A round-up of Easter fun for your consideration
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Jessica Funk
April 8, 2009
Photo by Anna Duncan Art (Creative Commons)
A long weekend of religious observation is imminent, and with that, perhaps incongruously, a celebration filled with crazy scary gigantic bunnies***, eggs coloured and/or cocoa, and lots of good eats during the brunch and dinner hour.
The following list was compiled thanks to your suggestions on Twitter and the research and compilation efforts of Jessica Funk, who recently contacted me about honing her web publishing skills as a Tiny Bites intern. With Tiny Bites Consulting projects taking up the majority of my time these days, I certainly could use her aid with providing all of you with research-heavy pieces like this.
We met for coffee this morning and she is nearly as tiny as me! Please help me give a warm welcome to Jessica.
Okay then. On to the Easter selection.
Good Friday – April 10, 2009
Fried Chicken Good Friday at Fuel Restaurant
I find it amusing that Fuel is inviting you to eat chicken on the day in the Catholic calendar that you’re emphatically requested to refrain from meat. Having said that, I’m going to overlook my religious heritage and join Fuel for lunch…and hope to (in their words) “make Good Friday a Great one”.
This weekly Friday occasion is under $20 and gets you Buttermilk Fried Chicken, seasonal sides, gravy and a beer from R&B Brewing Company. See you there if you get a spot; I hear that reservations fill up well in advance.
Adults – $19.50
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter prix-fixe at the Shangri-La’s Lobby Lounge
If you haven’t dined yet in the city’s tallest edifice, now’s your chance. The Lobby Lounge is serving an Easter 3-course prix-fixe dinner menu during the entire long weekend. A served Sunday brunch will be featured on April 12th.
Adults – $55
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter Vigil – April 11, 2009
Township 7 Easter Egg Hunt
Between 11am and 4pm, Township 7 plans to regale your kids with an Easter egg hunt, face painting, snacks and drinkables, and the chance to meet Palmer the bunny of Dr. Doolittle fame. Grown-ups are invited to participate in wine tastings and more. The $2 admission per child goes completely towards the Small Animal Rescue Society (which has an unfortunate acronym…this is coming from a site that has the misfortune of being contractable to “TB”).
Call by Thursday, April 9th to reserve your spots.
Tony & Guy Vancouver’s First Annual Crazy Hair Egg Hunt
This was the coolest egg hunt I’ve heard about this year! 40 coiffed Easter eggs will be hidden all over Kitsilano and downtown Vancouver. Each contains the requisite chocolate plus a T&G gift card ranging in value from $5 – $100.
To join in on the scavenger hunt, follow the clues that will be tossed out Friday afternoon and Saturday morning on the Tony & Guy blog and their Twitter account.
(Thanks to Five Corners and Miss 604 for bringing this event to my attention.)
900 West Easter Tea
A special Easter High Tea from one of the foremost purveyors of afternoon tea in the city. View the menu and book for a Saturday or a Sunday sitting.
Adults – $39
Children (6 – 12) – $16
Tots (5 and under) - Free
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
VanDusen Garden’s Great A-Mazing Egg Hunt
VanDusen will entertain your kids from 10am to noon with crafts, mazes, and a Cadbury’s egg hunt. Mr. Bunny will be present to open the maze gates at 11am sharp. The hunt is included with admission to the garden.
It may be a little late to register your little ones since the deadline is for 4pm today, but try giving them a call anyhow and see what’s possible.
Easter prix-fixe at the Shangri-La’s Lobby Lounge
If you haven’t dined yet in the city’s tallest edifice, now’s your chance. The Lobby Lounge is serving an Easter 3-course prix-fixe dinner menu during the entire long weekend. A served Sunday brunch will be featured on April 12th.
Adults – $55
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter Sunday – April 12, 2009
High Tea Series: an Easter Sunday invite to The Secret Garden
Wow. How did I publish this round-up without including an invite to the afternoon tea we’ve been organizing on Twitter these past few weeks?
Read the original invite on Tiny Bites and RSVP by commenting on that post (not this one). Our table is now big enough for 25!
Egg hunt of a truer kind with the Stanley Park Ecology Society
Squeeze in an educational afternoon in between the platefuls of Easter offerings with the Stanley Park Ecology Society’s Egg Hunt. The hunt begins at the Lost Lagoon Nature House to spot eggs of a range of species.
Adults – $10
Children – $5
Easter buffet care of YEW restaurant + bar
Chef Oliver Beckert creates a spring buffet inclusive of sweets for the whole family. The Easter Bunny will make an appearance, too.
Adults – $75
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Bridges Easter Brunch
Bridges’ prix fixe Easter menu is also what they’re planning to serve for Mother’s Day, so if you miss out in April, don’t fret.
Adults – $30
Children – $15
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Organic Easter at Restaurant Connor Butler
Chef Connor Butler is offering an organic, seasonal brunch and dinner menu to celebrate Easter.
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
An Easter first at db Bistro Moderne
Chef Istel and his kitchen is celebrating their first Easter in Vancouver with a special menu.
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Griffins Restaurant Easter Brunch
Griffins will be visited by the Easter Bunny (who will lead your children on an Easter Egg Hunt) while they put on an Easter feast for your family. View the menu and book now.
Adults – $55
Children (6 – 12) – $27.50
Tots (5 and under) – Free
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
900 West Easter Tea
A special Easter High Tea from one of the foremost purveyors of afternoon tea in the city. View the menu and book for a Saturday or a Sunday sitting.
Adults – $39
Children (6 – 12) – $16
Tot (5 and under) - Free
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter prix-fixe at the Shangri-La’s Lobby Lounge
If you haven’t dined yet in the city’s tallest edifice, now’s your change. The Lobby Lounge is serving an Easter 3-course prix-fixe dinner menu during the entire long weekend. A served Sunday brunch will be featured on April 12th.
Adults – $35 for brunch; $55 for dinner
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter brunch and dinner at Elixir
Start the day with a basket of fresh baked hot cross buns at Opus Hotel. Chef Letendre’s Easter brunch and dinner menu is available on Easter Monday as well.
Brunch, 2 courses – $25
Brunch, 3 courses – $30
Dinner, 2 courses – $28
Dinner, 3 courses – $32
A la carte options available
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter brunch at Pan Pacific Hotel
Cafe Pacifica welcomes you for an Easter brunch complete with Callebaut chocolate fountain and kids activity center. The Easter Bunny will provide endless fun for your kids with egg and face painting, and the pastry chef will be in the dining room to decorate cookies and s’mores. Adults can enjoy the strains of Lyndon Davies Duo while indulging in a buffet featuring West Coast favourites.
Adults – $65
Children – $32.50
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Easter Monday – April 13, 2009
Easter brunch and dinner at Elixir
Chef Letendre’s Easter Sunday brunch and dinner menu is available on Easter Monday as well.
Brunch, 2 courses – $25
Brunch, 3 courses – $30
Dinner, 2 courses – $28
Dinner, 3 courses – $32
A la carte options available
Reserve your spot via OpenTable
Other Easter resources and activities
Don’t want to dine out or scavenge for sweets? Here are a few alternatives for you.
- Treat yourself to a special Easter selection from Thomas Haas
- Try these recipes like we did last year (the soufflé and Nutella banana nut muffins are still faves)
- Decorate eggs for Easter so that you can eat them later – pick up a copy of Edible Vancouver for a terrific article
Hope you all enjoy the Easter weekend!
*** That’s right, I’m scared sh#tless of bunnies. I blame Bunnicula and my cousin’s pet that bit me when I was a kid. When I was in high school, I broke the gate of Dave’s rabbit enclosure when he locked me in with his bunnies “for fun” (jerk). Despite all this, I find rabbit to be delicious, whether interpreted in chocolate or as the real thing.
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