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Beer and grilling have long fascinated me. Combine them and you get beer-can chicken which is quick and tasty. Preparation is easy, beginning with a whole chicken, spice rub and beer.

Had I been feeling sarcastic a couple of years ago and someone asked me how I planned to spend my evening, I might have said that I would buy a nice T-shirt on Government Street and enjoy a break in Centennial Square before dinner with friends on the

Matthew Pearson laments the lack of late-night street food in Victoria. He writes: If anything, there should be more late-night food options, not fewer.

Greater Victoria places where, in recent weeks, we've seen lineups out the door. Asterisk: lines can look especially impressive at places where there's barely any room to wait inside.

Some favourite places in Greater Victoria for an inexpensive meal. More details in future posts. Fujiya 3624 Shelbourne Street, Victoria, B.C. http://www.fujiya.ca You go in and you pick pre-packaged items out of their cooler or from warming trays.

The attempt to modify the sport of squash by actually using the vegetable instead of a ball and moving outside was a bad idea.

I like the math, five tacos for $5 (Tax really makes it $5.25). They’re small but look impressiive lined up in a neat row, complete with one-squirt, mini wedges of lime.

Hernande'z is great food with better prices. Review by Times Colonist restaurant critic Pam Grant. Discounts have restaurants eating own lunch Report from nytimes.com about price slashing in the U.S.

Squashman, by the way, is Dave (see here) . He's a squash player who has won trophies. I've heard rumours about his squash court prowess, but need to confirm them before saying more.

Boxed wine is slowly winning some grudging respect; it's been doing that for decades. Now, there's a bit of science to help the cause.