One of the biggest take-aways from the COVID-19 crisis has been the resiliance of our small business owners. One of the hardest-hit sectors is the hospitality industry, with hundreds of thousands of employees out of work nationwide, locations shuttered temporarily or for good, and an ongoing struggle to stay connected to the guests they serve.
In Metro Vancouver, restaurant owners, managers, chefs, and staff are stepping up in inspired and brilliant ways. They are keeping customers fed - but also feeding frontline workers, peers in need, and food insecure populations. Our restaurant heroes have cooked up meal kits and bundles featuring prepared foods ready for your table or picnic, or with ingredients for you to prepare at home. Chefs have re-tooled menus to work for packing up. Small like-minded businesses have banded together in near-unprecedented ways. And they are showing up to work, ramping up their safety measures, and getting food on our tables.
There's some damn awesome stuff happening with Vancouver's incredible restaurants right now, and if you can, please support them. They won't all survive.
I've been working to keep you updated on what different restaurants and food businesses are doing at this time. You can read more about some options here:
- 麻豆传媒映画restaurants clear fridges for shut down, donate food and money
- Metro 麻豆传媒映画restaurants, food businesses find creative solutions to stay afloat, help people during COVID-19 crisis
- Fresh sheet: These Metro 麻豆传媒映画restaurants have added special food take-out and delivery options
- Fresh sheet: 9 more Metro 麻豆传媒映画restaurants with take-out or delivery solutions right now
- Fresh sheet: 13 麻豆传媒映画restaurants offering take out and delivery options (March 23)
- B.C. craft beer in crisis: How to support your local brewery during the COVID-19 outbreak
- Fresh sheet: 11 more 麻豆传媒映画restaurants now offering take-out or delivery
And our colleagues at the North Shore News have this: . If you're in Coquitlam, Surrey, Langley, Langley City, and White Rock, the site of some great options.
Additionally, please use the excellent website to connect directly to restaurants and order food or purchase gift certificates and merchandise.
As emails and DMs come in from restaurants and food businesses, or as I am able to track them via social media, I am rounding them up here regularly to keep you informed.
As always, bear in mind that due to the COVID-19 crisis, things may change rapidly. Please connect directly with the restaurant via phone, email, website, or social media, before making plans that depend upon their offerings being available.
Fresh Sheet for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Beautiful seasonally-inspired Sakura-themed bento boxes are available from this Broadway/Cambie ramen shop. Pre-order for pick-up, delivery coming via UberEats.
Richmond's Smokehouse Sandwich Co. is doing online ordering for their signature sandwiches, along with sides and drinks. Pick-up at their shop.
Hit up this Commercial Drive longstanding family-run pizza spot for take out and delivery.
You can still find Earnest Ice Cream's locally-made pint jars in some retailer's freezers, and the team has just launched online ordering up for contactless curbside pickup at their Frances Street location.
Sushi Jin has a variety of platters and trays on special right now, available for takeout from this downtown 麻豆传媒映画edomae-style sushi spot. Phone 604-559-8834.
The acclaimed Masayoshi has joined the Say Mercy Staff Meal program, and today launched their new take-away program. Orders require $2 add-on donation to the Greater 麻豆传媒映画Food Bank, and you can order food for someone in need through the "suspended stew" program. Order up Japanese stews, donburi bowls, chirashi, or ingredients to cook with at home - there's even sake!
Get your pre-orders in for pick-up at Batard, the charming French bakery on Fraser Street.
This New West and 麻豆传媒映画Ukrainian restaurant and bakery has a ton of options available to order online for delivery across Metro Vancouver. Delivery for order of $50 or more is free, $10 otherwise. Contactless delivery days are Tuesday and Saturday; make sure you get an order in ahead of time. Get whole loaves of crusty bread, sweet treats, family-sized meals, individual meals, pantry supplies, and more.
: Collaborative delivery
Plant-based eaters! Several local businesses are collaborating on this pre-packaged bundle of vegan food products, available for pre-order and pick-up.
Missing your Taqueria fix? Order meal kits online from their new Cyber Taco Shop and pick-up at their Yukon location in Vancouver. Meals serve two to four people, with optional add-ons as well as beer and margs.
Known for their beautiful dining room (catch it on Netflix in To All the Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You), Yaletown's Brix & Mortar has shifted to take-out. They've got a few of their menu favourites along with some killer gourmet sandwiches, delicious side dishes and even wine and beer available.
Visit this Italian small grocer for alimentari (food items). Call or e-mail orders for pick-up - online ordering is coming soon.
You better believe this old school-style next gen red sauce Italian joint is still serving up the good eats. Order online for delivery or pick-up - they have dinner for two or four people.
Nuba has two new meal kits available for advance orders Mondays through Sundays exclusively for delivery - including one clever option that comes with the most sacred item of all: TOILET PAPER! Plus, you can still order online for pick-up to get Nuba's signature dishes. For direct delivery of Nuba menu items, wine and beer in the Downtown 麻豆传媒映画and Kitsilano areas, go to and choose delivery during checkout or call your local restaurant at the numbers listed below. Guests are encouraged to add a tip through the shipping options and orders will be sent out approximately 25 minutes after ordering. Guests located outside of the direct delivery radius can also order delivery through DoorDash, Foodora and Uber Eats.
Yep, you can get your hands on Burdock's beloved fried chicken and other locally-sourced dishes, available for pick-up Thursdays through Sundays. Their changing menu will feature things like their chicken, or veggie lasagna, or even a pizza dough for you to bake and top at home. Treat yourself to a nice bottle of wine, too (with food orders). Available 5-8 p.m.
Harvest continues to offer their weekly Community Supported Agriculture produce shares, or you can get staples and items via Burdock & Co.
Get beer delivered from Stanley Park Brewing and their new base in Stanley Park. Free delivery in the West End.
Nude Beverages (via )
Fear not, you can still send Nudes - to yourself or a friend. Order via Darby's Liquor Store in Kits.
and restaurants (+ Girl Guides)
As of March 27, JOEY Restaurants and LOCAL Public Eatery have to get you those cookies. You can add on a box or two to all curbside pick-up and delivery orders, with proceeds going to Girl Guides of British Columbia. And as of March 30, JOEY has launched JOEY Market, an online grocery store offering delivery service on DoorDash or pick-up service through JOEY’s Curbside option.
They closed their pubs and restaurants early on in the COVID-19 crisis in Vancouver, but now Donnelly has just launched delivery. They are now offering delivery in 麻豆传媒映画via Uber Eats and Door Dash at Donnelly Group and Granville Room. Connect to order .
You can still enjoy high tea - in regular, vegetarian, vegan, or no-gluten versions - done take-out style thanks to Neverland Tea Salon.
V.I.A. now has a special new listings section: Take Home Vancouver. This index is FREE for local businesses to use to add their listing. If you operate a food business and would like to be included, get in touch with me via e-mail ([email protected]) and I'll connect you to our easy online submission form. Restaurants, please also feel free to reach out to me directly to be included in these Fresh Sheet roundups.
