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Don't get me wrong, I think they serve some tasty stuff in a nice setting but:

Burrard 4.7
Shipyards 4.8
Bentall 4.7
Burrard 4.7
Coquitlam 4.7

And each with 5000 to 10,000 reviews. I guess props to them for the consistency.

Champions League season is upon us! While I know the usual pubs (Red Card, Dublin, Three Brits, Ballyhoo, ...) to watch the games, I'd like to know where I can watch games and have good lunch. Not decent lunch, good lunch. Not the standard pub fair.

This can also be a lunch spot that happens to have a tv on with Champions League.

If you were one of 4 people who had nothing but phone lights while descending from Garibaldi lake in the dark, I hope you made it to the parking lot. I also hope it was unpleasant enough so that you have learned a valuable lesson about hiking in the backcountry.

It astonishes me that hikers have no issues finding great hikes, finding their way through the booking system, arranging transportation, but fail to cover the basics of bringing essential gear.

I comtemplated stopping and giving my headlamp. That would mean my buddy and I would have had to continue with only one of us having a headlamp. While that most likely would have been fine, I wasn't willing to risk me tripping, falling and

I want to buy a meaningful gift for my brother. We don't see eachother often, he lives in Europe. He is visiting this month and I want to buy him something that will last. He is very much someone who prefers buying something once and using it forever. Can anyone recommend a piece of clothing that I can buy for him. Like something he can wear every day. Preferably with a connection to Vancouver.

We all know that one restaurant that hasn’t changed its menu in forever. For better or worse. Do you stick with a winning recipe, or is standing still just falling behind?

I was browsing for a lunch spot and came across a few spots that – at least to me – had a surprisingly high rating with loads of reviews. Is it just me? Am I not going out enough to be in the known? Or have you noticed apots that make you think: "Hmmm, really?".

Numero Uno Pizza Paratha 2 Pasta Bonta Craffles

I am thinking of getting a Blackstone and wonder if the top comes off in a way that it could be cleaned through walnut blasting. Or would that remove a critical coating of some sorts. If it's just a steel or cast iron top it should be fine right? I know it would need a lot of seasoning after but I'm fine with that.

We use walnut blasting on some commercial equipment at our restaurant and it's really amazing to get things clean 100%.

On two occasions in the past two weeks I have seem people from the same party on positions where they unintentionally slowed down or affected traffic.

Once on the overpass between Capilano and Westview, getting attention from drivers going east. Traffic did jam there and cleared up futher ahead. Traffic would never jam there, especially when clear further up.

Second time was at the Lions Gate bridge, right where all lanes merge to go onto the bridge. Not the best spot for drivers to take their focus off the road.

Who in their right mind comes up with the idea to go campaigning there?

We use TGTG at our shops. Our bags are very popular and always sell out in minutes. We give fresh items that many others would probaably still sell. I like TGTG as a convenient way to deal with leftovers. The little money we make off it is almost negligible.

I don't want this to come across the wrong way, but I feel like a lot of our TGTG customers really see it as a score when they pick up a bag. They know they get great value and honestly sometimes that sits a little wrong with me.

If there'd be an app, or an option on TGTG, to donate bags to those who need it, I would do it in a heartbeat. We have tried working with organizations for our leftovers but logistically we never could make i

I am not a realtor or business broker but like to keep close tabs on what happens in the hospitality industry in and around Vancouver. Restaurants close, open, get re branded or change ownership, for better or worse.

Will you miss any of these places? Have you heard of any other big names making big changes? If there's enough interested I'd be happy to do a monthly round-up like this.

• Pane e Formaggio has expanded fast in the past few years but it seems that strategy is not paying off. Multiple of their locations are up for sale.
• Whatafood opened on Denman St not too long ago but seems to be throwing the towel already. That stretch of businesses has always seen a high turnover. High

What is it like? Do they play a message over the speakers? Do they come around to tell people they have to finish up their shopping? Are the lines huge? Is the food court closed when I exit? I have so many questions. I need to know or it'll keep me up all night.