The Pie Shoppe – Vancouver’s Smallest Pie Shop

The Pie Shoppe is Vancouver’s smallest pie shop – only 300-square feet large – located on Gore Avenue in historic Chinatown.  Easy to miss, this neighbourhood gem and hole-in-the-wall shop took only nine days to open and is the brainchild of two sisters who roast their own coffee, Panoramic Roasting Company, and bake their own pies.  […]

The Parker Restaurant – Beautifully Vegetarian

With the ever-changing Strathcona/Chinatown neighbourhood comes the opening of new local businesses, one of which includes The Parker. It is the latest restaurant collaboration between former Boneta and Corner Suite Bistro staff, Steve Da Cruz and Jason Leizert. Having opened only seven months ago, The Parker is already well-known for its vegetarian-friendly menu, which is […]

The New Take 5 Cafe in Gastown Serves Coffee & Wine

BC-based family-owned Take Five Cafe has expanded and opened their 10th location in Gastown.  It is highly fitting for the Gastown community, with its sleek and industrial interior design to create a very modern look.  Their newest cafe is the second to serve food with wine pairings, taking the coffee experience to a whole new […]

Taste of Yaletown Premiere

Modern Mix Vancouver was invited to the kick off event for Taste of Yaletown where we got to sample the food offerings from restaurants who will be participating in Taste of Yaletown. Here were some highlights from the night: Minami – Minami’s Taste of Yaletown menu features their specialty Aburi sushi with hamachi, ebi salmon […]

The Modern Bartender (28 E. Pender Street)

Nestled in between several Asian arts and souvenir shops on East Pender Street, The Modern Bartender is a retail shop catering to the needs of bartenders and bar enthusiasts alike.

Black Sage Wines Revealed at Shangri-La Hotel

By Joanna Lee, Modern Mix Vancouver writer After much secrecy and anticipation, Black Sage Vineyard, BC’s newest wine label from Vincor International, was unveiled last night at the Shangri-La Hotel in downtown Vancouver. For many years, Black Sage was one of the many wine tiers of BC’s Sumac Ridge Estate Winery. No longer is that the […]