-632-9560 UvaVancouver.com

BEST INTERIOR DÉCOR

1. Hawksworth 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca 3. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com

BEST FOOD TRUCK

1. Tacofino Tacofino.com 2. Mom’s Grilled Cheese MomsGrilledCheeseTruck.com 3. Le Tigre LeTigreCuisine.ca

BEST COOKING SCHOOL

1. Dirty Apron 540 Beatty 604-879-8588 DirtyApron.com 2. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts 1505 West 2nd 604-734-4488 Picachef.com 3. Vancouver Community College 1155 East Broadway 604-871-7000 VCC.ca

BEST FOOD/DRINK EVENT

1. Eat Vancouver Eat-Vancouver.com 2. Vancouver International Wine Festival VanWineFest.ca 3. Dine Out Vancouver DineOutVancouver.com

BEST WINE LIST

1. Hawksworth 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 2. Chambar 568 Beatty 604-879-7119 Chambar.com T-3. Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar 845 Burrard 604-642-2900 BoulevardVancouver.ca T-3. CinCin 1154 Robson 604-688-7338 CinCin.net T-3. Jules Bistro 216 Abbott 604-669-0033 JulesBistro.ca T-3. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

BEST COCKTAILS 1. The Keefer Bar 135 Keefer 604-688-1961 TheKeeferBar.com T-2. The Diamond 6 Powell 604-568-8272 di6mond.com T-2. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca 3. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com

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2. Kirin Restaurant 1172 Alberni 604-688-2812 KirinRestaurants.com

1. Simba’s Grill 825 Denman 604-974-0649 SimbasGrill.com 2. Harambe Ethiopian 2149 Commercial 604-216-1060 Harambes.com 3. Jambo Grill 3219 Kingsway 604-433-5060 JamboGrill.ca

3. Peaceful Restaurant 532 West Broadway 604-879-9878 PeacefulRestaurant.com

BEST EASTERN EUROPEAN

BEST CANADIAN CUISINE 1. Edible Canada 1551 Johnston 604-682-6681 EdibleCanada.com 2. Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com 3. The Oakwood Canadian Bistro 2741 West 4th 604-558-1965 TheOakwood.ca

BEST CARIBBEAN 1. The Reef 4172 Main 604-874-5375 TheReefRestaurant.com 2. Calabash Bistro 428 Carrall 604-568-5882 CalabashBistro.com T-3. Jamaican Pizza Jerk 2707 Commercial 604-876-3343 PizzaJerk.ca T-3. Riddim and Spice 1945 Commerical 604-215-9252

BEST CHINESE 1. Bao Bei 163 Keefer 604-688-0876 Bao-Bei.ca

1. Ukrainian Village 815 Denman 604-687-7440 UkrainVillage.Vix.com/canada 2. Acacia Fillo Bar 1103 Denman 604-633-3884 AcaciaFilloBar.com 3. Bernie’s Bureks 5737 Battison 604-336-6581

BEST FRENCH 1. Le Crocodile 909 Burrard 604-669-4298 LeCrocodileRestaurant.com 2. Les Faux Bourgeois 663 East 15th 604-873-9733 LesFauxBourgeois.com 3. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

T-2. Apollonia Greek Restaurant 1830 Fir 604-736-9559 ApolloniaGreekRestaurant.com T-2. Taki’s Taverna 1106 Davie 604-682-1336 TakisTaverna.com 3. The Greek by Anatoli 1043 Mainland 604-979-0700 TheGreekByAnatoli.com

BEST INDIAN 1. Vij’s 1480 West 11th 604-736-6664 VijsRestaurant.ca 2. Siddharta’s Indian Kitchen 2066 Commerical 604-215-7556 SiddharthasKitchen.com 3. Rangoli 1488 West 11th 604-736-5711 VijsRangoli.ca

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1. Ask for Luigi 305 Alexander 604-428-2544 AskForLuigi.com

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2. Italian Kitchen 1037 Alberni 604-687-2858 GlowbalGroup.com/ItalianKitchen 3. Cin Cin 1154 Robson 604-688-7338 CinCin.net

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BEST OF THE CITY: DINING BEST JAPANESE 1. Tojo’s Restaurant 1133 West Broadway 604-872-8050 Tojos.com 2. Miku Restaurant 200 Granville 604-568-3900 MikuRestaurant.com 3. Guu Izakaya 1698 Robson 604-685-8678 Guu-Izakaya.com

BEST KOREAN 1. Sura Korean Royal Cuisine 1518 Robson 604-687-7872 SuraKoreanCuisine.com 2. Damso Modern Korean Cuisine 867 Denman 604-632-0022 MainMenus.com/Vancouver/Damso T-3. Kyo Korean BBQ & Sushi House 2993 Granville 604-739-8868 KyoBBQ.com T-3. Ma Dang Goul 847 Denman 604-688-3585

BEST LATIN AMERICAN 1. Chicha 136 East Broadway 604-620-3963 ChichaRestaurant.com 2. Baru Latino 2535 Alma 604-222-9171 BaruLatino.com 3. Boca 1513 West Broadway 604-620-1262 Boca2Go.ca

BEST MEXICAN 1. Las Margaritas 1999 West 4th 604-734-7117 LasMargaritas.com 2. La Taqueria 2549 Cambie 604-558-2549 LaTaqueria.com T-3. La Casita 101 West Cordova 604-646-2444 LaCasita.ca T-3. La Mezcaleria 1622 Commercial 604-559-8226 LaMezcaleria.ca

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T-3. Sal Y Limon 701 Kingsway #5 604-677-4247 SalYLimon.ca

BEST MIDDLE EASTERN 1. Nuba 207 West Hastings 604-688-1655 Nuba.ca 2. East is East 3243 West Broadway 604-734-5881 EastIsEast.ca

T-3. Afghan Horsemen 1833 Anderson 604-873-5923 AfghanHorsemen.com

2. Blue Water Café 1095 Hamilton 604-688-8078 BlueWaterCafe.Net

T-3. Medina Café 780 Richards 604-879-3114 MedinaCafe.com

T-3. Edible Canada 1551 Johnston 604-682-66841 EdibleCanada.com

T-3. Tamam 2616 East Hastings 604-620-7078 TamamPalestinianCuisine.com

T-3. Hawksworth Restaurant 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com

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1. Banana Leaf 820 West Broadway 604-731-6333 BananaLeaf-Vancouver.com

BEST BAR

2. Kaya Malay Bistro 1063 West Broadway 604-730-9963 KayaMalay.com

1. Alibi Room 57 Alexander 604-623-3383 Alibi.ca

T-3. Hawker’s Delight 4127 Main 604-709-8188

2. Pourhouse 162 Water 604-568-7022 PourhouseRestaurant.ca

T-3. Tropika 2975 Cambie 604-879-6002

3. Hawksworth Cocktail Bar 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com/bar

BEST SPANISH 1. Espana 1118 Denman 604-558-4040 EspanaRestaurant.ca

BEST BREAKFAST 1. Medina Café 780 Richards 604-879-3114 MedinaCafe.com

2. Bodega on Main 1014 Main 604-565-8815 BodegaOnMain.ca

2. Nelson The Seagull 315 Carrall 604-681-5776 NelsonTheSeagull.com

3. The Sardine Can 26 Powell 604-568-1350 TheSardineCan.ca

T-3. The Elbow Room Café 560 Davie 604-685-3628 TheElbowRoomCafe.com

BEST THAI 1. Thai House 1766 West 7th 604-737-0088

T-3. Deacon’s Corner 101 Main 604-684-1555 DeaconsCorner.ca

2. Sala Thai 888 Burrard 604-683-7999 SalaThai.ca

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3. Maenam 1938 West 4th 604-730-5579 Maenam.ca

1. Medina Café 780 Richards 604-879-3114 MedinaCafe.com

BEST VIETNAMESE

2. Nelson The Seagull 315 Carrall 604-681-5776 NelsonTheSeagull.com

1. Mr. Red Café 2234 East Hastings 604-710-9515 T-2. Pho Express Ankor Noodle House 1745 Robson 604-689-8399 PhoExpressAnkorNoodleHouse.com T-2. Pho Linh Vietnamese Restaurant 325 East Broadway 604-875-6443 3. Hai Phong Vietnamese Restaurant 1246 Kingsway 604-872-3828 HaiPhongRestaurant.com

BEST WEST COAST 1. Coast 1054 Alberni 604-685-5010 GlowbalGroup.com/Coast/

3. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

BEST COFFEE SHOP 1. Revolver Coffee 325 Cambie 604-558-4444 RevolverCoffee.ca 2. Bel Café 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 BelCafe.com 3. Starbucks Various locations Starbucks.ca

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BEST RESTAURANT 1. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca 2. Hawksworth 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 3. Blue Water Café 1095 Hamilton 604-688-8078 BlueWaterCafe.net

BEST TAKE-OUT / DELIVERY 1. Tacofino Burrito Bar 15 West Cordova 604-899-7907 Tacofino.com

BEST BREAKFAST 1. Yolk’s 1298 East Hastings 604-428-9655 Yolks.ca 2. Red Wagon Café 2296 East Hastings 604-568-4565 RedWagonCafe.com 3. Slickity Jim’s Chat ’n’ Chew 3475 Main 604-873-6760 SlickityJims.ca

BEST BRUNCH 1. Yolk’s 1298 East Hastings 604-428-9655 Yolks.ca 2. La Mezcaleria 1622 Commercial 604-559-8226 LaMezcaleria.ca T-3. Burdock & Co. 2702 Main 604-879-0077 BurdockAndCo.com T-3. Ask for Luigi 305 Alexander 604-428-2544 AskForLuigi.com

BEST COFFEE SHOP

3. Incendio Pizza 103 Columbia 604-688-8694 Incendio.ca

1. Matchstick Coffee Roasters 639 East 15th 604-558-0639 MatchstickCoffee.com 2. JJ Bean Coffee Various locations JJBeanCoffee.com 3. Gene Café 2404 Main 604-568-5501 GeneCafe.ca

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2. Urban Thai Bistro 1119 Hamilton 604-408-7788 ThaiHouse.com

T-1. Nelson the Seagull 315 Carrall 604-681-5776 NelsonTheSeagull.com T-1. Medina Café 780 Richards 604-879-3114 MedinaCafe.com 2. Hawksworth 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com 3. Meat & Bread 370 Cambie 604-566-9003 MeatAndBread.ca

EAST SIDE BEST BAR 1. The Cobalt 917 Main 778-918-3671 TheCobalt.ca 2. Shameful Tiki 4362 Main 604-999-5684 ShamefulTikiRoom.com 3. The Keefer 135 Keefer 604-688-1961 TheKeeferBar.com

1. What’s Up? Hot Dog! 2481 East Hastings 604-879-8364 WhatsUpHotDog.ca 2. Lucy’s East Side Diner 2708 Main 604-568-1550 3. Red Wagon 2296 East Hastings 604-568-4565 RedWagonCafe.com

BEST RESTAURANT 1. Bistro Wagon Rouge 1869 Powell 604-251-4070 BistroWagonRouge.com 2. Tacofino Commissary 2327 East Hastings 604-253-8226 Tacofino.com T-3. Les Faux Bourgeois 663 East 15th 604-873-9733 LesFauxBourgeois T-3. Mamie Taylor’s 251 East Georgia 604-620-8818 MamieTaylors.ca T-3. Via Tevere 1190 Victoria 604-336-1803 ViaTeverePizzeria.com

BEST TAKE-OUT / DELIVERY 1. Siddartha’s Indian Kitchen 2066 Commercial 604-215-7556 SiddarthasKitchen.com 2. ChongQing Szechuan Cuisine 2808 Commercial 604-254-7434 cqrestaurant.com 3. Budgies Burritos 44 Kingsway 604-874-5408 BudgiesBurritos.com

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH 1. Finch’s Market 501 East Georgia 604-558-1644

3. Score on Davie 1262 Davie 604-632-1646 ScoreOnDavie.com

BEST BREAKFAST 1. Joe’s Grill 3048 Main 604-879-6586

3. Denny’s 1098 Davie 604-689-0509 Dennys.ca

2. Tavola 1829 Robson 604-606-4680 TavolaVancouver.com 3. Left Bank 751 Denman Street 604-687-1418 LeftBankVancouver.com

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T-2. Burgoo 3096 Main Street 604-873-1441 Burgoo.ca

2. Left Bank 751 Denman 604-687-1418 LeftBankVancouver.com

T-3. Sweet Cherubim 1105 Commercial 604-253-0969 SweetCherubim.com

3. Milestone’s Various locations MilestonesRestaurants.com

BEST COFFEE SHOP 1. Greenhorn Espresso Bar 994 Nicola 604-428-2912 GreenhornCafe.com 2. Starbucks Various locations Starbucks.ca 3. Delany’s Coffee House 1105 Denman 604-662-3344 DelanysCoffee.com

BEST BAR 1. 1181 1181 Davie 604-687-3991 1181.ca 2. Three Brits 1780 Davie 604-801-6681 DonnellyGroup.ca/three-brits

BEST RESTAURANT 1. Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com

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3. Red Umbrella Café 1707 Davie 604-688-7818 RedUmbrellaCafeBC.com

2. Forage 1300 Robson 604-661-1400 ForageVancouver.com

T-2. La Grotta del Formaggio 1791 Commercial 604-255-3911 LGDF.ca

T-3. Tacofino 2327 East Hastings 604-253-8226 Tacofino.com

2. Hamburger Mary’s 1202 Davie 604-687-1293

BEST DINER / GREASY SPOON 1. Joe’s Grill 3048 Main 604-879-6586

BEST TAKE-OUT / DELIVERY

1. Nook 781 Denman 604-568-4554 NookRestaurant.ca 2. Stepho’s 1124 Davie 604-683-2555 3. Hon’s Wun Tun House 1339 Robson 604-685-0871 Hons.ca

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH

1. Cactus Club Various locations CactusClubCafe.com 2. Banana Leaf 1096 Denman 604-683-3333 BananaLeaf-Vancouver.com 3. The Dish on Davie 1068 Davie 604-689-0208

WEST SIDE BEST BAR

T-1. The Marquis 2666 Granville 604-568-0670 TheMarquis.ca T-1. Grapes & Soda 1541 West 6th 604-336-2456 GrapesAndSoda.ca 2. Anza Club 3 West 8th 604-876-7128 AnzaClub.org 3. Local Public Eatery 2210 Cornwall 604-734-3589 LocalKits.com

BEST BREAKFAST

1. Paul’s Omelettery 2211 Granville 604-737-2857 PaulsOmelettery.com 2. Sophie’s Cosmic Café 2095 West 4th 604-732-6810 SophiesCosmicCafe.com 3. Jethro’s Fine Grub 3420 Dunbar 604-569-3441 JethrosFineGrub.com

BEST BRUNCH

1. Nook 1525 Yew 604-734-0099 NookRestaurant.ca 2. Jethro’s Fine Grub 3420 Dunbar 604-569-3441 JethrosFineGrub.com 3. Sophie’s Cosmic Café 2095 West 4th 604-732-6810 SophiesCosmicCafe.com

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It’s official: Brassneck Brewery is the best.The popular Main Street brewery won top honours at the BC Beer Awards last month, taking home the Best in Show prize for their One Trick Pony Imperial IPA. Combine that with tying with 33 Acres for Vancouver’s favourite tasting room in Westender’s Best of the City: Dining readers’ choice poll, and you have a mighty compelling case.

Not that Nigel Springthorpe would ever admit it.The Brassneck – and Alibi Room – co-owner has earned his status as a local legend for both his exceptional taste in beer and his unwillingness to accept his legendary status.

I sat down with Nigel to discuss the recent wins, the brewery and his influence on the local beer culture, two years after Brassneck opened its doors.

How do you account for the popularity of Brassneck? The way that I’ve seen it, it’s like the craft beer thing was kind of

happening, and then Parallel 49 opened in 2012, which let Vancouver’s industry lift off a little bit. But I don’t think Brassneck or 33 Acres get due credit for backing that up. It’s almost like the three breweries elevated the industry together.

I actually don’t know how much one thing has to do with the other thing.There’s definitely some overlap.When you talk to the St. Augustine’s dudes [who later opened Parallel 49], they always wanted a big brewery and, y’know, get everybody.They took a big gamble with a homebrewer who ended up being excellent.

They’ve got this really good combination of drive and quality, and those guys are driven to be big.They’re doing a really good job of it. I think the beer, as they’ve grown, has gotten better. Some people think that when things get bigger they get worse, but the quality control’s there.

I mean, Brassneck took three years of planning to make.We wish we had been opened the year before, but it just didn’t happen. 33 Acres is a brewery that I didn’t know anything about – nobody knew anything about it – and they’ve really carved their own niche in a very busy market

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Brassneck Brewery co-owner Nigel Springthorpe at his Main Street tasting room. Dan Toulgoet photo place by being absolutely, completely, totally and utterly different. If you could put Parallel 49 and 33 Acres on a spectrum of breweries, they’d be on opposite ends in so many ways.

That’s what I’m getting at. You three don’t have much to do with each other, and aren’t all that similar, but because you all opened within a year of each other, you’ve educated the local consumer base about what craft beer is. As result of that, these three breweries have allowed the industry to take off without intending to,

based purely on what your points of view are. Together you’re representative of what craft beer can be.

Yeah. I think Brassneck is much more about the experience of the tasting room and seeing what else is available beer-wise. I think 33 Acres focuses on the overall experience, and Parallel 49 is all about the brand.Their tasting room is scruffy. Anything goes, in a longshoreman kinda way.Those are the dudes that are hanging out there during the day. I’m sure 33 Acres and Brassneck look a little precious compared to those guys, you know?

But we have to be more about what happens when you walk through the door. I don’t know if one would’ve survived without the other one or anything.There was a new wave of stuff that happened at that time in 2012, 2013, but the breweries that started popping up at that time – Bomber, Main Street, even Strange Fellows – they were planning those for a long time.

Right. I know it all happened by accident, but it just got so popular, and it’s not simply because breweries were popping up. I’m just trying to wrap my head around how this happened. Everything was just happening at the right time.

The consumer base was ready for it and getting educated about it, because of the popularity of these three breweries.

You had these companies that had the beer scene by the short and curlies for a long time. Mark James Group had a few brewpubs. Steamworks.

Central City. So you’ve got brewers, working a long time for those guys, who are now getting older. Iain Hill’s in his 40s, Conrad’s in his 40s,Vern Lambourne, who’s now going out on his own. It’s this perfect storm of guys who were working for other people, gathering their own wealth, they’re getting older and looking at what they’re going to be doing.

That might have had something to do with it – an older generation of brewers wanting to go out on their own. But then that doesn’t explain how you get Powell Street and Dave [Bowkett], who came

out of nowhere – absolutely nowhere.They were really successful.The Doans are young guys.

The other thing is you have me, Nigel Pike, Don Farrion and the guys at St. Augustine’s – we were all guys that had beer-focused restaurants, and we were seeing this thing happening, and it felt like the next logical step to be actually manufacturing.

What do you think’s going to happen in the next five or 10 years?

When you go to a liquor store and you pick up a couple of bombers off the shelf, it feels expensive at the moment.

It feels daunting because there’s so much product and it feels expensive. Now that’s a combination of the price changes and just the fact that it’s more expensive, especially with American imports.

For us, we’re small – so small that things that affect us are new developments happening across the street.We’re always going to have a beer bar on Main Street, and that’s valuable in itself, for sustainability at our level and our size.

I think what you might see is more of this thing, sort of more neighbourhood-size breweries, where they don’t need to play that packaging game, which is where things are going to get really competitive.

The price changes have been good for us. People are coming in and getting their two litres. A two-litre growler is almost [the same as] three bombers. Our Brassneck Ale is $10. Compare that to walking into a cold beer and wine store and picking up a bottle.

The other thing is, you can taste it before you buy it. It’s a nicer experience.

So when I see all these things happening, and the way things are growing, our aspirations are not to play that game. W

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BEST DINER / GREASY SPOON 1. Sophie’s Cosmic Café 2095 West 4th 604-732-6810 SophiesCosmicCafe.com 2. Jethro’s Fine Grub 3420 Dunbar 604-569-3441 JethrosFineGrub.com 3. Sunshine Diner 2649 West Broadway 604-733-7717 TheSunshineDiner.com

BEST RESTAURANT 1. Farmer’s Apprentice 1535 West 6th 604-620-2070 FarmersApprentice.ca 2. AnnaLena 1809 West 1st 778-379-4052 AnnaLena.ca T-3. Bishop’s 2183 West 4th 604-738-2025 BishopsOnline.com T-3. Fable 1944 West 4th 604-732-1322 FableKitchen.ca

BEST TAKE-OUT / DELIVERY 1. La Taqueria 2549 Cambie 604-558-2549 LaTaqueria.com 2. Peaceful Restaurant Various locations PeacefulRestaurant.com 3. Domino’s Various locations Dominos.ca

BEST WEEKDAY LUNCH 1. Salade de Fruits Café 1551 West 7th 604-714-5987 SaladeDeFruits.com

2. Pure Bread 159 West Hastings 604-563-8060 PureBread.ca T-3. Bel Café 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 BelCafe.com T-3. Lemonade Bakery 3385 Cambie 604-873-9993 LemonadeBakery.ca T-3. Thomas Haas 2539 West Broadway 604-736-1848 ThomasHaas.com

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2. Tractor Foods 1903 West 4th 604-222-2557 TractorFoods.com

1. Memphis Blues Barbecue House 1465 West Broadway 604-738-6806 MemphisBluesBBQ.com

3. Emelle’s 177 West 7th 604-875-6551 Emelles.com

2. Pekinpah 2 Water 604-681-5411 PeckinPahBBQ.com

BEST SPECIALTY ITEMS BEST BAGELS 1. Solly’s Bagelry 2873 West Broadway 604-675-9770 SollysBagelry.com 2. Seigel’s Bagels 1883 Cornwall 604-737-8151 SiegelsBagels.com 3. Benny’s Bagels 2505 West Broadway 604-731-9730

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Spicy: the word that most often sums up a neophyte’s knowledge of Korean food.

It’s a simplifier that chef Sang-Cho Han and his staff at the award-winning Sura on Robson Street quietly disprove night after jam-packed night, with nuanced cuisine literally fit for kings and queens.

Building a menu around centuries-old recipes that would have been served only to Korea’s wealthiest classes, Sura has won Best Korean in Westender’s Best of the City: Dining readers’ choice poll for the sixth year in a row.

“Everything is traditional;

there’s no fusion here,” explains Amy Kim, a representative of the bustling restaurant, which opened in 2008.

Seated on silk pillows and surrounded by traditional Hanok-style décor, more than 500 people flow in and out of Sura’s doors each night. And, each night, the restaurant goes through more than 20 heads of cabbage in its quest for the perfect kimchi, made in-house and served complimentary with each meal as part of a rotating trio of stunning side dishes, or banchan.

Kimchi, one of Korea’s most ubiquitous national dishes, is more than just the fermented cabbage most Vancouverites know and love, though. It encompasses

hundreds of preparations of delicious veggies, from pickled radishes and cucumbers to pickled seaweed.

But yes, Sura is known far and wide for its baechu kimchi – tall heads of napa cabbage, chopped and coated with a blend of apples, pears, onions, garlic and so many sundried chili flakes that they form a palate-tingling paste on each leaf.

“Red kimchi is the most traditional type in Korea, and the whole restaurant theme is traditional, so we try to keep everything in the original way,” says Kim with a shy smile, scissors and metal chopsticks flashing between shared bites.

Seated next to her at the table, chef Han laughs at my

kimchi-obsessed questioning as he offers up succulent braised beef and pan-stirred seafood alongside delicate, stuffed cucumbers and pillowy seafood pancakes. He knows the spicy starter will soon be forgotten in a sea of sweet soy glazes and melt-in-your-mouth meats.

In fact, this five-course introduction dispels another misconception decisively.

There’s clearly more to Korean food than kimchi, and, neophytes take note: the country’s cuisine gets the royal treatment at Sura. W

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2. Kirin Restaurant 1172 Alberni 604-682-8833 KirinRestaurants.com

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3. New Town Bakery 3484 Cambie 604-876-7288 NewTownBakery.ca

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BEST COFFEE 1. Starbucks Various Locations Starbucks.ca 2. Matchstick 639 East 15th 604-558-0639 MatchstickCoffee.com T-3. JJ Bean Various Locations JJBeanCoffee.com T-3. Milano Coffee 165 West 8th 604-879-4468 MilanoCoffee.ca

BEST CROISSANT 1. Beaucoup Bakery & Café 2150 Fir 604-732-4222 BeaucoupBakery.com 2. Thomas Haas 2539 West Broadway 604-736-1848 ThomasHaas.com 3. Bel Café 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 BelCafe.com

BEST CUP OF TEA 1. David’s Tea Various Locations DavidsTea.com 2. Revolver 325 Cambie 604-558-4444 RevolverCoffee.ca T-3. Starbucks Various Locations Starbucks.ca T-3. Urban Tea Merchant 1070 West Georgia 604-692-0071 UrbanTea.com

BEST DONUTS 1. Cartem’s Donuterie 534 West Pender 778-708-0996 Cartems.com 2. Lucky’s Doughnuts 2902 Main 604-872-4901 LuckysDoughnuts.com 3. Lee’s Donuts 1689 Johnston 604-685-4021

BEST FISH & CHIPS 1. The Fish Counter 3825 Main 604-876-3474 TheFishCounter.com 2. Go Fish 1505 West 1st 604-730-5040 3. C-Lovers Various Location C-Lovers.com

BEST GLUTEN-FREE 1. The Wallflower Modern Diner 2420 Main 604-568-7554 TheWallflowerModernDiner.com 2. Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery 3385 Cambie 604-873-9993 LemonadeBakery.ca T-3. The Acorn 3995 Main 604-566-9001 TheAcornRestaurant.ca T-3. Gluten Free Epicurean 633 East 15th 604-876-4114 GlutenFreeEpicurean.ca

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BEST IZAKAYA 1. Hapa Izakaya 1479 Robson 604-689-4272 HapaIzakaya.com 2. Guu Izakaya 1698 Robson 604-685-8678 Guu-Izakaya.com 3. Kingyo Izakaya 871 Denman 604-608-1677 Kingyo-Izakaya.ca

BEST JUICE / SMOOTHIE 1. The Juice Truck 28 West 5th 604-719-8861 TheJuiceTruck.ca 2. Jugo Juice Various Locations JugoJuice.com 3. Booster Juice Various Locations BoosterJuice.com

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There’s an earnestness to the food that comes out of chef/ owner David Gunawan’s kitchen at Farmer’s Apprentice, one that’s founded on a deep respect for the ingredients used to create his dishes.

“Local is great, but for me, it’s most important to understand where my food is coming from,” he explains.

“First and foremost is quality.

We work with 16 different producers, each with a unique product.”

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food, and working with local producers means the Gunawan can hold them accountable and ensure he’s getting the best products from which to create.

“We’re always trying to get the best products.”

The pork used at Farmer’s Apprentice comes from a farm on the North Thompson where Gunawan has worked with the farmer to crossbreed pigs specifically to produce meat to his standards and needs.

“We control their diet, we control when they are weaned, and we make sure they are consistently nourished and healthy,” he says.

Ninety-seven per cent of the ingredients used at Farmer’s Apprentice are both organic and traceable, and it’s the only organic restaurant in Vancouver that completely changes up its menu on a daily basis.

That philosophy even extends to the wine list, which is 100 per cent organic and biodynamic.

“We’re very proud of what we produce,” says Gunawan.

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The Acorn: redifining vegan cuisine ANYA LEVYKH @foodgirlfriday

It’s been three years since The Acorn opened its doors on Main Street, touting “ambitious” vegetarian and vegan fare alongside craft cocktails and local beers and wines. It was a novel concept for Vancouver at the time.

With less than a handful of vegetarian/vegan eateries in the city that rose above the level of café, the prospect of “dining out” – with cocktails, to boot – made for a very successful opening for this tiny room. But, buzz can’t account for its continuing popularity and still routinelylong line-ups.

When co-owners Shira Blustein and chef Brian Skinner first opened the restaurant in 2012, the goal wasn’t to create “faux” meats and dishes. No cashew “cheese,” no tofurkey.

Vegetables, grains and even dairy were celebrated for what they were, and the vegan, gluten-free and raw options followed the same plan. Skinner moved on in 2014 to pursue his own projects, but the kitchen, now under head chef Rob Clarke, is sticking to the original ethos and turning out beautiful food that showcases a genuine love of vegetables and what you can

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Beer-battered halloumi with potato-zucchini pancake and smashed peas is a dish that’s been on the menu since day one, and it’s delicious. New dishes like chestnut and ricotta gnudi get served up with parsnip puree and sunchoke chips.

Apple upside-down cake is drizzled with caramelized goat cheese sauce for a sweet and earthy combo that works perfectly. And, while some of the plates won’t win any awards for aesthetics, even the most carnivorous of diners won’t leave hungry, as both the size and portions give satisfactory richness.

The food is matched by the excellent bar and wine program. Signature cocktails like the Strawberry Fields Forever, with Bulleit bourbon, Amontillado sherry, housemade strawberry shrub and an absinthe rinse, are food-friendly and innovative, and wine list smart and well-priced. The only thing missing here, really, is more seating for hungry diners. W

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Simba co-owner Kurshid Khan.

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Out of Africa and into the West End ROBERT MANGELSDORF @robmangelsdorf

Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Kurshid Khan and his wifeYasmin moved to Vancouver in 1997 so their children could have a better life. But after a decades-long career as a project manager for a construction firm in Kenya, Khan couldn’t find work in his field here inVancouver.

If the family was going to make a go of it in Canada, they’d need a Plan B. Khan long had a love of cooking (and eating), so he decided to turn that passion into a business and bring the authentic flavours of East Africa toVancouver.

And so, 18 years ago, the

Khan family opened Simba’s Grill at its original location on Edmonds Street in Burnaby.

“It was just a little hole in the wall,” says Khan of Simba’s humble beginnings.

With few other restaurants in MetroVancouver serving authentic East African food, Simba’s Grill became a hit with the expatriate crowd, and the locals soon followed.

The East African region has long been a crossroads for trade routes and the cuisine reflects that, Khan explains.The Indian influence led to curries made with local ingredients, like coconut. Spices came by way of the Portuguese and the Dutch East Indies Company, who both operated out of Zanzibar. And then there are the

Arab influences from nearby Yemen and Oman, evident in the strict halal preparation of the meat.

“The food is very multicultural,” says Khan.

Khan says he’s tried to adapt some of the more traditional recipes to make it palatable for Canadian tastes. Ugali, for example, is an East African dish made from cornmeal, traditionally prepared with an almost dough-like consistency.

“We make ours a bit softer, so it’s like corn grits,” says Khan.

Unlike Indian curries, Khan uses no onions in his curries, and everything on the menu is gluten-free (except the naan bread).

“We don’t use any flour in

our food back home, so we don’t use any here,” says Khan.

Khan and his wife opened Simba’s Grill’s Denman location in 2004, and closed the Burnaby location five years ago to focus their efforts on their West End restaurant.

He’s still the first person in the kitchen every morning, and when it comes to dinner service, Khan likes to work the floor and ensure his customers are enjoying themselves and every plate comes out perfect.

“That’s why I stay No. 1,” says Khan. “It’s easier to be No. 1 than it is to stay No. 1.” W

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BEST PIZZA 1. Via Tevere 1190 Victoria 604-336-1803 ViaTeverePizzeria.com 2. Nicli Antica 62 East Cordova 604-669-6985 NicliPizzeria.ca 3. Pizzeria Farina 915 Main 604-681-9334 PizzeriaFarina.com

BEST POUTINE 1. La Belle Patate 1215 Davie 604-569-1215 WestCoastPoutine.Wix.com/LaBellePatate 2. Chambar 568 Beatty 604-879-7119 Chambar.com 3. Belgian Fries 1885 Commercial 604-253-4220 BelgianFries.com

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T-2. Benkei Ramen Noodle Shop 545 West Broadway 604-568-6178 T-2. Hokkaido Ramen Santouka 1690 Robson 604-681-8121 Santouka.co.jp/en 3. Jinya Ramen Bar 270 Robson 604-568-9711 Jinya-RamenBar.com

BEST SEAFOOD 1. Blue Water Café 1095 Hamilton 604-688-8078 BlueWaterCafe.net 2. Coast 1054 Alberni 604-685-5010 GlowbalGroup.com/coast 3. Yew 791 West Georgia 604-692-4939 YEWseafood.com

BEST SOUP 1. Burgoo Bistro 3096 Main 604-873-1441 Burgoo.ca 2. Liquids and Solids 1550 West Broadway 604-558-0544 LiquidsAndSolids.ca T-3. Bistro Wagon Rouge 1869 Powell 604-251-4070 BistroWagonRouge.com T-3. Stock Market 1689 Johnston 604-687-2433 TheStockMarket.ca

BEST STEAKS 1. The Keg Various Locations KegSteakhouse.com

2. Gotham Steakhouse 615 Seymour 604-605-8282 GothamSteakhouse.com 3. Hy’s Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar 637 Hornby 604-683-7671 HysSteakhouse.com

3. Heirloom Vegetarian Restaurant 1509 West 12th 604-733-2231 HeirloomRestaurant.ca

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T-1. La Taqueria 2549 Cambie 604-558-2549 LaTaqueria.com T-1. Tacofino Various locations 604-253-8226 Tacofino.com 2. Sal y Limon 701 Kingsway #5 604-677-4247 SalYLimon.ca 3. Los Cuervos 603 Kingsway 604-558-1518 LosCuervos.ca

BEST SPORTS BAR 1. Score on Davie 1262 Davie 604-632-1646 ScoreOnDavie.com 2. The Kings Head 1618 Yew 604-738-6966 TheKingsHeadKits.com 3. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery 560 Smithe 604-689-4460 RedCardSportsBar.ca

BEST TAPAS 1. Sardine Can 26 Powell 604-568-1350 TheSardineCan.ca 2. Espana 1118 Denman 604-558-4040 EspanaRestaurant.ca 3. Bodega on Main 1014 Main 604-565-8815 BodegaOnMain.ca

BEST COCKTAIL LOUNGE 1. The Keefer Bar 135 Keefer 604-688-1961 TheKeeferBar.com 2. The Diamond 6 Powell 604-568-8272 di6mond.com T-3. Hawksworth Cocktail Bar 801 West Georgia 604-673-7000 HawksworthRestaurant.com/bar

BEST VEGAN / VEGETARIAN 1. The Acorn 3995 Main 604-566-9001 TheAcornRestaurant.ca 2. The Naam 2724 West 4th 604-738-7151 TheNaam.com

T-3. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca

BEST DIVE BAR 1. Jackalope’s 2257 East Hastings 604-568-6674 JackalopesDive.com 2. The Cobalt 917 Main 604-685-2825 TheCobalt.ca 3. Brickhouse 730 Main 604-689-8645 VancouverBrickhouse.com

BEST HAPPY HOUR 1. L’Abattoir 217 Carrall 604-568-1701 LAbattoir.ca 2. The Flying Pig 102 Water 604-559-7968 TheFlyingPigVan.com 3. The Cascade Room 2616 Main 604-709-8650 TheCascade.ca

BEST CRAFT BEER SELECTION 1. Craft Beer Market 85 West 1st 604-709-2337 CraftBeerMarket.ca 2. Alibi Room 157 Alexander 604-623-3383 Alibi.ca T-3. Biercraft 1191 Commercial 604-254-2437 Biercraft.com T-3. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com

BEST WHISKEY SELECTION 1. Fet’s Whisky Kitchen 1230 Commercial 604-255-7771 WhiskyKitchen.ca 2. Shebeen Whiskey House 212 Carrall 604-688-9779 Shebeen.ca 3. Irish Heather 210 Carrall 604-688-9779 IrishHeather.com

BEST CRAFT BEER TASTING ROOM T-1. Brassneck Brewery 2148 Main 604-259-7686 Brassneck.ca T-1. 33 Acres Brewing Company 15 West 8th 604-620-4589 33AcresBrewing.com T-2. Parallel 49 1950 Triumph 604-558-2739 Parallel49Brewing.com T-2. Strange Fellows Brewing 1345 Clark 604-215-0092 StrangeFellowsBrewing.com 3. Central City 871 Beatty 778-379-2489 CentralCityBrewPub.com

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TWIN RIVER East Van’s rock supergroup plays a hometown show to kick off their latest tour with special guests Failing and Invisible Ray. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com

BROTHERS IN ARMS All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. The uniting effects of war on families are the focus of this presentation from Chor Leoni featuring rising Canadian soprano Laura Widgett. 1pm at West Vancouver United Church. Tickets $10-$40 at ChorLeoni.org

GOOD FOR GRAPES Vancouverbased indie-folk outfit, play a hometown show in support of The Ropes. 8pm at The Imperial.

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CARNAGE American rapperbeatboxer-producer from Twin Cities, Minnesota, and part of Ill Chemistry and Saltee, makes a rare Vancouver appearance. 9pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $48.50+ at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.ca MR. LITTLE JEANS LA singersongwriter Monica Birkenes, better known by her stage name, tours in support of her debut studio album, Pocketknife, with special guest Soren Bryce. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $13 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com YOUSSOU N’DOUR The man who Rolling Stone hailed as having ‘a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it’ returns to Vancouver with his exceptionally talented band to share their greatest hits of the last several decades. 8pm at Chan Shun Concert Hall. Tickets $60+ at ChanCentre.com

COMEDY GAD ELMALEH Moroccan Frenchborn, Parisian-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer, performs an entirely English set.

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THEATRE/DANCE GASTOWN CABARET: NOVEMBER FOREVER April O’Peel, Sweet Munish, and Sparkle Plenty present another edition of the infamous variety show/ performance art rolled into one featuring Mr. Diva, Scarlet Lux, Doc L’Etrange and Ms. Kimmy Chi along with DJ K-Tel. 8pm at Guilt & Co. Suggested donation of $10 admission, proceeds directly going to the artists.

REMEMBRANCE DAY CONCERT The St. John’s Vancouver Choir performs a program featuring Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem.

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RODRIGUEZ Detroit folk singersongwriter and the subject of the Oscar winning documentary, Searching For Sugarman, plays the second of two shows in Vancouver. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $60 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highilfe and TicketWeb.ca. All ages show.

BAHAMAS Ontario folk musician tours in support of his latest release, Bahamas Is Afie, with special guest John K. Samson.

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ART HANGING BY A THREAD This juried exhibition of works from artists across the East Side Culture Crawl, explores the endless possibilities of thread as an object, metaphor, or as an action. At Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Runs until Nov. 28.

CIRCLE CRAFT CHRISTMAS MARKET More than 300 Canadian artisans will showcase their creations at the 42nd annual Circle Craft Christmas market. Tickets $12+ at CircleCraft.net. On until Nov. 15 at Vancouver Convention Centre West.

STURGILL SIMPSON Bonafide mountain hillbilly soul from the American country music singersongwriter, with special guest Billy Wayne Davis. 7:30pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $28.50+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.

EMANCIPATOR ENSEMBLE Fourpiece electronic band from Portland, Oregon, plays in support of Seven Seas, with special guests Blockhead, Manatee Commune and Dubconscious. 8pm at Venue (moved from Commodore Ballroom). Tickets $28.50+ at BPLive.Electrostub.com JOCELYN ALICE Canadian singer-songwriter launches her solo career with the release of her forthcoming album, appearing on the Jackpot Tour with special guest The New Electric. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $15 at Red Cat and LiveNation.com

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Down in Mount Pleasant, amidst the coffee shops and brunch spots, is a nucleus of sorts, containing some of the most talented musicians the West Coast has to offer. True to definition, it constitutes the beating heart of a handful of rising acts; among them – Twin River, arguably Vancouver’s next rock supergroup.

Back in 2010, Andy Bishop was manning a breakfast joint by day, and playing guitar in Red Cedar by night. Enter Courtney Ewan, burgeoning singersongwriter-barista, a swap of some recorded material, cut to a jam session and ultimately, the birth of a side project.

Five years, one EP, a full-length album, and a few tours later, Twin River isn’t just sitting on the sidelines anymore.

The duo released their first full-length, Should The Light Go Out, earlier this year, and they did it with a little help from their friends.

And by “friends”, read, “a veritable who’s who of the Vancouver music scene”: Malcolm Biddle (Sun Wizard, Capitol 6, and Dada Plan), Rebecca Law Gray (Chains of Love, Mode Moderne and Yukon Blonde), Dustin Bromley (Pleasure Cruise), Francesco Lyon (Sun Wizard), and Jordan MacKenzie (White Ash Falls) all lay claim to the magic that is Twin River.

The album, produced by Ladyhawk’s Darcy Hancock and recorded by Colin Stewart (New Pornographers, Dan Mangan, BlackMountain) at the now defunct

Twin River’s lineup might be in a constant state of flux, but the two constants are Courtney Ewan and Andy Bishop. The band plays a hometown gig this Tuesday at Fox Cabaret in support of their latest album, Should The Light Go Out. Contributed photo Hive Creative Labs, is a rock record that is as eclectic as it is creative.

“Should The Light Go Out is a pretty diverse sounding record,” Ewan says. “I’m really proud of that, I think it sounds like a complete record.”

It’s easy to listen to Should The Light Go Out and draw comparisons to the mystical and varied feel of Fleetwood Mac. Perhaps it’s the band’s ever-rotating cast, or Ewan’s catchy, soulful vocals set against witchy reverb, spinning tales of secret séances in

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Promised Land Sound’s influences are obvious, but what elevates For Use and Delight beyond a mere anachronistic exercise in false nostalgia, is the band’s earnestness. And while contemporaries like War on Drugs are content to drone on ad nauseum, the songs on For Use and Delight are intricate and varied, and never stay in one place for too

long. Album opener “Push and Pull (All the Time)”, for example, starts with guitar harmonics (not dissimilar to the intro of Battles’ “Ice Cream”) before opening into a galloping beat and threepart harmonies.The chorus slows things down as triplets give way to a military march before building back up into a psychedelic freakout, complete with tape effects and distorted guitars reverbed to infinity.

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tunes you can both dance to, or get completely lost in.

“A lot of people need to draw parallels to something they know, to feel comfortable about it,” Bishop says casually taking in stride a comparison to a beast like the Mac. “I don’t think you can make music today that isn’t influenced by something.”

Elements of pop, punk, alt-country, garage, folk, and psych are all there, but Bishop breaks it down simply, “I just say rock ‘n’ roll.

Labels always bug me, these

of “She Takes Me There” is reminiscent of LA psychedelic pioneers Love, while “Dialogue” sees the band go instrumental as a pair of complementary guitars pick away in a folk-bluegrass reprieve.

Of course, the band knows how to crank it when they want to, and songs like “Otherworldly Pleasures” and “Golden Child” provide some rollicking, rambling fun.

Lead vocalist Joe Scala’s pseudo-Dylan warble can come off as affected as times, but it’s rarely distracting.

“When it’s all said and done, you’ll be the one who’ll lose,” he sings on album closer “Within Sight”, invoking Rubber Soul-era Beatles.

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terms can mean anything, they’re so open-ended.”

“And limiting,” Ewan adds. “I think people think pop is a dirty word, and that can be tricky and confusing.”

Sitting over pints at a local brewery, it doesn’t take long to see why the two work so well together. They are quick to compliment one another, and often complete each other’s sentences.

“Should The Light Go Out was a really honest reflection of the two of us going from a two-piece, into being a band,” Bishop says. “By this

time, we’ve kind of...”

“Learned how to write for a full band.” Ewan finishes.

A band that, by its very nature of is a rotating cast of supporting musicians, and always in flux.

“You have to look at what your concept of what this particular band is; is it something a bit more free, where people may come and go if they’re around?” Bishop muses. “People don’t always follow the same paths in life.

And, I think that’s just the reality of the city we’re in.”

“Or the age we’re at,”

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Bleeds (Big Dada)

Bleeds has been a long time coming for UK hip hop legend Roots Manuva. After releasing five full-length albums in six years to close out the aughts, Bleeds is Roots Manuva’s first album since 2011’s 4everevolution.

While Roots Manuva’s early work – namely 2002’s Mercury Prize-nominated Run Come Save Me – took a party-friendly approach to dancehall-inspired hip hop, Bleeds, on the other hand, is dark and deeply introspective: these are blistering missives from a man who’s fed up with an uncaring world.

Now 42 years old, the man known to his parents as Rodney Smith could be forgiven for his crank.There’s a palpable weariness to many of the songs on Bleeds.

Opener “Hard Bastards” details the grim realities of the

cycle of poverty, while on the brooding “Cargo” he points a finger at big business: “The corporate elite remain invisible / Minority rule to maintain the illusion”.

Little of the reggae sound that influenced his early work is present on Bleeds, traded instead for bassheavy, minimalist postgrime beats. On the album’s lead-off single, “Facety 2:11”, Roots Manuva raps a mixture of patois and cockney rhyming slang over a 140+ BPM drum ’n’ bass beat.

Of course, he can still get

Ewan chimes in – something she knows about firsthand, having relocated to Montreal temporarily for post-graduate studies.

The ebb and flow of constant change is what helps keeps Twin River alive.

The band is set to head out for the second leg of their Should The Light Go Out tour this week, with a hometown stop at the Fox Cabaret this Tuesday (Nov. 10), this time with Lyon on bass and MacKenzie behind the drums. A quick rip through the east earlier this year (with legendary British punk rockers, the Damned), took the band to Chicago where they played the famed Double Door, the venue featured in High Fidelity, which Ewan says, “blew my mind.”

The pair has their sights set on a new album for 2016, but like everything that seems to happen with Twin River, it’s being recorded as time allows. After an initial recording session this past August, Bishop and Ewan decided to scrap plans for an EP in favour of a fulllength release. That means going back into the studio next month, with a hopeful release date of early in the new year.

Bishop is ready for fans to hear the new songs.

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groovy when he wants to, as is evident on the sublime “Don’t Breathe Out”, anchored by a sample of Barry White’s “Honey Please Can’t Ya See.” But that doesn’t mean Roots Manuva is lightening up.

“The poor don’t relax,” he states. “The poor do funky soul claps” There’s an almost maudlin feel to many of his verses, and the album is riddled with spiritual references, no doubt alluding to Roots Manuva’s strict Pentecostal upbringing at the hands of his Jamaican parents.

Given few rappers can maintain a career into their mid-40s, Bleeds may well serve as a bookend to Roots Manuva’s. Fittingly, he has decided to bare all, leaving nothing unfinished, and nothing unsaid.

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Drink up: The many health benefits of wine are some other awesome benefits of this fermented grape elixir.

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Coming from the skins of red grapes, blueberries, cranberries and nuts, resveratrol is a great anti-aging agent. Even monasteries throughout Europe were convinced that red wine gave their monks longer lifespans.

Drink wine, live forever.

If you have ever met me, you know I love wine. I really, really, really love wine. I love the taste, the colour, the texture. All of it.

Now, I am by no means a wine expert, and I can’t tell you what region of France my Pinot Gris was made by smelling it, but I just really appreciate drinking it and have been happy to find out some of its health benefits through the years.

It makes me feel good about drinking, you know, like I’m doing something really good for my health indulging in that next glass.

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By reducing the stickiness of blood platelets, which helps keep the blood vessels open up and be flexible, wine helps maintain a good blood supply to the brain.

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So when did it all begin?

When did we humans start turning grapes into deliciously fermented goodness?

Well, the earliest evidence for the cultivation of grapes and the purposely-supervised fermentation of their juices dates back to 6,000 BC in the ancient Middle East. Bottles of wine were buried with pharaohs in Egypt to take with them in the afterlife, and you can even see evidence of grapes being harvested documented on tomb walls.

In ancient Greece it was considered an elite drink, which we can totally relate to today. But even with all that rich history, it wasn’t until the Roman era that wine became popular throughout society.

Wine has a host of health benefits, so long as you drink in moderation. Thinkstock photo Roman cities were lined up with wine bars on every corner and they exported wine and winemaking to the rest of Europe.Thanks Romans, ya did good!

As we get a bit closer to home in the New World, it wasn’t until the 19th century that the first successful winemaking occurred in Ohio, being the first region to successfully cultivate grapes for wine. It was pretty soon overshadowed

by California, and now it seems like most places have pulled it together to be able to produce the awesomeness that is wine.

HEALTH BENEFITS

Now when I say that wine has many health benefits, don’t get all excited and chug back that whole box of Pinot Noir.

Everything in moderation.

Getting drunk on wine, although fun at times, will give you all the health destructive ailments and symptoms as other alcohols. So be responsible, after all, wine is supposed to class up your drinking nights, right?

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Resveratrol has been linked to reducing the risk of inflammation and blood clotting, both of which can lead to heart disease. Here

Red wine lowers LDL, or “bad cholesterol,” and increases your good cholesterol (HDL). A glass of wine a day may very well keep the doctor away.

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Moderate consumption of red wine cuts the risk of colon cancer by 45 per cent, according to a 2005 study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. But again, remember, moderation.

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By Rob Brezsny In 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield began selling their new ice cream out of a refurbished gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Thirty-seven years later, Ben & Jerry’s is among the world’s best-selling ice cream brands. Its success stems in part from its willingness to keep transforming the way it does business. “My mantra is ‘Change is a wonderful thing,’” says the current CEO. As evidence of the company’s intention to keep re-evaluating its approach, there’s a “Flavor Graveyard” on its website, where it lists flavors it has tried to sell but ultimately abandoned. “Wavy Gravy,” “Tennessee Mud,” and “Turtle Soup” are among the departed. Now is a favorable time for you to engage in a purge of your own, Aries. What parts of your life don’t work any more? What personal changes would be wonderful things?

Before he helped launch Apple Computer in the 1970s, tech pioneer Steve Wozniak ran a dial-a-joke service.

Most of the time, people who called got an automated recording, but now and then Wozniak answered himself. That’s how he met Alice Robertson, the woman who later became his wife. I’m guessing you will have comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Taurus.

Future allies may come into your life in unexpected ways. It’s as if mysterious forces will be conspiring to connect you with people you need to know.

Small, nondestructive earthquakes are common. Our planet has an average of 1,400 of them every day.

This subtle underground mayhem has been going on steadily for millions of years. According to recent research, it has been responsible for creating 80 per cent of the world’s gold. I suspect that the next six or seven months will feature a metaphorically analogous process in your life. You will experience deep-seated quivering and grinding that won’t bring major disruptions even as it generates the equivalent of gold deposits. Make it your goal to welcome and even thrive on the subterranean friction!

Here’s the process I went through to create your horoscope. First I drew up a chart of your astrological aspects. Using my analytical skills, I pondered their meaning. Next, I called on my intuitive powers, asking my unconscious mind to provide symbols that would be useful to you. The response I got from my deeper mind was surprising: It informed me that I should go to a new café that had just opened downtown. Ten minutes later, I was there, gazing at a menu packed with exotic treats: Banana Flirty Milk...Champagne Coconut Mango Slushy...Honey Dew Jelly Juice...Creamy Wild Berry Blitz...Sweet Dreamy Ginger Snow. I suspect these are metaphors for experiences that are coming your way.

The Beatles’ song “You Never Give Me Your Money” has this poignant lyric: “Oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go.” I suggest you make it your motto for now. And if you have not yet begun to feel the allure of that sentiment, initiate the necessary shifts to get yourself in the mood.

Why? Because it’s time to recharge your spiritual battery, and the best way to do that is to immerse yourself in the mystery of having nothing to do and nowhere to go. Put your faith in the pregnant silence, Leo. Let emptiness teach you what you need to know next.

Should a professional singer be criticized for her lack of skill in laying bricks? Is it reasonable to chide a kindergarten teacher for his ineptitude as an airplane pilot? Does it make sense to complain about a cat’s inability to bark?

Of course not. There are many other unwarranted comparisons that are almost as irrational but not as obviously unfair. Is it right for you to wish your current lover or best friend could have the same je ne sais quoi as a previous lover or best friend? Should you try to manipulate the future so that it’s more like the past? Are you justified in demanding that your head and your heart come to identical conclusions? No, no, and no. Allow the differences to be differences. And more than that: Celebrate them!

In the mid-19th century, an American named Cyrus McCormick patented a breakthrough that had the potential to revolutionize agriculture. It was a mechanical reaper that harvested crops with far more ease and efficiency than hand-held sickles and scythes. But his innovation didn’t enter into mainstream use for 20 years. In part that was because many farmers were skeptical of trying a new technology, and feared it would eliminate jobs. I don’t foresee you having to wait nearly as long for acceptance of your new wrinkles, Libra. But you may have to be patient.

Is it possible to express a benevolent form of vanity? I say yes. In the coming weeks, your boasts may be quite lyrical and therapeutic. They may even uplift and motivate those who hear them. Acts of self-aggrandizement that would normally cast long shadows might instead produce generous results.

That’s why I’m giving you a go-ahead to embody the following attitude from Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)”: “I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal / I cannot be comprehended except by my permission.”

Regard the current tensions and detours as camouflaged gifts from the gods of growth. You’re being offered a potent opportunity to counteract the effects of a self-sabotage you committed once upon a time.

You’re getting an excellent chance to develop the strength of character that can blossom from dealing with soul-bending riddles. In fact, I think you’d be wise to feel a surge of gratitude right now. To do so will empower you to take maximum advantage of the disguised blessings.

You are slipping into a phase when new teachers are likely to appear. That’s excellent news, because the coming weeks will also be a time when you especially need new teachings. Your good fortune doesn’t end there. I suspect that you will have an enhanced capacity to learn quickly and deeply. With all these factors conspiring in your favor, Capricorn, I predict that by January 1, you will be smarter, humbler, more flexible, and better prepared to get what you want in 2016.

American author Mark Twain seemed to enjoy his disgust with the novels of Jane Austen, who died 18 years before he was born. “Her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy,” he said, even as he confessed that he had perused some of her work multiple times. “Every time I read Pride and Prejudice,” he wrote to a friend about Austen’s most famous story, “I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” We might ask why he repetitively sought an experience that bothered him. I am posing a similar question to you, Aquarius. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to renounce, once and for all, your association with anything or anyone you are addicted to disliking.

The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest hot desert on the planet. It’s almost the size of the United States. Cloud cover is rare, the humidity is low, and the temperature of the sand can easily exceed 170F (80C). That’s why it was so surprising when snow fell there in February of 1979 for the first time in memory. This once-in-a-lifetime visitation happened again 33 years later. I’m expecting a similar anomaly in your world, Pisces. Like the desert snow, your version should be mostly interesting and only slightly inconvenient. It may even have an upside. Saharan locals testified that the storm helped the palm trees because it killed off the parasites feeding on them.

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@MyszkaWay Yesterday, I was sucked into an essay by author Jim Goad about the love affair that landed him in jail for hitting his girlfriend. Or, hitting his girlfriend back. Hard.

While his wife Debbie was sick with cancer, Goad started up an affair with a fan girl nearly a decade his junior who had pursued him through letters and zines. His relationship with Debbie was dying as she did. The new girl, Anne, had a reputation in Portland as being an uncontrollable, violent maniac who fucked through the scene like blitzkrieg.

Goad and Anne had an affair in secret and slowly became attached to one another.

The first time Goad punched Anne was at her request. She wasn’t satisfied with her General Assistance allowance and needed more cash. Anne wanted to get a Social Security Income check and thought she could play up her diagnosed mental disorder to swindle it (Goad says that Anne planned to write a book about “milking the system” in various ways).

She was convinced that if she went into her interview disheveled and fucked up, she could get the state’s $700 per month and live large.

She asked Goad to give her a black eye. He complies, but his punch only makes a small knot and not the grandiose shiner Anne desired. Even though she shows up to her interview in piss-soaked clothes she’d been wearing for two days and answers questions at an autistic level, her SSI cheque is denied.

The upheaval in their union does not stop before the 47 pages are up. It’s a turbulent psychosis that makes the reader want to hit both of them for being so codependent. When he first tries to break-up with her, the threats start: she’ll

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kill herself or him. He files a restraining order against her, but violates it. He continues to break and go back to her.

Even after she leaves daily death threats on his voicemail (which he records).

Even after she cuts off all her hair in a rage and chews up a piece of dog shit on the floor to spit in his face. Even after she attacks him on a public bus, biting chunks out of his chest and arms. In fact, after the honeymoon period, they physically fight almost every time they are together. It’s wild to read. He contains himself and she gnarls into him, ripping his skin like it’s a turkey leg.

Then, one day it all comes to a head and he just snaps.

Obviously, her injuries are more severe than his. (Even though he only had two inches on her and about 30 pounds.) He went to jail for a few years. She went back to her mom’s.

Battered wives who finally go nuts and murder their husbands usually end up on death row or the mental hospital. The protocol is she’s either intentionally malicious or insanely mental. However, every time I watch some 48 Hours depicting this type of scenario my vagina sides with the woman and that’s bias.

(My cunt can be so emotional sometimes!) According to reports from FBI in 1993 to 2002, 73 per cent of family violence victims and 58 per cent of family murder victims were female. Of those murdered women, family members were responsible for 43 per cent of the deaths.

When we imagine domestic violence we see men as the aggressors and women and children as the victims (it’s the same way we see sexual predators). It’s like this for a reason: this is what generally happens.

“You never, EVER hit a woman.”

But what if that woman is threatening your life? What if, like Canadian Elizabeth Rudavsky, the person you thought was your husband

(and actually turns out to be a woman using a prosthetic penis) beats you daily, so you stab back in self-defense?

What if this is not a “normal” situation at all? Why do the rules of self defense change with gender? With sexual orientation? With physical size?

With repeat offences?

Women commit violence, too. To pretend we don’t is to dehumanize us. Everyone has the potential to be horrible.

I do not feel sorry for Goad at all. He went back time and time again to this person he knew was crazy and physically abusive. He did it because the sex was intense, he was probably addicted to her obsessiveness, and furthermore, it was better than being alone. He was terrified of loneliness.

However, if I flip the gender roles in that previous sentence, do I suddenly disagree with my own statement? Would I extend more empathy to a woman who kept going back to a man who abused her?

The bigger question is how courts will develop to include LGBT relationships.

Let’s say Goad and Anne were both women? When two people fight, there has to be a winner and a loser determined by the amount of blood and bruises. Female violence is only taken seriously when it proves fatal.

While Goad was in jail, one of his super fans started a website for him “Free Jim Goad”. He promptly disputed the site, saying that he was not innocent in his crimes.

Anne later ended up serving her own time in jail. A cyclist was riding too close to her car, so she purposely ran him over screaming, “I hate cyclists.”

The fear of loneliness is one powerful drug. W

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Burrard Place, by Reliance Properties and Jim Pattison Developments Ltd., has sold 350 condominiums since its launch this year, with half the units selling for more than $1 million and per-square-foot prices averaging $1,200.

According to the Colliers LandShare survey, land prices for potential

highrise condominium sites in Vancouver’s downtown and west side were in the $175 to $200 per buildable square foot range at this time last year. Recent land prices are now being bid up to $300 and $400 per buildable square foot.

Offshore land speculators have been outbidding local condo developers, Ferreira said, and the traditional pro-forma calculations no longer apply.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH Prices Effective November 5 to November 11, 2015.

100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE

MEAT BC Organic Large Fuji Apples from Harkers Organics

BC Organic Red, Yellow and Russet “Pugly” Potatoes from Fraserland Farms

2.98 Peppers assorted varieties 907g bag

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3.99lb/ 8.80kg

1.98lb/ 4.37kg

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Ocean Wise Sockeye Salmon Fillets

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Organic California Lemons

Simply West Coast Soup

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150g • product of BC

1.89L • product of USA

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Grimm’s Honey Ham

Hardbite Gluten Free Potato Chips

Blue Diamond Fresh Almond Breeze Beverages assorted varieties

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Gran Cru Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Due Vittorie Balsamic Vinegar

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284-400ml product of UK

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38%

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Rao’s Homemade Pasta Sauce

Four O’clock Organic Tea

assorted varieties

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Nature Babycare Organic Chlorine Free Diapers and Wipes

Earth’s Choice Organic Canned Beans

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15 or 16 bags • product of Canada

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