I have asked before but there was a restaurant somehwere around the tourist zone when I was a teenager. They had a burger called the Super Cow it had like a 2 lb patty and was meant to be shared. I think it may have been exec house but but am not sure. this was before I lived here and we used to bug the parents to take us there when in Vic.
That would be the Cultured Cow, at Blanshard and Fort. (or was it Quadra and Fort?) Funny, eccentric, mustachioed proprietor - "One glasas o'moo comin up" - drove around in the first small hybrid I saw in this city, painted white, with black patches, like a cow. Yeah, my buddies and I would have to fast before having one of those glorious Super Cows - The Greatest Hamburger of All Time. Period.
Could be mistaken, but didn't the Longhorn Steakhouse have health violations?
Sure, not a restaurant, but if you're old enouugh to remember the Bacchanalia (even worse - actually patronizing it), then, well, my condolences.
Hopefully the Vic. Curling Club cafetetria will still hold on, just yet.
Speaking of cafeterias, I miss KMart's somewhat bleak Fiesta Grill. Trying to remeber the name of the reasturant, there, that was replaced by a bank, and opened up into a small mall that had a Radio Shack just before you entered KMart.
Heh - the old Racquet Club cafeteria?
I'm sure good ole Humpty's on Bay has been mentioned.
Was there something about the El Rancho being a meeting place for gangster types?
In the late 70s it seemed that every restaurant or club had some kind of dark, window-less underground cave theme--knights of old (Ivanhoes, Olde England Inn etc.); rich, meaty ethnic German or Hungarian food with dimly-lit, rock-walled grottoes. Industrial themes were popular (The Old Forge, Spaghetti Foundry).
Heh, did someone say The Medieval Inn?
Edited by nutsinmay, 16 November 2023 - 12:37 PM.