YOU’LL NEVER BE OUR ‘BEEST OF BURDEN

We were saddened to hear the news of yet another restaurant closure out here in Vancouver — Gastown staple @wildebeestyvr.

And this one cuts particularly deep — not only was it one of our favourite local places to haunt, it was also part of the inaugural team of chefs and restaurateurs that came together last March to help us launch Breaking Bread.

Whether it was a decompression session during after-work-week cocktails, kicking up our heels at casual, passed-canape affairs in its private dining enclave (The aptly named ‘Underbelly’) or strapping in for one of its sherry-straight-down-the-bone-marrow luges, it more than earned its reputation for hospitality and turning out some of the best industry talent in the city.

The Old Fashioneds and Negronis. That gangster-booth banquette in the back. The glad tidings and hail-fellows-well-met from staff that seemed more like family. That Vacche Rosse Ravioli that Chef @ian__mchale wisely advised us to savour all at once — we’re going to miss Every. Single. Bite of it.

“The city — and most immediately this particular block of West Hastings — is so much lesser for the loss,” writes Morrison.

As for the rest of the restaurants around town that remain as part of the Gooseneck Hospitality group that operated the ‘Beest — @luckytacoyvr, @bellsandwhistlesyvr, @bellsandwhistlesdunbar, @bufalayvr and @bufalaedgemont) — long may you run.

Read the full @scoutmagazine piece article at the link in our bio.

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