Ben Schwartz, known for his roles on Parks and Recreation and House of Lies, took to Twitter to crowd source Vancouver restaurant recommendations, things to do and places to see.
The actor, who is also a comedian, writer, director, producer and voice actor is 37-years-old and hails from The Bronx, New York.
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His voice acting work includes movies like Turbo and The Lego Movie 2: The Second part as well as TV series like Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Robot Chicken, BoJack Horseman, DuckTales and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
He can next be heard in the Vancouver-filmed movie Sonic the Hedgehog which is based on the video game franchise. Schwartz voices Sonic, the supersonic blue hedgehog hero. The movie also stars Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Adam Pally and Neal McDonough. The movie filmed in Vancouver, Ladysmith and Vancouver Island last summer and had its release pushed back until 2020 for some redesigns of the visual effects.
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The star is back in town this summer and while staying at Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver he’s looking for some places to eat. He’s in town filming the Disney+ live-adaption movie Flora and Ulysses and plays the parent of Flora along with Alyson Hannigan. The How I Met Mother Star, Alyson Hannigan, was in town last summer filming the live-adaption movie Kim Possible.
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Naturally Vancouver’s Ryan Reynolds came to the rescue with some top notch suggestions:
Kissa Tanto is really good. You’ll feel guilty for chewing.
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) June 26, 2019
And Bel Cafe in the Hotel Georgia. Oof.
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) June 26, 2019
Other famous Vancouverites pitched their recommendations too including Fin Wolfhard from Stranger Things and Crystal Lowe from the Signed, Sealed, Delivered film series:
Eat at Flying Pig in Yale town, go for sushi anywhere in the city and go to Kirin in Richmond or on Cambie street for Dim sum
— Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe (@RealCrystalLowe) June 27, 2019
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Ben, let’s hang and eat. How long are you in town?
— Hawk (@ChefHawksworth) June 26, 2019
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You Absolutely MUST go to KOBE… bring buckets so you can bring home their signature sauces…. no joke.
— Michael Adamthwaite (@M_Adamthwaite) June 26, 2019
Tojo is to die for 🙏
— The Soska Sisters (@twisted_twins) June 26, 2019
Non-Vancouverites like Olivia Wilde also shared their famous spots:
Nook pizza.
— Thomas Lennon (@thomaslennon) June 26, 2019
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VIJ’S. 🤤
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) June 25, 2019
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The salmon-oshi sushi from Minami. Brunch at Medina. The best croissants in the entire world at Small Victory.
— Rose McIver (@imrosemciver) June 26, 2019
Any place where @ChefHawksworth is cooking
— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) June 26, 2019
Tourism Vancouver and Vancouver Aquarium also reached out to Schwartz to make his stay that much more hospitable:
Hi Ben – we’d love to sort you out with an experiential pass. DM me and we’ll get it out to you!
— Destination Vancouver (@MyVancouver) June 26, 2019
You otter come hang with us! pic.twitter.com/kR8j7bpI2R
— Vancouver Aquarium (@vanaqua) June 26, 2019
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Lots of great suggestions in Chinatown: @kissatanto @baobei1 + more. With the experiential pass from @MyVancouver, you can also come visit us at the Classical Chinese Garden! We'll even let you hit the gong — just DM us 😉 pic.twitter.com/IVmkfxuggU
— Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden (@vangarden) June 26, 2019
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