The Bon Vivant Blog

So Victoria isn’t that big a city which is why I guess you can call a restaurant The Tapa Bar. We really enjoyed the setting and the atmosphere – large bar on one side, open wood oven on the other and lots of people sitting around enjoying drinks and eats. According to the waitress, the [...]

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Happening funky place in a not so happening funky area with the constant stream of customers and full house until late a testimony to the popularity of the food and drink. Great cocktails and selection of beer. The food is Belgian fare with an ?African twist. Our favorites are the mussels congolaise, the lamb tagine [...]

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Last month, we were in the Granville Street market on our way to our Edible BC event when D happened to see a wine store. D being D, she stopped to go in and in the window, she saw a poster for a “Champagne & Caviar” evening to support amateur sport at the Vancouver Rowing [...]

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Okay – so I found probably the closest thing to a “local” that I have right now. Every guy needs their bar – it doesn’t have to be local (but it should be within stumbling distance from home), it doesn’t have to be fancy, it doesn’t have to even serve good drinks or food – [...]

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Just read the review in the Globe and Mail and went there for a relaxing Saturday lunch. First of all – great name and we are already pre-disposed to liking the restaurant based on its obvious appreciation for jambon. Nice space in Gastown – a little dark on a sunny day but I am sure [...]

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T: While waiting for our table at Lark, it was suggested to us by the maitre d’ at Lark that we drop by next door at Licorous – the bar owned by the same people as own Lark. Two words: Great idea. A super-funky bar, big enough to be comfortable but not so big that [...]

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