Foodie Experiences
Wood-Fired Shared Plates at Nightingale
Chef Hawksworth's two-storey heritage hall for wood-fired pizza, buttermilk fried chicken, and the share-everything format that actually works.
West Hastings, Downtown
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Chef Hawksworth's two-storey heritage hall for wood-fired pizza, buttermilk fried chicken, and the share-everything format that actually works.
West Hastings, Downtown
More infoNightingale is a two-storey heritage hall on West Hastings built around a wood-fired oven and the sound premise that ordering everything and splitting it is simply correct. Chef David Hawksworth's menu spans Neapolitan pizzas and crudo, but regulars bring up the buttermilk fried chicken unprompted weeks later. Sit near the open kitchen, order it, and let the share-everything format dissolve first-date nerves. Nearly 4,000 reviews at 4.5 say it works.
Book ahead and ask for a downstairs table near the open kitchen, the soaring room is most alive on the main floor. This is a share-everything spot, so over-order: the wood-fired pizzas, a couple of the vegetable plates everyone underestimates, and the buttermilk fried chicken that regulars insist on. First-timers play it small and leave wanting more, so go bigger than feels reasonable and steal off each other's plates. Budget under two hours; you're a short walk from the Coal Harbour waterfront afterward.
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