March Food Events in Vancouver: Where to Feast This Month

Newsflash: spring hits this month. So does a Japanese bagel-making class, a vintage travel-inspired dining experience (in domes!), a pottery painting class with a side of croque monsieur and Vancouver Cocktail Week.

The Sandbar’s Sake Dinner

A sake expert with 28 years’ experience (Patrick Ellis, who holds a rare “Saké Samurai” title) and a master sushi chef with 10 years of traditional training in Japan (Tsutomu Hoshi) will unite for this one-night-only dinner, featuring five courses (think butter-poached lobster and sockeye salmon oshi sushi) and premium sake pairings.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 26
WHERE: 1535 Johnstone St. 

Japanese Bagel-Making Class with Wa-Bagel

First things first: this is a sneaky heads-up for May. Why? Because as soon as the March/April dates were announced for these specialty bagel-making classes led by Wa head baker Yukiko Iikura, they filled up fast. So, head to the booking site ASAP if you want to learn how to roll, shape and bake chewy Japanese-style bagels.

WHEN: May 10 and 24
WHERE: 666 Burrard St.

Meo x Bar Trench Cocktail Coup

We’ll take any excuse to slide into a table at Chinatown’s sultry Meo, and a bar takeover from Tokyo’s Bar Trench highlighting drinks crafted with Nikka Whisky sounds just perfect to us. Renowned bartender Rogerio Igarashi Vaz (who helped land Bar Trench on Asia’s 50 Best Bars list) will shake it up alongside the Meo team for this exclusive Vancouver Cocktail Week event. (FYI: VCW 2025 takes place from March 2 to 9).

WHEN: March 5
WHERE: 265 East Pender St.

Pottery Painting Lunch at Mereon Bistro

Looking for a creative spring break plan with your kids? In collaboration with pottery studio Bella Ceramica, West Van’s Mereon is hosting a “Paint Your Own Pottery” lunch, where each guest gets a mug to paint, adults get a croque sandwich, kids get pancakes and everyone leaves full and happy.

WHEN: March 26 and 27
WHERE: 1479 Clyde Ave., West Vancouver

Flamingo Room’s A Seat at Her Bar

Celebrate International Women’ s Day at this tucked-away tropical oasis with a Vancouver Cocktail Week exclusive Q&A designed to shine a spotlight on women’s voices and stories in the bar and resto industry. The evening will feature some of the city’s top hospitality mixers including Alexa Greenman of Van Urban Collective, Winnie Sun of Elem, Tadia Rae of Pizza Coming Soon and Tara Davies, formerly of Chupito. 

WHEN: Tuesday, March 4
WHERE: 1214 Commercial Dr.

Secret Garden Dome Dining at H Tasting Lounge

Imagine all the prettiest parts of spring distilled into one room, and you’ve got these private waterfront domes perched outside the Westin Bayshore. The theme this year is vintage air travel, so expect pastel-hued hot air balloons alongside the floral-heavy decor—and photo ops aplenty. 

WHEN: March 5 to May 11
WHERE: 1601 Bayshore Dr.

Choucroute at Le Crocodile by Rob Feenie

The Alsatian comfort-food tradition of choucroute (sauerkraut with sausages and other salted meats and charcuterie) gets the Le Crocodile treatment at this two-night-only extravaganza, where guests will feast on dishes like foie gras terrine, duck consommé and beignets aux pommes et a la cannelle.

WHEN: March 24 and 25
WHERE: 909 Burrard St.

Cherry Blossom Afternoon Tea at Five Sails

What’s better than a tiered tea tray of bites like sakura parfait, truffle brioche and Swiss roll with red bean paste and strawberry ganache? How about eating them with Five Sails’ famous sweeping view of mountains and ocean and some festive cherry blossom decor. 

WHEN: March 1-May 9
WHERE: 999 Canada Pl.

Chambar x Clos du Soleil Winemakers Dinner

Wine aficionados and fans, this one’s for you. To celebrate Chambar’s newly appointed co-wine directors, Alex Catto and Aimbree Bystrom, they’re throwing a long-table, four-course dinner with pairings and a special guest: Michael Clark, the winemaker and managing director of Clos du Soleil, an artisanal winery located in the Similkameen Valley’s Upper Bench. 

WHEN: Wednesday, March 12
WHERE: 568 Beatty St.

VCC’s Flourish Fundraiser

Now in its seventh year, Flourish brings together alumni chefs, industry leaders and the community to raise funds for student scholarships at Vancouver Community College. Expect 13 gourmet food sampling stations, wines from BC’s Naramata Bench Winery Association, ciders from Vancouver Island’s Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse, and a variety of activations highlighting VCC’s diverse programs.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 5
WHERE: 1120 East 7th Ave.