For this Best of Vancouver issue of the Straight, I’d been working on a collection of some of the best wines I’ve tasted this year, writing occasional notes and thoughts on them as I had the time. In ...

If there were a competition for the restaurant that best represented Vancouver, Burdock & Co. would be the hands-down winner. From the ruby-red sweetness of perfectly ripe, organic strawberries to the ...

Such symmetry, I thought. When I first visited Burdock & Co., the three servers were male and they were all bearded — beard light, beard medium, and beard heavy. In the kitchen, cooks were all females ...