Sienna Miller may have written off boho-chic forever, but we’ve found new proof that the two can co-exist (in a restaurant, at least).
Enter The New Bohemian, appropriately situated in laid-back Kitsilano. Owners Ivo Stainao and Paul Gibbons (of Balthazar and Urban Well, respectively) have made their new, sleek lounge a place to relax and mingle without a hint of pretension.
We sipped on the Ruby Red ($8.50) – a yummy mix of citrus and mandarin vodka, grapefruit juice and Alizé Gold – while perusing the menu of organic global cuisine (how, ahem, bohemian of us). We began with the grilled Portobello spinach salad ($12) and the potato-crusted tuna ($13); a delicious lead in to seared pork tenderloin ($18) with curried organic quinoa, spiced cashews, seasonal vegetables and fresh pineapple chutney (chutneys, relishes, and jams top most of Chef Kevin Sanwell’s dishes).
After a few stolen tastes of our partner’s macadamia coconut prawns ($12) and stuffed organic chicken breast ($17), there was still enough room for sticky toffee pudding ($6.50), washed down with the final sips of our bottle of Hester Creek’s pinot blanc ($32). Did we mention that on Mondays and Tuesdays, bottles of wine and champagne are 25 percent off?
Further proof that bohemian really can be cool.
The New Bohemian
www.thenewbohemian.ca
3162 W. Broadway (at Balaclava St.)
604-736-7576