George’s Pizza
Address: 6109 West Boulevard, Kerrisdale (map)
Phone: 604-266-0411

Pizza and Pabst on the Patio
a Summer Eatin’ feature

by Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver Writer
Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Feeling trapped inside this month of gray, I took advantage of a rare pleasant evening to enjoy the classic combination of beer and pizza on my patio. The secretary in the Psych office, Cathy, is always telling me about her favorite pizza place, Geroge’s in Kerrisdale, so I decided to give it a shot. Vancouver isn’t known as a fantastic pizza town, so I tend to take any pizza tip I can get, looking for that one gem in the rough.

When choosing a beer to enjoy on the patio, I balked for a moment, and then chose my old college favorite, Pabst Blue Ribbon. And yes, I realize it’s not the best beer (although apparently it was in 1893), but my love for it is more emotional than cognitive at this point, as is its connection with a good pizza.

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Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company
Address: 1876 W 1st Avenue (map)
604-730-0321
hours available on homepage

** (of four stars)

Incendio
Kitsilano - 2118 Burrard St (map)
604-736-2220
Gastown - 103 Columbia St (map)
604-688-8694
hours available on homepage

* and 1/2 (of four stars)

Scenes from some Italian Restaurants

By Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver Editor
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

A welcomed trend has recently emerged in Vancouver in the form of the casual Italian restaurant. Two relative newcomers, Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company and Incendio, happily succeed in flying this banner, but in a slightly different way. Rocky Mountain takes the healthy angle, while Incendio tends more towards an epicurean style of eating.

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Chianti’s (now closed)
Address: 1850 West 4th Avenue
Phone: 604-738-8411
homepage

Quickbite: Chianti’s

By Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver editor

Seeing as Chianti’s is only a short jaunt from my apartment, it is somewhat surprising that it took me this long to give it a try. Add in the fact that I’m a huge pasta nut - I was in New York a few weeks ago where I enjoyed some superb pasta in that city’s little Italy - and you’d think I’d be all over this restaurant. Well, it turns out that I should have postponed this visit indefinitely, because if my first and only visit is indicative of the food and service at this place, Chianti’s sucks.

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