The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever.

When: Nov. 6-16

Where: Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St., Vancouver

Tickets: $20-35 at curiouscats.ca

Fans of The Bear, take note. The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever. is a homemade take on what it’s like to work in a restaurant — minus the food porn.

“We don’t go near food the way The Bear does,” said writer/actor Rick Dobran.

“The play uses the restaurant as a setting for extraordinary, heightened events — sort of magic realism. There are parallels, sure, especially with some of the more extreme characters, but it’s not about recipes or sommeliers. You won’t learn how to bake a cake seeing it.”

In Best Restaurant, Dobran plays the titular chef and owner of Joe’s, an acclaimed restaurant. According to Dobran, “Joe and his staff …

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