Two local businesses are holding a Bollywood street party to raise funds for the New Westminster animal shelter.
Bosley’s Columbia Square and the Columbia Square are hosting the June 25 event, which features live music, henna tattoos, Indian crafts for children, Indian street food and dancing. The event takes place on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Queensborough Community Centre.
Tickets are $30 – with $25 from each ticket sold supporting the animal shelter. Tickets are available at Bosley’s Columbia Square, 1015 Columbia St.
New West restaurants recognized in magazine awards
A chef who is helping make the Royal City a destination for foodies and locals alike recently took top honours in Vancouver Magazine’s annual restaurant awards.
Chef Angus An, who operates Longtail Kitchen and Freebird Chicken Shack in New Westminster, claimed top honours – Restaurant of the Year – for Maenam restaurant in Vancouver. Maenam also won Best Thai in the magazine’s awards – an award it’s received almost annually.
“When we opened our doors in 2009 we set out to be the best Thai restaurant in Kitsilano, but we never imagined we would one day be crowned Restaurant of the Year,” An said. “It’s thrilling to see a Thai restaurant take home such an incredible honour.”
Locally, diners can enjoy An’s culinary creations at the two restaurants in River Market, where Longtail Kitchen serves up Thai-style comfort food and the Freebird Chicken Shack serves Asian-style rotisserie chicken and sides like rice, soups and salads.
Longtail Kitchen took home a bronze for Best Thai in the 2016 Vancouver Magazine restaurant awards.
Another local restaurant, D. Roti Shak at 808 12th St. took a silver in the Bests of the Americas category for its Caribbean fare.
Shopping local
This is the week that Dale Darychuk QC is kicking off his one-year commitment to purchase all of his goods and services in New Westminster.
If you’d like to follow his buy local campaign, check out I Buy New West on Facebook or Twitter. If you missed the article about his I Buy New West campaign in the June 16 issue of the Record, you can read it online at www.royalcityrecord.com.
The local lawyer recently set up his new law office at 206- 26 Lone Mews – a building designed by architect George W. Grant, not once but three times – it burnt down twice.
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