Reservations are now open for Dine Out Vancouver, Canada’s largest food and drink celebration running from January 22 to February 9, 2025.
Photo Submitted, Dine Out Vancouver
Dine Out Vancouver Restaurants
The complete list of restaurants and their menus are now available online and reservations can be made through the site.
In Downtown Vancouver, options for the $20-$35 menus include:
Banana Leaf Malaysian (Davie) BC Kitchen Bombay Kitchen + Bar – Denman Earls Kitchen & Bar – Robson Earls Kitchen & Bar – Test Kitchen EL COMAL DOWNTOWN Fable Diner & Bar GLOWBAL
Kinton Ramen – Robson Liuyishou Hot Pot – Robson Mosaic Grille & Bar Moxies – West Georgia MRKT East Saino Restaurant The Ballyhoo Public House Zubu Ramen – Downtown
Metropolis at Metrotown celebrates the Lunar New year fromJanuary 13 to February 16, 2025 with its first-ever Chef Series, a new lion dance class, free cultural workshops, and more.
Lunar New Year Metropolis at Metrotown Harrison Ha Photo
Lunar New Year at Metropolis at Metrotown
When: January 13 to February 16, 2025
Where: Metropolis at Metrotown (4700 Kingsway, Burnaby)
Metropolis at Metrotown welcomes the Year of the Snake with a mix of traditional and inventive Lunar New Year activities. Experience the first-ever Chef Series – a celebration of Asian cuisine featuring a line-up of some of BC’s most celebrated chefs (including the recent winner of Top Chef Canada); learn-how-to-Lion Dance workshop (open to all ages); and a fun and educational collaboration with the Chinese Canadian Museum; and more.
Nuxalk Strong, a first-of-its-kind exhibition dedicated to showcasing the rich culture and worldview of the Nuxalk Nation, located in Bella Coola, BC, is opening next month at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC.
Anuximana–Jade Hanuse stands in front of a bus shelter she recently painted with representations of Q’umukwa (Great Spirit Chief of the Undersea World) and Sets’alan (Echo), supernatural beings part of the smayusta (history of the First Ancestors/ancestral origin stories) of the Schooner family. Created by Anuximana–Jade Hanuse. Photo by Snxakila–Clyde Tallio, courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
Nuxalk Strong at the Museum of Anthropology
Dates: February 21, 2025 to January 5, 2026
Location: Museum of Anthropology (UBC – 6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver)
Showcasing Indigenous sovereignty and reclamation, Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun is co-curated by Dr. Snxakila—Clyde Tallio, Director of Culture and Language, Nuxalk Nation, and Dr. Jennifer Kramer, Curator, Pacific Northwest at MOA.
Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival from January 18 to February 14, 2025 with 180 flavours at 124 locations across Metro Vancouver.
Honolulu Coffee, Hot Chocolate Festival – Photo Submitted
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival 2025
When it launched in 2011, the Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival was the first city-wide initiative of its kind in the world. This January, it return for the 15th season to feature the region’s best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, cafes, gelato and ice cream makers – all coming together to make the humble hot chocolate hotter than it has ever been before!
Flavours & Chocolate Treats
You can search gluten free, dairy-free, vegan options, and by which places are open late or have takeout/dine-in. Here are just a few of the satisfyingly sweet options offered this year:
Collaborating with Eastside Arts Society, Indigenous artists, Asian Canadian artists, and more, The Lantern City installations for the Lunar New Year return to five sites around Vancouver. For the year of the snake, the theme is Fluidity in Diversity. It’s free to visit these sites, enjoy the artwork, and learn more about the meaning behind each piece and exhibition as a whole.
The Lantern City 2021 – Miss604 Photo
The Lantern City Installations for Lunar New Year in Vancouver
The Lantern City (as part of LunarFest Vancouver) asks us to reflect on the spirit of the snake, striving for a balance between giving and receiving.
