As we welcome March and the first sneak peaks of spring, we’ve curated a list of our newest culinary favourites, events, along with notable limited edition menus in Metro Vancouver for our monthly food feature. Here’s your restaurant news for all culinary enthusiasts, and those who love to savour the latest hot spot in town:

Openings | Events | Menus

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New Openings

Mon Paris Pâtisserie to Open Second Location in Olympic Village

• Where: 1731 Manitoba Street, Vancouver
• When: This spring, date TBD
• Details: Chef and owner Elena Krasnova opened the doors to her first Mon Paris Pâtisserie location in Burnaby in 2017 and is now expanding into Vancouver with her new location in the heart of Olympic Village. Known best for its award-winning takes on classic cakes, chocolates, pastries and confections, Mon Paris Olympic Village will feature the same tasty treats alongside new menu items, including Parisian baguette sandwiches and other lunch items. An exact opening date has yet to be announced, but guests can expect their delicacies this spring. Follow along on their journey.

Make your voice heard by voting in the 2025 Vancouver by-election happening on April 5th to fill two vacant city council seats, following the resignations of Christine Boyle and Adriane Carr.

Vancouver By-Election April 5th

You are already on Vancouver’s voters list if you voted in the October 2024 BC provincial election. No need to register again but you can check your registration status online.

Candidates

13 candidates are currently in the running for two City councillor seats. The following candidates have submitted their nomination papers and are listed in alphabetical order by last name: 

The ballot order for the by-election will be determined by a random draw tonight (Friday, March 7th) at 5:00pm in the Council Chamber at Vancouver City Hall and can be viewed on a live-stream.

How to Vote

Eligible Vancouver voters can cast their ballots in three ways: 

1. Vote on Saturday, April 5 at 25 voting locations across the city (view map) 
2. Vote in advance on March 26 or April 1 at Vancouver City Hall.  
3. Vote by mail. Request your package online here.

By-elections are a rare and important part of the democratic process. In the City of Vancouver‘s 138-year history, only 17 by-elections have been held, with the most recent in 2017.

Monster Jam is making its only stop in Vancouver this year March 21-23 at the Pacific Coliseum and you can enter to win tickets! There are two new truck debuts this year including including the first-ever Vancouver truck appearances of JCB DIGatron™ and Sparkle Smash™, the six-ton unicorn driven by the only woman driver on this tour, Kayla Blood.

Monster Jam in Vancouver 2025

• Dates: Friday, March 21 to Sunday, March 23, 2025
  • Pit Parties Saturday and Sunday from 10:30am to 12:00pm (additional ticket required)
• Location: Pacific Coliseum at the PNE (2901 E Hastings, Vancouver)
• Tickets: Available for purchase online

It’s a busy weekend for events in Vancouver, with festivals theatre, soccer, dance, workshops, and more! Saturday is International Women’s Day and we have a lineup of events here. Find these events and many more fun things to do around Metro Vancouver listed below:

Friday, March 7 | Saturday, March 8 | Sunday, March 9

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events March 7-9

• Friday, March 7, 2025
  • Taste of the Tri-Cities
  • CelticFest Vancouver
    • 2nd Annual Great Irish Soda Bread Bake-off
  • Fall for Strathcona Group Exhibition
  • GEMFest – Gender Equity in Media Society Vancouver
  • Festival du Bois 2025 (Coquitlam)
  • Vancouver Opera – The Garden of Alice (Free)
  • VSO Pops Uptown Nights (Vancouver)
  • Coastal Dance Northwest Coast Indigenous Performing Arts Festival (New West/Vancouver)
  • Celebrating International Women’s Day: High Tea with Mayor Brenda Locke (Surrey)
  • Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story (West Vancouver)
  • Girls and STEAM: From Curiosity to Career on Int’l Women’s Day (Vancouver)
  • Pacific Theatre: Things I Hide From Dad (Vancouver)
  • YSL Make Me Blush Pop-up at the Met (Burnaby)
  • Ramadan Fest (Surrey)
  • Hadestown: Teen Edition (Vancouver)
  • Ballet BC – Zenith (Vancouver)
  • Chor Leoni – PopCappella 3D (Vancouver)
  • pARTy@PdA: Mixed Media Self-Portrait (Coquitlam)
  • Mamma Mia! at the Massey Theatre (New Westminster)
  • MashUp: Activism Pins (Coquitlam)
  • Vancouver Cocktail Week

The Two-Spirit Program at Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) is leading the charge to name Thursday, March 20, 202 (the spring equinox) Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day in Canada.

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