BC Business
For our Small Business issue, we asked 14 B.C. businesses how they're surviving in this economy. Here's one of them
Doug Stephen, co-owner of East Vancouver restaurant DownLow Chicken Shack (and its offshoots, including Vennie’s Sub Shop and DownLow Burgers) is all about embracing the community, even when it’s also the competition. We took a look at some of the restaurant’s many local collaborations that work to boost the profile of all participants.
COLLAB: An all-day cookout at New Westminster brewery Steel and Oak, including items like the Juke’N on the DL Chicken Sando
COLLAB: A sweet tea and lemonade made by DL and packaged by Callister
COLLAB: A 10-day pizza pop-up by Stephen and Vancouver food industry vet Colin Staus at Strathcona’s Luppolo Brewing
COLLAB: The Quesa-Hot Chicken Taco
COLLAB: The Hot Chicken Pizza
COLLAB: Lee’s Honey Dip Fried Chicken Sando and Honey Dip Bacon Burger
COLLAB: The Pork Tonkatsu Sando
COLLAB: The Fried Chicken Crois-Sando