The GOODS from Wildebeest

Vancouver, BC | This Monday night, Wildebeest will present a dinner to remember. Join us in our private dining room for a welcome cocktail followed by five delicious courses, each paired with a different delicious bourbon from the portfolio of Beam Global. Think Maker’s 46, Knob Creek Single Barrel, Basil Hayden’s and other beauties served straight up or as a cocktail best suited to each course. Tickets are $75, and very limited via email: eat [at] wildebeest.ca. Learn more about the restaurant after the jump…

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120 West Hastings Street | Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604-687-6880
Email: eat@wildebeest.ca
Web: www.wildebeest.ca | Twitter | Facebook
Open for dinner service from 5pm to midnight, Tuesday to Sunday evenings

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The People

Josh Pape: Owner/Operator
James Iranzad: Owner/Operator

About Wildebeest

Wildebeest invites you to experience unabashedly adventurous, yet simple cooking at its finest set against the history of the Vancouver neighbourhood of Gastown. Explore whole-animal cookery paired with a diverse selection of Old and New World wines and a carefully crafted cocktail list. Set in a refurbished 19th century building, the multi-level space offers a front house cocktail bar & lounge, open-concept kitchen complete with large kitchen tables, an inviting dining room with banquette seating, and an intimately-set underground wine bar.

The gastronomically daring menu focuses on whole-animal cookery prepared with the utmost integrity. Each and every component has been thoughtfully nurtured by the restaurant’s executive chef, Wesley Young, from field to finish.  Working closely with surrounding farms and farmers to raise animals and grow custom produce, the team at Wildebeest has crafted a menu unlike anything yet explored in Vancouver.

This is the Edible Bugs Gift Pack. It’s a set of 7 different bugs in a can. There’s the Bacon & Cheese Grasshoppers, BBQ Bamboo Worms, Nori Seaweed Armor Tail Scorpions, Salted Queen Weaver Ants, Sour Cream & Onion Dung Beetles, Wasabi House Crickets, and Giant Waterbug Chili Paste. Well, that’s really something. At least [...]
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We’ve seen some outrageous Bloody Mary’s around here, each one just a little more cray cray than the last. What is this, a competition? OH. Oh, it is. Okay. Now we’ve got the new new NEW mega Bloody Mary. This one comes from SPORT, a sports bar in Seattle. The John Howie’s Ultimate Bloody Mary [...]
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The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture housed in Wright’s Taliesin West has suspended new student enrollments for this fall as it might be facing loss of accreditation. The school’s leaders are discussing ways in which to reform the school’s current structure and protect the legacy of their famous founder. The latest idea is to offer a Master of Architecture combined with a residential research program for architecture professionals.


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We’ve invited The Burrard and its new cafe, Betty, to join our GOODS section as recommended places to unwind. They are now proud members of Scout, and as such we will be posting their news in addition to hosting a page for them on our curated list of independent goodnesses. We’d like to take this chance to thank them for their support, and for making downtown Vancouver a more vibrant place to be.

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In honor of Electronic Arts' announcement of a second Mirror's Edge video game, parkour and freerunning production house(?) Ampisound made this first-person Mirror's Edge themed run along the roofs of a bunch of buildings. It was scary. When it comes to parkour, this is really how you separate the men from the boys -- the risk of falling four stories and dying. I suppose you could also ask to see who has underarm hair, but then you'd just sound like a pervert. I collect happy trails! Hit the jump for the video.

Dogs are great: they listen to you (most of the time), they understand commands, and they’ll love you forever no matter what. While walking them can be a great joy, when the weather is miserable, the task of taking them around the block becomes just as hapless. But thanks to a pair of Auburn University researchers named Jeff Miller and David Bevly, you may soon be able to control your K-9 remotely from your computer.

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For a higher res version click HERE. Twerking? WTF is it? Jk, I know full well, but I perfer to pretend that I don’t. It’s better this way. Besides, I’m more of a booty clapper myself. Stick to what you know! But maybe you’d like to learn to twerk. This is an infographic by the [...]
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Plants and certain animals like the fog beetle can survive in very arid regions because they’ve developed ways of absorbing minute amounts of water from the atmosphere. Learning from their example allowed us to develop fog harvesting technologies—basically giant nets that trap moisture in the foggy mist, and funnel all of the tiny droplets into a container where they add up to water we can drink. In 2013, scientists at MIT created an advanced fog harvesting material that enables these giant mist catchers to generate five times more water.

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Brent is a chimpanzee who paints. His technique is a little unconventional — he makes the art with his mouth using child-safe tempera paints. And this guy isn’t monkeying (!!!) around either: he won this year’s online chimp art contest put on by the Humane Society. Because the online chimp art contest is a thing that [...]
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This is an officially licensed Eleventh Doctor Mr. Potato Head toy from Underground Toys. You can order one from the BBC America store for $25 or Amazon for $34. Honestly, you can probably get them other places too, but it's not my job to surf the internet trying to find you the best deals on toys. Can you store the Doctor's sonic screwdriver in his ass? YOU SURE CAN, just like I do with Sharpies and my own ass. Just kidding, and if you're anybody who knows me in real life I don't really do that and am totally safe to borrow a pen from, promise. *fingers crossed behind back* Tehehehehe! Thanks to bb gonzales, who always jams the wrong body parts in the wrong holes to make Mr. Potato Head look like he got all f***ed up in a Star Trek transporter.

The HighLink urban strip is a proposed pedestrian promenade and recreational space that would act as a vibrant new urban gate to San Francisco. Chosen as one of the winning projects for the 280 Freeway Competition, which aims to redesign Highway 280 north of 16th Street, the design by architect Brian Vargo introduces a green overpass that offers recreational areas, parks and pedestrian and bike lanes, along with stunning views of the city’s skyline.


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Green Car Reports says that Tesla is on track to deploy more than 1.6 million kilowatt-hour worth of batteries in 21,000 cars this year, and so far the electric carmaker has already sold 14,000 of its all-electric Model S luxury sedans. With plans to double the sales of the Model S by 2015, Tesla could very easily gobble up the world’s supply of cylindrical “18650″ lithium-ion batteries, spurring manufacturers to ramp up the global production of power cells.

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This is a video of Tim Janus trying to chug 30 non-alcoholic O'Douls in an hour to see if he can break the legal blood-alcohol limit of 0.08. He fails. After (amazingly) managing to put down 28 beers (336 ounces -- more than 2.5 gallons!) he only blows a 0.02, then pukes hard. So the next time somebody tells you they heard you can get drunk on non-alcoholic beer I want you to tell them 1. no you can't and 2. why would you want to anyways? Two $2.29 forties will get you right where you want to be just fine. Now shut up and let me borrow 60 cents for another one. Hit the jump for the video.

The folks over at Maptia brings us these illustrations explaining untranslatable words from different languages. They based the information on Guy German’s book titled Through The Language Glass. The series is educational AND super adorable. Which, if you want me to learn anything, you gotta be both. Like how I finally got the hang of [...]
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Duuuuude, there’s totally a beer in my unicorn.
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A group of scientists in Australia claim they've developed a beer that helps prevent hangovers by adding electrolytes (the little lightning bolts found in Gatorade), which promote hydration and help prevent your pee from being the color of rust the next morning.

The new creation provides a third more hydration than a normal beer, and this increased fluid retention should also help prevent hangovers the following day. The scientists did have to reduce some of the beer's alcohol content to about 2.3% (versus 4.8% alcohol) for best results, but they report the additional ingredients do not affect its taste.

Wait -- you had to reduce the beer's alcohol content BY MORE THAN HALF? 2.3% alcohol isn't even beer anymore! I'm pretty sure pet fish could survive in that. Call me when you develop an 8% beer that doesn't give me a hangover. Granted I still won't answer, but when you call back to tell me you've develop RYE BOURBON that doesn't give me a hangover I'll rip my f***ing shirt off and swing it around over my head before saying you must have the wrong number. Thanks to Expunged, HT and Andy, who agree the real key to hangover prevention is hair-of-the-dogging-it the next morning. Boy, don't I know.

Ever been skinny dipping? There’s something exhilarating about gliding through the water in nothing but your birthday suit. But if you’re in Sweden or Denmark, now’s not the time to try it. A frightening invasive species related to the piranha has suddenly been spotted in the Danish/Swedish strait of Øresund. At just about 7 inches long, the pacu has a mouth full of powerful, crushing teeth, and it loves to nibble on stuff that happens to be, uh, floating through the water. Animal experts in the region are warning the boldest of male swimmers to keep their delicate parts under wraps to avoid a nasty accident.

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The eco-friendly city of Portland, Oregon will soon be adding electric cars to its fleet of taxis. Luxury eco-touring company Tesla Trips was recently granted a livery license, and the company will soon begin offering rides in Tesla Model S sedans. Tesla Trips has already made a name for itself in Portland tourism, offering guided luxury tours of the Oregon countryside for wine and beer excursions. The company recently decided to branch out into the commuter realm, applying for their livery license to extend its services to local trips.

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This is the water slide some good ol' boys built off a roof, complete with a 12-foot loopty loop. The first guy to try it falls mid-loop and hurts himself pretty bad. The second guy to try it falls mid-loop and hurts himself moderately, but not badly enough to not try it a third time (this time being towed in by a rope attached to a truck) and complete the loop flawlessly. Finally, the age old "How many rednecks does it take to complete a loopty loop water slide?" question has been answered. I counted eight. Plus the truck. Rednecks can't do shit without a truck. Hit the jump for the video.

Goal Zero prides itself in making products for living off the grid, but their new Lighthouse 250 Lantern brings a little technology to your camp. The solar powered lantern is equipped with a USB power hub, to keep gadgets fully charged while you relax by the fire. If you don’t have devices to power up, the rechargeable battery keeps the Lighthouse 250 Lantern aglow for up to 48 hours.

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Zeo transforms waste paper and water (and nothing else) into a patented molding material that sets as hard as ebony. The material, aptly called Zeoform, is expected to replace wood and wood composites, fiberglass and plastics in a host of everyday consumer items, industrial products and construction applications, cutting down on waste and conserving precious resources. The creators of Zeo will be launching a crowdfunding campaign at the Sydney EcoXpo on September the 20th called ‘One In A Million’. Learn more about their initiative here or watch their video above!

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Entomophagy, the consumption of insects as food, has been gaining popularity, and last week Inhabitat stopped by an event where curious New Yorkers were trying out the trend and tasting some crunchy cricket canapes. Click here to see our video with reactions from these brave foodies, and tell us in our poll below whether or not you would be willing to embrace bugs as a food source.

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Police officers are sworn to serve and protect the members of their community. For some cops, this extends even to the non-human residents under their watch. As he was patrolling the Lido Beach Resort in South Florida on Saturday August, 3 around 1 am, Officer Derek Conley spotted a group of baby sea turtles clustered around the hotel’s front door. A passerby told him that there were more of the obviously confused hatchlings in the parking lot. After calling the area’s two marine rescue groups, Conley—along with several guests—collected almost 900 babies into a box, and led them to the ocean. He even stopped traffic on several occasions to chauffeur his shelled charges into their rightful home in the nearby Gulf of Mexico.

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Currently 36 percent of the food produced worldwide is used to feed animals, according to new research published in Environmental Research Letters. The study found that halving the amount of corn, soy and other grains we use for biofuel or to raise meat could feed an additional two billion people around the world. And while it might not have been mentioned, having less cows on the planet could substantially reduce methane emissions that contribute to climate change too.

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French boozemaker Rémy Martin and designer Merve Kahraman bring us The Seduction Series, a set of mini drinking glass rings. Now this is what I call fashion. Jk, I don’t know anything about fashion, but if you ask me, this sure is a great idea! These drinking glass rings are right up there with the [...]
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This is a Bird Cage Coffee Table. Or a Coffee Table Bird Cage depending on how you look at it. When I look at it, I see stray feathers floating into my coffee. And I smell the lingering stench of stale bird shishi. But isn’t it beautiful? It was made for SeeWhy Workshops by designer [...]
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Zhang Biqing developed a new Chinese acupuncture program, and got rich in the process. So how did he spend his money? Lotto scratchers? NOPE. Buying the penthouse atop a 26-story apartment building then illegally turning it into a stone fortress. Not gonna lie, I probably would have done something similar.

"I heard the swimming pool has caused floods to downstairs flats a few times; those poor families." Local shopkeepers and security guards suggested bribes had possibly exchanged hands, claiming there were close connections between Mr Zhang and the compound's management, who turned a blind eye to the project. Chinese officials have given Mr Zhang 15 days to vacate the residence in the city's west district of Haidian - but they face a major issue. "The only thing now for us is that we can't find the owner," said the Beijing City Enforcement Bureau's Chen Yu told reporters. "We have issued a lot of summonses, but he never came to us to be investigated."

Ahahahahahhaha, dude added his own f***ing swimming pool to the top of an existing apartment complex! My God, this guy is balling SO HARD. Forget acupuncture, this guy should develop training seminars for aspiring rappers. Hit the jump for a couple more shots.

Vine, YouTube’s ADHD little brother, only gives you 6 seconds to work with so most of the videos are really random and incoherent. However this video by Vine user JehReh is actually pretty impressive. In the video he appears to just be taking a selfie in the mirror, but he’s actually demonstrating his wizard powers. [...]
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This is the 2013 York Corn Maze near York, England. It features a giant Dalek and a couple of the Doctor's faces. You see that Exterminate pun I made in the title? I am NOT PROUD OF IT AT ALL. If there is one thing I could take back today it would be that title. Unfortunately, I can't take it back because I already wasted my one take back on the frozen breakfast burrito I had for breakfast. *shaking fist at ass* LEARN HOW TO HOLD IT DOWN. Thanks to my pal Terry, who I would exterminate in a heartbeat if I didn't hate jail so much.