CALLING ALL BRITS.  Are you feeling homesick? Looking for a spot that brings a piece of England to NYC? Cheapeats has found it and it’s nestled in the quaint West Village. When you step into Tea & Sympathy, you feel like you’ve entered a charming English cottage.  Dark walls, wood panels and warm smells coming [...]

Passiflora, Lilikoi, or simply Passion Fruit, the mere scent can derive visions of turquoise waters and swaying palms directly into your minds eye.  Add the aroma of coconut and one has a true tropical treat on their hands bringing a taste ... [...]

A couple weeks ago, StumbleUpon directed me to a recipe for cheddar beer scones.  I thought that sounded great, but was more intrigued by this new idea of making scones with beer.  In my head, I started thinking about all the ways to m... [...]

There will be a special place in the acknowledgments section of the book I'm writing for this cafe.  While I adore Canto No. 6, they don't have much seating, whereas Ula has it in abundance.  Despite how busy Ula often gets, I've never been u... [...]

On a recent ridiculous NYC trip, I spent some time in the AM bouncing from place to place, reading and writing until the event I had come for started.  After Veselka, at about 6:30 AM I headed here to Bourbon Coffee for some coffee.  No, not ... [...]

Since we were in Granville Island picking up some bread at Terra Breads, we also decided to pick up a few scones at Laurelle’s Fine Foods.  They serve a number of items here from sweet desserts to savory sausage rolls. We picked the Cranberry Orange Buttermilk Scone and the Raspberry Buttermilk Scone. These scones are [...]

There are lots of places in Granville Island to grab a quick bite or pick up a few tasty morsels… one place that we keep going back to is Terra Breads located in the Market. We especially like their focaccia styled like mini-pizzas: The Cheese and Herb Focaccia. And the Tomato Pesto Focaccia. After our [...]

Contrary to it’s name, the Secret Garden Tea Company is hardly a secret at all… in fact, it’s one of the more popular places for High Tea (or Afternoon Tea if you want to get technical).  We made reservations for noon – and, as usual with our luck, they had some trouble finding our reservations.  [...]

One week ago, we celebrated my birthday. I then jumped on a plane to Canada and here we are one week later, celebrating Ryan's birthday! You may remember the amazing celebration we had in Chicago last year. Though Columbia Crest & Foodbuzz aren't s... [...]

We’ve been going to the Pacific National Exhibition every year since we were kids.  Some things have changed over the years (I still miss the BC Pavilion with the Challenger Relief Map) but one thing that hasn’t changed is that the PNE is a great place to go to get yummy fair food. Where else [...]