Christina Jewel decided to take a chance and create a free pop-up restaurant serving a pancakes-style dinner at Dude Chilling Park, near East 7th Avenue near Kingsway, with an event called Short winter, Never-ending Picnic. Jewel has hosted similar pop-up events that she called the Restaurant in the Forest, which drew enthusiastic crowds. Jewel has hosted other pop-up dining events in the past, but Saturday's event is the first one she's advertised. "I find in Vancouver if you're not having fun, then the solution is to leave," she said. Jewel received a grant from the Vancouver organization Frida and Frank to help with costs.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2018 21:32 UTC