Dine Out Vancouver 2014 TIPS

It's time for Dine Out Vancouver again! Here are some tips...

DON'T use the Vegetarian checkbox to limit your search.

This picks up only those restaurants the fill out the special "Vegetarian Menu" tab.
Many restaurants (such as East is East) have at least one, if not more, vegetarian or vegan choices in their Dine Out menus.
This issue probably won't get corrected until 2015, but really, if the restaurants weren't so lazy, they could have filled out the vegetarian menu as well and the Vegetarian menu checkbox would actually be meaningful.

Check out the Lunch menus as well.

For example, West offers a Dine Out Vancouver lunch menu that doesn't have the full array of dinner choices, BUT it is $10 cheaper.

Hot Chocolate Festival

Remember that the Hot Chocolate Festival runs more or less concurrently -- January 18 - Feb 14. It's generally not as well advertised, so be in the know and don't miss out.
NOT every flavour will be available at each location throughout the festival, so if there's something you definitely want to try (such as the intriguing Paula Dean White Trash Trainwreck at Mink Chocolates that involves salted kettle chips), check the website and plan your schedule accordingly.

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