August 12, 2016, 6:04am Clark County Life
The Spot Bar & Grill is for the 21-and-older crowd. The casual establishment offers an American bar and grill menu, which includes breakfast, all the beverages one would expect from a bar, and nonalcoholic drinks. The Spot regularly features live music and karaoke, and it offers darts and billiards. Read story
August 5, 2016, 6:30am Clark County Life
Why: Sabor Mexicano got its start at the Vancouver Farmers Market with homemade chicken tamales before opening up a restaurant on Main Street in Vancouver’s Uptown Village a few years ago. The boutique restaurant offers a pared-down selection of Mexican cuisine favorites and some Mexican beverages not often featured in… Read story
July 29, 2016, 6:03am Clark County Life
Why: If you have followed C’est La Vie from its humble beginnings in the back of the Angst Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver, you know it just keeps getting better with every relocation. Having recently moved from Battle Ground to Hazel Dell, it’s new digs provide everything we have come… Read story
July 22, 2016, 6:04am Clark County Life
Located in a newly renovated shopping center, Ben’s Bottle Shop occupies a generous space and offers 24 rotating taps and hundreds of bottled beer, sake, mead, and non-alcoholic beverages, which may be paired with meal-worthy menu items. Although the shop has only been open for six months, it is already… Read story
July 15, 2016, 6:02am Clark County Life
Javier’s Tacos is a fast-food Mexican food restaurant located in a building which over the years has housed an A&W, an Indian cuisine restaurant, and a Church’s Chicken. Serving breakfast all day and a wide selection of traditional options, Javier’s has proven good enough to earn some staying power where… Read story
July 8, 2016, 6:03am Clark County Life
The founders of Zoup! began perfecting soup recipes in 1997 and in 2003 opened their first franchise. Read story
July 1, 2016, 6:01am Clark County Life
The Original Taco House was opened in Portland in 1960 by the Waddles family. The Vancouver location opened four years ago in a house-style restaurant which was formally occupied by a different Mexican restaurant. Original Taco House offers family-friendly dining with menu options that cover some basics of Mexican cuisine. Read story
June 24, 2016, 6:01am Clark County Life
Why: The Old Ivy Brewery & Taproom, next door to By the Bottle, offers casual dining to accompany house-made and guest brews on tap in downtown Vancouver. Read story
June 17, 2016, 6:00am Clark County Life
Melissa and Tim McCusker opened Miss Nola’s Cafe in September in the historic Camas Hotel, where they previously owned and operated Harvest restaurant. The cafe is a full-service, family-style restaurant that features Cajun and low-country style Southern foods and Sunday brunch. Read story
June 10, 2016, 6:05am Clark County Life
Trusty Brewing Company is located where Dirty Hands Brewing used to be on the corner of Evergreen Street and Broadway in downtown Vancouver. Trusty is a casual stop for the 21-and-older crowd to enjoy some handcrafted, local brews with enough homemade food options to satisfy an appetite for a snack… Read story