Join us for dinner at 10 restaurants, cafes, & food truck that will be participating in the event which will take place in Kitsilano including Burrard, 4th Avenue, Broadway, Arbutus and area. Each of the restaurants will be doing tasting plates of their various dishes, and some will be offering beverages as well. Each ticket includes all of the dishes at each of the 10 participating restaurants as listed below.
We are using this hashtag in our tweets #TastingPlatesYVR and @VanFoodster – please include in your tweets during our event.
The starting location for everyone to begin their tasting adventure will be the Registration Tent at the rear of Chocolate Arts, 1620 West 3rd Avenue (rear parking lot). Registration will open at 5:45pm and this is where you will pick up your Tasting Plate Cards for the evening *(you must show your printed ticket confirmation or eventbrite purchase code when registering at the event).
Visit each of the participating restaurants at your leisure by bike, moped, car, transit, walking, roller skates, skateboarding or carpooling.
Purchase tickets via Eventbrite:
http://tastingplatesyvrkitsilano.eventbrite.com/
Participating restaurants and their menus for the evening event are as follows:
ATITHI INDIAN CUISINE
2445 Burrard Street
TwItter: @eatindianatithi
Web: www.atithi.ca
Our Tasting Plate will include all of these 3 items:
- Lotus roots with shrimp
- Bengali mustard fish.
- Taro roots with local potato (vegan and veggie)
All served with sweet Bengali rice.
THE BIBO
1835 West 4th Avenue
Twitter: @TheBibo
Web: http://thebibo.com/
Our Tasting Plate will include any or all of these 8 items
- Pizzas selection will include Margherita, Diavola, Prosciutto, Funghi, Marinara.
- Pasta selection: Rigatoni alla Norma, Lasagne al Pesto and Tagliatelle al Ragù.
There will also be some plates with olives, bruschetta, artichokes and other Italian products that people can try.
PETE’S MEAT
2817 Arbutus St
Twitter: @Petesmeats
Web: http://www.petes-meat.com/
Our Tasting Plate will include all of these 3 items:
Serving a trio of hand-made/house-made sausages
- Lamb Merguez: medium spice with a complex flavor profile north African in origin
- Sweet Italian: low spice, sweet and savoury our version of this classic
- Chicken, chipotle, cilantro & lime: (Mexi/Cali, medium spice)
Served with not yet determined accoutrement.
GRAMERCY GRILL
2685 Arbutus Street
Twitter: GramercyGrill
Web: http://www.gramercygrill.ca/
Our Tasting Plate will include this item:
Pork & Veal Meat Ball Sliders
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLATBREAD CO
1876 West 1st Avenue
Twitter: @flatbreadco
Web: http://www.rockymountainflatbread.ca
Our Tasting Plate will feature your choice of these flatbread pizzas:
All of our organic flatbread pizzas are topped with garlic oil, organic tomato sauce & mozzarella cheese. We then add lots of local and organic produce and bake it in our artisan oven.
- Bradner Farm Pizza: Certified organic free range rosemary chicken from Bradner Farm with red onions, house made pesto & oven roasted red bell peppers.
- Farmers Market Pizza: Topped with a combination of four to five seasonal local or preserved veggies, three herb nut free pesti & Capriny goat’s cheese.
- Naturally Meaty: Spicy certified organic beef, sulphate free Italian sausage, ripe tomatoes, green peppers, red onions, asiago cheese & fresh herbs.
THAI HOUSE
1766 West 7th Avenue
Twitter: @ThaiHouse
Web: http://www.thaihouse.com/
Our Tasting Plate will include all of these 3 items:
1) Beef Lettuce Wrap
Lean ground beef with fresh basil
2) Gai Pad Ma-Maung Hin Ma-Pan
Boneless chicken with cashew nuts & roasted chili
3) Tod Mun Goong
Homemade shrimp cakes
CHOCOLATE ARTS CAFÉ
1620 West 3rd Avenue
Twitter: @ChocArts
Web: http://www.chocolatearts.com/
Our Tasting Plate will include all of these 4 items:
1). House made cookie enrobed in 70% chocolate with house made ice cream
2). Candied almonds
3). A Peanut mallow bite
4). A seasonal chocolate
3162 West Broadway
Twitter: @EstLounge
Web: http://www.estlounge.com/
Our Tasting Plate will include all of these 3 items:
- Vegetarian African Peanut Soup
- Black Truffle Saccottini Pasta
- Lobster & Shrimp Cake
There also may be a surprise dish served.
THE JUICE CABOOSE
Mobile Truck – located on the West side of Arbutus between 10th – 11th
Twitter: @TheJuiceCaboose
Web: http://thejuicecaboose.blogspot.ca/
Our Tasting Plates will be Cups and we are offering these 3 items:
1). Raw Cacao, Hemp Seed, Vanilla Bean, Peppermint Extract, Agave and Cold Filtered Espresso Smoothie
2). Strawberries, Hemp Seed, Vanilla Bean, Coconut Butter, Agave and Cacao Nibs Smoothie
3). Raw Vegan Buckwheat Granola, Chia Seed Vanilla Pudding and Fresh Berries Parfait
VANCOUVER OLIVE OIL COMPANY
2571 West Broadway
Twitter: @vanooc
Web: http://vooc.ca/
Our Tasting Plate will include:
We will be featuring the following olive oils and balsamic vinegars accompanied by bread provided by local baker Chris Brown of Rise Artisan:
Olive Oils
- Blood Orange
- Tuscan Herb
- Australian Picual
- Chilean Coratina/ Frantoio
Balsamic Vinegars
- Traditional
- Espresso
- Fig
- Grapefruit
Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://tastingplatesyvrkitsilano.eventbrite.com/
Several of the restaurants will be offering wine, beer and cocktail specials at their locations during the evening.
Tickets: $30 per person (eventbrite fee extra) before September 7, $100 for 4 pak of tickets or, $125 for 6 pak of tickets (get a group of your friends/family together and save by purchasing a 4 pak or a 6 pak (eventbrite fee extra) before September 7th. * Tickets $40 per person (eventbrite fee extra) after Sept 7– ticket price includes tasting plates at each of the participating restaurants throughout the evening. A donation of $3 from each ticket purchased will go to support Farm Folk/City Folk. (Beverages are included at some restaurants which will be noted, you are welcome to purchase wine, beer, cocktails or mocktails at each of the participating restaurants).
Thank you to our Tent sponsor: Lonsdale Event Rentals
Charity Partner
Note: ALL Tickets must be purchased in advance online. All ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds; however they are transferrable with printed proof of ticket. Event produced by CMI Chat Media Inc
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