Vancouver’s Nightingale is a hard miss for a Canadian culinary leader

Name
Nightingale
Location
1017 W. Hastings St.
City
Vancouver
Province
British Columbia
Phone
604-695-9500
Website
hawknightingale.com
Price Small plates and pizza, $12 to $26; large plates, $19 to $45
Cuisine California-Mediterranean
Rating System Casual Dining

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When clearing the remains of our oven-blistered flatbread, the server at Nightingale accidentally dropped an oil-brushed slice on the wood floor. Uh-oh. She paused and looked down, not sure whether to bend over and retrieve the bread or leave it. After a moment’s hesitation (the space was fairly tight), she swiftly kicked the pesky piece under the table, where it landed about an inch away from my toe. Own goal score! The flatbread punt wasn’t a red-card offence in and of itself. The service, on this occasion and two others, was generally pleasant, prompt and knowledgeable. Yet, this one little slapdash fumble does neatly encapsulate the larger inconsistencies, laziness and lack of ingenuity plaguing …