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Falconetti's

Falconetti’s East Side Grill: Dining Package Review

Falconetti’s is located on Commercial Drive near 1st Avenue. They are famous due to their sausage. Even Guy Fieri came here to film Diners Drive-ins and Dives. They make all their sausages in-house on the right side of the restaurant [...]

April 5, 2013 Bar and Grill, Canadian, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Pub/Bar, Three Beakers
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Scandilicious: Delicious

After finishing dinner on The Drive at Havana’s one dark and rainy Tuesday night, my friends and I were craving something sweet. We wracked our brains for a while thinking of a dessert place in the area and could only [...]

March 21, 2013 Cafe, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Dessert, Four Beakers
Fung Sing Cafe

Fung Sing Cafe: New Hong Kong Style Cafe

Fung Sing Cafe is a new Hong Kong style cafe. This cafe was previously Sun Yee Cafe Restaurant but has switched owners and a new menu to go along with it. The owner of Fung Sing Cafe was a chef at [...]

January 15, 2013 Cafe, Chinese, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Three Beakers
Siddhartha's Indian Kitchen

Siddhartha’s Indian Kitchen: It’s SO Good

Siddhartha’s Indian Kitchen is a restaurant on commercial drive and specializes in healthy, sustainable, and delicious Indian food. I’ve been here a few times and I love the food. I came this time with KoreanGirl since she wanted to try [...]

December 23, 2012 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Indian
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Siddhartha’s Indian Kitchen: Lamb Shank and Saag Paneer

Siddhartha’s Indian Kitchen is a new restaurant that opened up on commercial drive and specializes in healthy, sustainable, and delicious Indian food. Chef Siddharth Choudhary took over the former restaurant – Corner Tandoori in 2011 and reopened in early 2012. [...]

April 26, 2012 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Indian
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Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria: Pizza, Pizza, Pizza

Foodology Disclaimer: I was invited to their media event to try out their food and hear more about the restaurant. I tried not to be biased and focused more on the taste of the food. All items are the same [...]

April 25, 2012 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Three Beakers
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Palki Passion Dining Package Review

Foodology Disclaimer: VANEATS.ca approached me to try out there “Palki” dinning package and write a review about it. I got a complementary package for myself and I brought along Abbytizer to keep the review as unbiased as I could. The [...]

April 12, 2012 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Indian
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Pelican Seafood Restaurant: Dim Sum + Hello Kitty Mango Pudding

Pelican Seafood Restaurant is located on Victoria Drive and Hastings Street. It’s a favorite amongst people in the neighbourhood for dim sum. I came with the Vancouver Gastronomical Brouhaha group to just chow down on some dim sum. It’s always [...]

April 6, 2012 Chinese, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Dim Sum, Three Beakers
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Palki Indian Restaurant: Mmm….Peacock, Pakora and Paneer

Palki Indian Restaurant is located on Commercial Drive and serves traditional Indian food. It’s a bit hard to find since it’s further up Commercial past the other popular restaurants. I took AdventureTimeGirl and M here since we were way too [...]

March 31, 2012 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Indian
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Bandidas Taqueria: Vegetarian Mexican Brunch

When AdventureTimeGirl was in town, I took her to Banditas Taqueria since it is a very popular vegetarian restaurant for bunch. We actually went twice in one weekend since she enjoyed it so much. The prices are quite fair and [...]

March 4, 2012 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Mexican, Vegetarian
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The Red Wagon: Amazing BBQ, But Why The Asian Plates?

The Red Wagon on Hastings is a neighbourhood joint that serves up delicious diner food. The interior is very retro, but their food packs some amazing flavour. Flo and I were on Trinity Street checking out some Christmas lights and [...]

December 30, 2011 BBQ, Cafe, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers
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Palki Indian Restaurant: Hidden Find on Commercial Drive

Foodology Disclaimer: I was invited by the owners to try out their restaurant. I brought along 3 friends to really keep this review as unbiased as possible! This review does not guarantee 100% similar service you might normally get from this [...]

December 27, 2011 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Indian, Three Beakers, Vegetarian
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Volcano Sushi & Grill: Explosive Taste

I always pass by Hastings and I see this relatively new sushi place called Volcano Sushi & Grill. It has quite a strong name, but I was wanting to cure my curiosity of this place, so M and I decided [...]

December 26, 2011 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Japanese, Three Beakers
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East Village Bakery: Mom & Pop Bakery With Artisan Treats

East Village Bakery is an artisan bakery specializing in artisan bread, pies and french pastries. I honestly thought it was just an asian bakery, but when M and stepped inside, we were just amazed by the amount of little ornate [...]

December 23, 2011 Bakery, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Dessert, European, Specialty Shop, Three Beakers
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Little Nest: Unique Breakfast for You…and Your Kids

It was another #YVRBreakfastClub, we came early at 9am since they don’t take reservations. It’s a nice kid friendly cafe. There are a lot of parents who take their little kids to dine here, so if you have a kid, [...]

November 5, 2011 Brunch, Commercial Drive / Grandview, Three Beakers
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Bandidas Taqueria: Vegetarian Tacos!

Bandidas Taqueria is a vegetarian Mexican joint on Commercial that sells some amazing vegetarian tacos. Since I have not seen Eva in a while, so some taco from Bandidas Taquria seemed fitting since she’s a vegetarian. The interior is very [...]

October 10, 2011 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Mexican, Vegetarian
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Nuba Waldorf: Worst Dining Experience Ever

Nuba Cafe opened up at the renovated Waldorf Hotel on Hastings. They serve up delicious Lebanese food. When we arrived, the place was packed. The hostess greeted us and we had to wait a 5 minutes for a table, so [...]

September 25, 2011 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Lebanese, One Beaker
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Kishimoto Japanese Kitchen: Great Addition to The Drive

My sister found a new Japanese place on Commercial Drive called Kishimoto that serves up sushi and different izakaya dishes. Since I just adore Japanese food to death, I dragging M to come eat with me. There are a few [...]

August 22, 2011 Commercial Drive / Grandview, Four Beakers, Izakaya, Japanese, Seafood