midweek edition WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011
Vol. 102 No. 39 • Established 1908 • West
21 25 Bureaucrats balk at ‘Fast Food’ restaurant name K&K’s Canucks playoff haiku Grand dragons
Proprietors note heritage angle Cheryl Rossi Staff writer
David Duprey outside the Rumpus Room on Main Street.
photo Dan Toulgoet
Another Vancouver restaurant has been forced to change its name because provincial bureaucrats have dubbed its original handle misleading. David Duprey and Rachel Zottenberg wanted their upcoming restaurant on Main at East 11th Avenue to be called Fast Food Restaurant. But the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, which operates under the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, told them it cannot license fast food or take-out restaurants. Duprey says the name is a riff on the defunct Juicy Fried Chicken, which previously operated at that location. “Our menu, too, is a play on fast food as well, because there’s a lot of deep-
fried stuff that we’re doing. Deep-fried Mars bars, and there’s a lot of ’70s going on, celery with peanut butter, ants on a log, and burgers, and we’re talking about doing a whole burger fried, you know building a burger and then deep frying it.” Consultants hired by Duprey and Zottenberg tried to persuade the branch the name was benign. “The proposed name reflects the heritage of this site and customers will recognize the irony,” noted a letter from H.O.ST. Consulting. But Liquor Control said “the verbiage ‘fast food’ in the proposed establishments [sic] name of ‘Fast Food Restaurant’ misleads patrons as to the nature of the establishment and is contrary to public interest.” See LICENSING on page 4
Veteran park board commissioner won’t run again Loretta Woodcock says women more sympathetic to ‘children or seniors’ Naoibh O’Connor Staff writer Longtime park board commissioner Loretta Woodcock has decided against running for a COPE nomination for November’s municipal race after spending nine years in elected office.
“I will not be running for any elected position in the upcoming civic elections,” she told the Courier. “My first priority will be to increase quality time with family and friends and get back into an exercise routine and international travelling.” Woodcock won a park board
seat under COPE in 2002. She was part of an all-female COPE majority when she was elected for her first term—marking the first time in the park board’s 110-year history there were more female than male commissioners. Woodcock sees gender differences in how men and women see their role in elect-
ed office. She attributes the differences to men’s traditional role as protectors and women’s as nurturers. “Women are less competitive. They’re more conciliatory. They will work with other commissioners regardless of party affiliation,” Woodcock said. “They’re closer to vulnerable populations like chil-
dren or seniors, so they appear to have more connection or interest in helping with these issues.” During her tenure, Woodcock championed International Women’s Day and she notes that celebrations have since expanded across the city. See WOODCOCK on page 4
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