Vancouver: YEW serves up Olympic burgers, salads and a winners-only cocktail
It’s a no-brainer that ceremonies, celebrations and cocktails belong together, and there’s no better place downtown to get a little boozy than at YEW Restaurant + Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel (791 W. Georgia St., 604-689-9333, fourseasons.com/vancouver). A new Olympics-themed menu includes a meant-to-be-shared, one-pound of beef burger (plus fixings) and an Olympic Salad made with rings of grilled squid, anelli pasta, radish, leeks, and crispy shallots, all best supplemented by equally-festive cocktail concoctions.
The Bronze-Montreal (priced at $19.76 to commemorate the year that city hosted Games) has rye whiskey, maple sugar and Granny Smith apples, Silver-Calgary ($19.88) tastes like a smoky Caesar, and Gold-Vancouver ($20.10) is a delicious blend of dill and cucumber-infused gin, topped by a slice of smoked salmon on a cucumber float. I’m also hoping to be able to order an Olympic Torch Cocktail, too: Prepared hot and poured over dry ice, it’s only available to guests whose home country (passport proof required!) has captured a gold medal that day.