Support Local: Takeout and Delivery Options For Tonight’s Table

Local food purveyors institute inventive new ways to help—and feed—during a time of uncertainty

Throughout British Columbia, restaurants and businesses are using creative, unique methods to distribute food to an appreciative public during the COVD-19 health crisis. Consider supporting local favourites by taking one up on an offer below as you plan your at-home meals for the week.

Here are just a few of the tasty local options on offer…

1. Say Mercy

The team at Say Mercy is leading the charge to help restaurant workers currently out of work, as well as others in need of a quality meal. Not only are they preparing healthy, affordable dishes for takeout, but a “suspended stew” is available daily. Customers can purchase one—for just $5—to donate a meal to someone in need. A donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank is added to orders, and a number of other restaurants have joined the movement… including some listed just below. (Those in need of a donated meal can message the folks behind the initiative directly on Instagram.) 
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2. Rocky Mountain Flatbread

Vancouver pizza favourite Rocky Mountain Flatbread is adhering strictly to health standards, going above and beyond during this pandemic, and their menu also reflects the uneasy times with strategic additions and modifications. A full list of pizzas, pastas and salads are available for takeout and delivery, with customers now able to make and pay for orders by phone with contactless curbside or patio pickup between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily at both the outlet’s Kitsilano and Main Street locales. A number of family promotions including make-at-home pizza kits are also available, plus Rocky Mountain is offering 25 percent off all regular-priced takeout menu items to front line workers, with owners personally offering to deliver to front line teams and individuals for orders over $100.
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3. Joey Restaurants

Joey Restaurants changed its entire (digital) storefront to help out. Instead of familiar restaurant service, the company is now stocking a grocery option online. Customers can select fresh produce, baked goods and other essentials, choosing to either pick up orders curbside or have them delivered by DoorDash. Meal kits are an added option, plus a 10 percent savings is offered until April 15th.

4. Masayoshi

Award-winning Masayoshi is instituting a number of innovative plans to keep Vancouverites well-fed—and curious about quality ingredients and delicious flavours. A new takeout menu has been introduced at the Fraserhood favourite, along with a variety of vacuum-packed proteins, marinated and ready to whip up at home. In addition, the restaurant is taking part in Say Mercy’s Staff Meal program, with $8 “donated” meals accompanying a $2 donation to the Food Bank. Same-day orders at Masayoshi can be placed online between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., with pickup between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday.
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5. AnnaLena, Hundy and TheirThere

The team at AnnaLena, Hundy and TheirThere are turning to a “Strange Times” takeout menu in these… well, strange times. A rotating menu will be available from a singular location in Kitsilano, with all orders placed and paid for online. In addition to UberEats and DoorDash delivery options, customers can also be notified via text or phone call when their orders are ready, allowing for proper social distancing to keep staff and customers alike safe.
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6. Nuba

All four Nuba locations in the Vancouver area are offering a new takeout menu, featuring a simplified version of their usual collection of Lebanese favourites. Count on popular mezzes, plates and salads, with orders made and paid for online. Meal kits are also available… and, yes, may even include TP. (Delivery is available in downtown and Kits.)
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7. Beetbox

8. Glowbal

9. Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar

Downtown’s normally bustling Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar is known for designer cocktails, delicious seafood and a well-heeled crowd, but now… they are a grocery store of sorts. Thanks to the new BLVD Provisions program, customers can pick up thoughtfully prepared items, either solo or in “Provision Packs” with full meals in mind and vacuum-packed for easy storage or freezing. Boulevard employees have access to the offerings at cost, front line workers receive a 25 percent discount and, with each order, Boulevard will donate $2 to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Shoppers can also opt to make a personal charitable donation or purchase a meal for an unemployed restaurant worker. Orders can be placed online and picked up between the hours of 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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10. Nude Beverages

11. Pepino’s Spaghetti House

12. Cardero’s

In Coal Harbour, Cardero’s is now offering both takeout and curbside pickup, plus a new DoorDash option. Well-priced wines, Red Truck Beer and, naturally, favourites like miso-marinated sablefish and brown sugar-glazed baked salmon are on the menu, available daily from Noon to 8 p.m. A 25 percent discount applies to orders placed by healthcare workers and first responders, while sales of their signature salmon dish result in a 10 percent donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.
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13. Caffè La Tana

14. Juke Fried Chicken

Contactless takeout and new pre-batched cocktail mixes and sauces highlight the offering at Juke Fried Chicken. The spot’s signature gluten-free, southern-fried chicken, plus sandwiches, ribs and more are still on the menu of course, but cocktail mixes including the Blue Margarita, the Passion Fruit Gimlet, and Purple Rain, join favourite sauces as take-home options.

15. Harvest Community Foods

16. Burdock and Co.

17. Yuwa Japanese Cuisine

18. Breaking Bread

Over 150 independent restaurants have hopped aboard to participate in the Breaking Bread program. Aiming to offset the impact of social distancing on Canadian restaurants, the site is the perfect spot online to research which businesses are offering delivery, takeout and pickup options for ready-made meals this season. Other ways to support local restaurants are also shared.
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19. Earls

The chefs at Earls have pulled together convenient meal kits and grocery staples in an attempt to offer all of Canada new dining and shopping options. Exclaiming “Our doors are closed but our kitchens are open”, local outposts will stock everything from pizza party kits to half-price bottles of wine for pick-up. Delivery is also available via Skip the Dishes.
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20. St. Lawrence

The team at St. Lawrence—named Restaurant of the Year by our friends at VanMag in 2019—are introducing “À La Maison” meals this week. Hearty Québécois fare will be pre-packaged in convenient bundles so you can take home some of their award-winning fare… and support a good cause too. Partial proceeds are donated to the Union Gospel Mission.
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