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Taste of Yaletown |
Gills Just Wanna Have Fun
 DINE AND DASH Alex Gill just wants to have fun. The girls cut it up during their honeymoon in Las Vegas. (Remember when six of them married themselves in Kitsilano last summer?) Could you guess that one "bride" is a corset maker? ...And proof that wine agents get up early in the morning, thanks to all who wrote to let us know (some as early as 7:30 a.m.) that the brunette-a go-go in the little black dress is none other than Vicky Ainley of Vino Allegro. Nothing official about a Vintropolis sale yet, although the goodbye party for the staff was said to have been held last Saturday night. We didn't witness it but it sounds like the partners of the new Goldfish restaurant put on a considerable schmooze for media and other "friends" at their pre-opening on Monday night. Bud and Dottie Kanke were there, as well as Umberto Menghi and wife Marion, and all guests went away with a swag bag that contained a bottle of Tantalus Reisling among other gifts. Although they didn't drink it, the Tantalus may have been the best free wine all night. Apparently, just a short time before show time, it was discovered that the wine donated by a local agency for the evening's event had been stolen by culprits unknown. Other BC wine was quickly substituted but the staffer in charge of the bar judged it to be "a bit lacking", so the libation was quickly switched to the martinis that some of the more lively attendees were already well into. Too much of a good thing? An Australian is reportedly feeding Viagra® to oysters to make the mollusks a more potent aphrodisiac. Next time the shuckers down at the raw bar tell you that keeping the customers in oysters is a hard job - believe them. Filed in TODAY'S NEWS/Dine and Dash______________________________________________________
 TODAY'S PRESS RELEASESToratatsu Japanese Restaurant is now open. A culinary road trip through the BC menu at Coast Restaurant. A BC summer menu at Glowbal Grill. Filed in TODAY'S NEWS/ Press Releases / Greater Details
______________________________________________________  THE MEDIA HOUND
The Local Ink - Best of Today's Globe and Mail
Alexandra Gill visits the Shore Club and while she applauds the general look of the place, she suggests that they might want to rethink their seafood menu. She asks the question that everyone is thinking: How many steakhouses does Vancouver really need, and won't this one cannibalize its sister restaurant Gotham? Owner David Aisenstat gives the answer you would expect him to. ( G&M is charging for the online read.) We agree with Gill that the restaurant looks a lot like a cruise ship and on the night we checked it out it was the Botox and Viagra clubs that were doing the cruising. But one blessing: for a large space it was nice to dine with a friend and not have to shout across the table all night to be heard. A lab is taking a scientific look at the motivation behind our wine buying choices. Snails crawl back onto Montreal menus. Best read: The eulachons (oolichans?) failure to return to the Bella Coola Valley has brought cultural devastation. From the It Was a Hot Topic Two Years Ago Department: Sous vide and its health risks. Filed in MEDIA______________________________________________________
 WHO'S GOT IT - THE BUZZ METER For June 20, 2007(The most requested information on the site as measuredby Google keyword counter)
PEOPLE: 1) Mark-Andre Choquette (Chef)
2) Antonio Saurio (Restaurant owner)
3) Edel Forristal (Hotelier)
4) Daryl Nagata (Chef)
5) David Hawksworth (Chef)
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1) Boneta - Future Restaurant, Gastown, Vancouver
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5) Le Regalade - Restaurant, West Vancouver
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