Dennis Pak from Society Restaurant challenges Chef Erik Heck to see who can eat a 4lb Tomahawk Steak the fastest.
The Tomahawk Challenge ended with Dennis Pak winning by consuming a four pound Tomahawk Steak in less than ten minutes. Dennis Pak is the undefeated eating champion of the Glowbal Collection while Chef Erik Heck is the Executive Chef of Glowbal Grill Steaks & Satay.
If a good steak is the most sought-after food item known to man, then Glowbal in Yaletown definitely hit the nail on the head when they re-opened the doors to the the legendary restaurant on Thursday, January 14th.
As usual, the good people of the Glowbal Collection (owners of such fine restaurants as Coast, Sanafir, Trattoria, Society and Italian Kitchen,) know how to throw a party – this time re-launching Glowbal Grill Steaks & Satay with a new interior design, a steaked-up menu (including Australian Wagyu Beef) and, of course, Vancouver’s beautiful people.
When the restaurant opened eight years ago, Glowbal Grill and Satay Bar almost immediately became the gold standard in Yaletown’s dining scene. It established itself as one of the premier dining establishments found in one of Vancouver’s trendiest districts. For the January 14th relaunch Glowbal has raised the bar even higher.
With a much more refined interior and re-invented menu, guests are in for truly magnificent dining. The new “Meat Cellar” displays fine cuts of beef that can be butchered upon order.
The grand opening gala event had hundreds lined up out the door, hoping to sneak a peek while Vancouver’s finest mingled inside. Those who were invited to attend all agreed, the restaurant that invented Yaletown dining has now reinvented the steak house.
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Ritual Sundays are a recent fun addition to Glowbal Restaurant’s weekly programming.
On Sunday nights, Afterglow (the lounge adjacent Glowbal) comes alive. General Manger, Anthony Pratt, comes out of retirementto mix drinks and entertain while Executive Chef Erik Heck serves up fresh oysters and Dayton Turner spins the wheels.
“It’s the day where everybody who works their ass of all week, comes to have some fun, have some drinks, stay up way too late and kill their legs by dancing all night. I’ve had people tell me that it’s the best night they’ve had in Vancouver in their lives and I’d have to agree with them. I would never miss it.” – Dayton Vancouver, Resident Ritual Sundays DJ
The last Ritual Sundays that Glowbal will host is this Sunday. After that, they’re closed for renovations until after the second week of January. Dennis Pak, General Manager of Society has volunteered to keep the event going over the holidays at the Glowbal Group’s newest restaurant located just over a block away.
Find out more about Glowbal Restaurant Group and all their restaurants on their website, HERE.
On Wednesday, July 8th, the Glowbal Group stopped traffic on Alberni Street to host the opening party for the new location of their fine-dining seafood restaurant, Coast.
In the fall, the old Coast location in Yaletown will become a hot new cocktail bar called Society, but in the interim the new Coast and specifically the opening party had hundreds lining up on the street and almost a thousand people pass through the door, all hoping to check out the new Coast, O Lounge and everything in between from the fresh sushi to delectable chowder, Manhattan and New England.
There’s lots more photos in our flickr photostream, click HERE to check them out.
Check out the new Coast at www.coastrestaurant.ca
Address: 1054 Alberni Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1A3 (MAP)
Telephone: 604-685-5010
We’ve posted the original PR for the event and the grand opening, after the jump. (more…)