Beebe Cline, White Rock Realtor

When was the last time you lunched in the company of a cabinet minister, a former Vancouver mayor and the current James Bond? 

It happened to us on a recent Sunday at noon, par chance, at the fabulous Bacchus bar in the Wedgewood Hotel.

The Wedge is renown for comely cocktails, sink-into-it chairs and a venue for sexy fireside chats with a confidante, of course.

But when the bar throws open its windows to the street in the summer, it takes on a whole new breezy ambiance.

We love the hangover-busting Limonata-fresh squeezed lemonade cut with soda ($5.95) and the organic green salad topped with bacon, pine nuts, and a crunchy, battered coddled egg ($13), which explodes when pierced with a fork. (It must be ordered to be believed.)  

Then there's the breadbasket containing baby cheese scones, the uniformed servers, a pedigreed British chef, real linens, good coffee and a pair of chocolate truffles with the bill.

And the eye candy? It's on the house, too.

The Wedgewood Hotel, 437 W. Hastings St., 604-806-0435. View menus at www.wedgewoodhotel.com

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