Reporter's Notebook

Food for thought

The Vancouver Business Journal is delicious!

I stopped for lunch this afternoon at Newsies Coffeehouse in downtown Vancouver because I’d heard a rumor that the Journal had a pizza there bearing its name. The rumor is now confirmed – the newspaper-themed café has five pizzas named after local publications, including the VBJ, the two dailies, the Reflector and Vancouver Voice.

My choice was clear and I must say I was quite pleased that the Journal has the most number of toppings – pepperoni, bacon, red onion, black olives, sweet red peppers, artichoke, mushrooms and extra cheese on a non-fat pita crust – and was light, tangy and satisfying.

Newsies owner Victoria Wakefield said that was no accident.

“We assigned the name of the pizza with the paper in mind,” she said. “We wanted it to reflect the size or content.”

We’ll take that as a compliment.

-Megan Patrick-Vaughn can be reached at mpatrick@vbjusa.com