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#visaeveryday 3: Browns Socialhouse

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:49:29 +0000

(This is a sponsored post.)

Made only one purchase today for #visaeveryday. We had brunch at the Richmond location of Browns Socialhouse.

Normally, grammatical offences would have knocked this casual dining franchise off my list. First, its name. Shouldn’t it be Brown’s or even Browns’? Socialhouse is not a word. And its noun-verb mixed motto of “Restaurant. [...]

CALGARY: Vin Room

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:00:28 +0000

Vin Room is a place I wish I visited more before we moved. It’s got great small plates, amazing wines (and wine experts), a beautiful space and the city’s best rooftop patio. (Best patio still belongs to Bonterra.)

I have to apologize for these meh photos as my blogging commitment took a back seat [...]

CALGARY: BottleHouse pub

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:24:29 +0000

So once again, a restaurant occupies the doomed corner of Memorial Drive and 10th Avenue NW, where other eateries have tried and failed. This time though, I hope the BottleHouse Beer Parlour — despite the cheesy name and font — gets a chance.

First of all, the space is huge, so there’s no cramming elbow to [...]

CALGARY: Altadore Dining Lounge

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:00:09 +0000

UPDATE – August 2010: The Altadore Dining Lounge is closed and for sale.

Altadore Dining Lounge has some great food, which I wrote about in Metro Calgary last week.

The cioppino ($26.50), for example, is a pretty bold offering in land-locked Calgary, but Altadore pulls it off extremely well. I was astonished at the succulent lobster [...]

CALGARY: Opening and closing

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:06:30 +0000

Giveaway

In a random decision (“Jason, pick a number between one and eight”), supersu is getting two coupons for Arthur’s smoothies and juices. Happy fruits!

Opening

(Courtesy West)

I went to the opening of West Restaurant & Bar last week, a huge, gorgeous *three-floor* space in Scotia Centre downtown. It’s from Concorde Group Entertainment, which also runs Flames [...]

CALGARY: Happy St. Patrick’s Day

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:50:25 +0000

Some of you may be heading out for a raucous pub and green beer today/this weekend, but for those of us who seek quieter climes (yeah, I’m old), try my favourite place to relax with a few drinks, Milk Tiger Lounge.

I blogged about Milk Tiger when it first opened. They make drinks here the [...]

TORONTO: Swish by Han

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:03:44 +0000

Finding a spot in Toronto to catch up with some girls from work turned out to be a bit harder than we thought. We didn’t want to go to a pub so that ruled out a lot of places downtown. A bistro/bar was way too noisy and crowded. We finally ended up at Swish [...]

CALGARY: Wings at Juliet’s Castle

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:27:48 +0000

You would think that at an outing of three food bloggers, there would be at least one camera ready to record the experience. Well, you would be wrong.

Patent and the Pantry, Binky Silhouette and I decided to go somewhere off the beaten track for cheap wings, landing at my suggestion of Juliet’s Castle Sports [...]

CALGARY: Wing night + punk rock bingo

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:19:45 +0000

I’m a big fan of chicken wings, so when JJ invited us to Broken City’s wing night, I immediately accepted.

The Tuesday wings special is a reasonable $4 per pound. The salt and pepper wings are excellent — hot, crispy and finger-licking salty. The hot wings are just OK.

But my friends, Tuesdays at Broken [...]

CALGARY: Milk Tiger Lounge

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:00:54 +0000

I began taking photos of Milk Tiger Lounge as the sun was setting outside, but then the dapper bartender/owners started serving me their delicious cocktails and the rest is history.

The lounge is as polar opposite as you can get from the space formerly occupied by A Bar Named Sue, as well as from the [...]