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#3281 HB

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Posted 24 May 2017 - 06:30 PM

Tough times for Greco-Roman fast food.

staffed by no-necks

#3282 spanky123

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Posted 26 May 2017 - 07:06 AM

Yeah, see, and that's sort of how I felt.

I think Johnk and I might be talking about the same place here. One deal on a big board inside the restaurant above the bar, then an altered and limited deal on the actual menu.

I enquired about the discrepancy and the manager did offer a discount, but it was a token amount compared to the actual advertised deal.

The money wasn't the issue, the issue was the nonchalant nature of the staff towards a major discrepancy.

 

The old advice to tourists here is that 'if you can see the water from the window, the water is all that you should be ordering!' There are a couple of exceptions to that rule but not many.


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#3283 kristinje

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Posted 30 May 2017 - 09:21 AM

Calgary's best rated brunch place is teasing a Victoria opening on their Instagram this morning... 

OEB Breakfast Co's post on Instagram


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#3284 Matt R.

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 02:15 AM

Here's the scoop on the old Pig location. Few pros involved here for sure.

http://scoutmagazine...ba-in-victoria/

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 04:37 AM

I think Johnny Rockets opens today?

#3286 Mike K.

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 05:54 AM

Calgary's best rated brunch place is teasing a Victoria opening on their Instagram this morning...
OEB Breakfast Co's post on Instagram


I had a chance to speak with a rep. More on this soon.

Thanks for the heads up and welcome to VV!
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#3287 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 11:03 AM

Brown's Uptown is 1 year old today.  Happy Hour all day long.


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#3288 Rob Randall

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 01:18 PM

I think Johnny Rockets opens today?

 

Confirmed, according to DVBA.



#3289 Greg

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 02:12 PM

Looked like just training was happening when I went by earlier...



#3290 Jackerbie

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 11:09 AM

Another Island eatery is expanding to Vancouver: Bin4 Burger Lounge will be opening in South Granville [x]


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#3291 AllseeingEye

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 12:33 PM

/\......meh, not a fan at all of B4; there are certainly better burger joints around IMO not to mention infinitely more interesting food outlets in South Granville. Speaking of which (burgers) has anyone yet sampled Johnny Rocketts' fare?



#3292 LJ

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 07:49 PM

Tried to go to Savour for dinner last night - closed, and it is closed again tonight. Why do some places have such strange hours?

 

Went to Il Terazzo instead. It was packed all night.


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#3293 Nparker

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 08:10 PM

Tried to go to Savour for dinner last night - closed, and it is closed again tonight...

Being closed for dinner on a Sunday seems like a poor business strategy to me.



#3294 Matt R.

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 09:51 PM

Saveur is still #1 on trip advisor, which is no small feat. I think Chef has a young family so it's nice to take a weekend day off to be home, especially if you've spent the entirely of your working life working every. Single. Weekend. It may be the only day they have together.

Also, being at number 1 I think it's safe to presume they are financially stable and busy enough when they are open, so what's it matter what days they close?

There is one extremely popular local restaurant that closes over Christmas and New Years, or at least used to, which is typically the busiest time for restaurants of this calibre and that seemed odd to me. So one day I asked the owner why? He said they were full every night of the year, and wanted to take a week or two off per year, so what's the difference when?

I promise you, the owner of Il Terazzo isn't behind the stove seven nights a week either.

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#3295 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 10:07 PM

Full disclosure, the Saveur owners are close friends of mine.  They juggle the business, another full time management job, several kids they adopted (or they foster), and one new one on the way.  They do a remarkable job with all they have going on, and I do not blame Rob for not wanting to open if it's not going to be perfect in the kitchen.  Hard to leave that to a less qualified chef.


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#3296 UDeMan

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Posted 06 June 2017 - 02:08 PM

the location of the former Pita Pit on Wharf Street has a sign  "Cinnamon Joe's" and a phone number for delivery



#3297 Mike K.

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Posted 06 June 2017 - 02:13 PM

Hmm. Did you happen to catch that number, by chance? There's a Cinnamon Joe's up in Nanaimo.


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#3298 UDeMan

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Posted 07 June 2017 - 02:25 PM

Hmm. Did you happen to catch that number, by chance? There's a Cinnamon Joe's up in Nanaimo.

 

sign says 

 

Delivery

Cinnamon Joe's

250-816-2673


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#3299 chamomileT

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Posted 08 June 2017 - 11:44 AM

There looks to be a new Starbucks going in on Fort between Cook and Vancouver, in the old Forge Gym location in the Mosaic Building.

 

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Posted 08 June 2017 - 12:35 PM

^ That's the old Starbucks logo, not the current one. Could be someone else opening up shop. Remember Famous Originals' marketing campaign with Blockbuster signage?



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