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3 'M' Companies: Mangia e Bevi, The Majestic & Marrakesh



DINE AND DASH - 3 'M' COMPANIES: Mangia e Bevi, Majestic, Marrakesh

There has been something like 100 new restaurants that have opened in Vancouver in the last several months, and yet they can by sorted into two basic categories.

There are the ones that roll out with much fanfare and all the business-like precision of a corporate expansion plan (“interior design by…, menu consultation by …, financing by …, public relations by ...�), and then there is the other type, the kind that would appear to have no other reason for coming into existence other than it has been the long cherished dream of a least one person that it should do so.

The later would seem to be the case for the soon-to-be-opened Mangia e Bevi at 2222 Marine Drive in West Vancouver. ...CONTINUE READING


Filed in RESTAURANTS/News and Rumours


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WINE FESTIVAL CHOICE


TRY THIS ONE

Everyday throughout the month of March, the Wine Diva will choose a wine that you shouldn't pass by without tasting when you visit the upcoming Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival.

Today's pick:

A voluptous valley girl shows off.


Filed in DRINK/Best of the Wine Fest



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IN THE EASTER BASKET


For your Easter table: Heston Blumenthal's 10 day home cure for ham.


Filed in DAILY NEWS/Easter Specials



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TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES


Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Introduces new Sous Chef

New Chef for Northlands Bar & Grill

Dine Out Wednesdays at Ocean Club

Pair Bistro hosts Slow Food Dinner on March 28th


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FETCHED BY THE MEDIA DOG
(From today's NEWSSTAND)






THE LOCAL INK - Try What the Experts will be Drinking.

The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival has begun and these local wine writers chime in with their personal lists on what to search out in the tasting rooms:

Anthony Gismondi for the Vancouver Sun
Tim Pawsey for the Vancouver Courier
Jurgen Gothe for the Georgia Straight
Daenna van Mulligen for CityFood Online


Find all of the above filed in MEDIA/On the Newsstands this Week




THE OUTSIDE WORLD

Did you know that at New York's restaurant Daniel there are cameras monitoring every plate? 10 Things Your Restaurant Won't Tell You.

From Waiter Rant:
50 Signs You're Working in a Bad Restaurant
50 Signs You Might be an Asshole Customer
50 Signs Your Waiter Might be an Asshole

Video: Rachel Ray on things that make you go .. mmmm.

There is no escape. Starbucks to introduce vending machines in every public corner too small for a coffee shop.

A new guide on how to plan a trip to San Francisco and never stray away from the green.

A virtual tour of possibly the most “green� bakery in the world, where the floors are made of wine cork byproduct, the walls of wheat and the paint from milk.

Make a Champagne cork parachute.

If there are rules for food blogging, you can bet someone has blogged about it.




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