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Trees Organic Coffeehouse Opening

September 22nd, 2009 admin

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September 22nd marked the “grand opening” all-day tasting party of the newest location of Trees Organic Coffeehouse in Yaletown at 1391 Richards Street. There were free samples of organic coffee, cheesecake, muffins, scones and sandwiches.

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Voted “Vancouver’s Best Cheesecake” by the Province newspaper, Trees has become the ultimate destination for cheesecake lovers. As part of the grand opening, the café is offering a specially made “Trees Trio” cheesecake pack with three varieties of decadent cheesecake flavours, including favourites like Banana White Chocolate, Chocolate Swirl and Blueberry. All cheesecakes are made with the finest, all natural ingredients at their Granville location.

Cheesecake recipe on the wall

Cheesecake recipe on the wall

Since 1996, Trees Organic coffee company has been selecting only 100% certified organic, bird friendly, shade-grown coffee beans that uphold the highest environmental and quality standards possible. The coffee beans are roasted on site in small batches to ensure the best quality and a consistent standard of excellence. Their delicious coffee makes a perfect pairing to tempt the taste buds with sinfully delicious cheesecakes.

By: Richard Wolak

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ITALIAN KITCHEN TO GO

August 19th, 2009 admin
Pizzas

Pizzas

1037 Alberni Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-687-2890

Web: www.theitaliankitchen.ca
Advice: Weekdays only, take out only.

Desserts - brown sugar shortbread (front right)

Desserts - brown sugar shortbread (front right)

As much as I love Italian Kitchen and Trattoria, it took me awhile to make a visit to their ever popular, trendy Italian Kitchen to Go. IKG impromptu named is hidden away inside the Burrard building just west of Italian Kitchen where it serves cuisine that has some of the IK elements but is ever so different. The menu and the food looks all so good that it was hard to make a decision, I decided to have the Venice panini ($5.50), which fills Italian Kitchen’s legendary Kobe meatballs between slices of ciabatta, melted provolone and just enough tomato sauce to cover without making our clothes messy with tomato splatter. The lunchtime sizes of their outstanding salads are priced well and look great too. They have the beet and tomato bocconcini salads ($3.50 for small, $5.50 for large). There is a daily fresh sheet as well as varied menu of sandwiches, pizzas, pastas, salads and soups. There is also a very tempting range of desserts such as their Brown Sugar Shortbread ($4) and the tiramisu ($5.50). If I could only find parking on a regular basis, I would be eating here regularly.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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CAFE MEDINA

July 28th, 2009 admin

Cafe Medina

556 Beatty Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-879-3114
Webs: http://www.medinacafe.com

Twitter: @CafeMedina

Advice: They don’t take reservations and they don’t have wireless

This is a café kind of restaurant that serves awesome sandwiches. Located next door to Chambar, the café is the daytime place to indulge, featuring homemade Belgian Liege-style waffles available plain or with any one of 8 gourmet toppings. I had their house special which was a waffle with the dark chocolate topping and an espresso machiatto for $6 which was devine. Other intriguing toppings include fig orange marmalade, lavender milk chocolate, organic maple syrup to name a few. The sandwiches are in the mid to high range as far as prices go, but they are a good size and you won’t be hungry afterwards. Coffee from 49th Parallel, teas, smoothies, baklava, granola, fresh fruit round out the menu.

Have a seat in front of the classic wooden bar on one of the stools or at a table aside the exposed brick walls backdrop. Magazines and Newspapers for your reading pleasure, or bring your own notebook while enjoying all that Café Medina has to offer.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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The Refinery Opening

July 26th, 2009 admin

Last Tuesday marked the “grand opening” party of The Refinery, the place has actually been open for over 6 months, however Granville Street was ripped up just they opened up and now the Granville Street construction is coming to an end. The word went out and the big celebration began, this was quite the party, with unique cocktails and wines being poured to appetizers being passed around and everyone had a great time.

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