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VICTORIA: Ferris’ Oyster Bar

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:23:34 +0000

Victoria is a fantastic food destination with many brew pubs and little bistros. We tried to hit one of the local brunch hotspots but the lineups were just way too unwieldy to risk with a hungry toddler. I wish we had more time and less baby to explore the city properly, but I’m sure [...]

CALGARY: Brasserie Kensington

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:09:57 +0000

It seems the owners of Muse and winebar (and AKA) are intent on taking over the corner of Kensington Road and 11th Street with the opening of Brasserie Kensington.

The new restaurant is right above winebar, where an interior design store used to be. It’s been transformed with the requisite dark wood tables, chairs and [...]

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 [...]

STAR TREK: Romulan Ale

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:58:47 +0000

The Alberta town of Vulcan (population 1,900) knows a good thing when it sees it. It’s embraced the fact it shares the same name as Spock’s birth planet on Star Trek and turned it into arguably the area’s biggest industry.

A sign welcomes visitors in English, Klingon and Vulcan. The tourism centre is shaped [...]

ROGUE: Santa’s all hopped up

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:53:31 +0000

This is me in the liquor store: “Ooooh, that’s a pretty label/design.”

Salesman: “That bottle glows in the dark.”

Me: “I’ll take it.”

Rogue Ales is an Oregon company started in the late ’80s by some friends and an accountant with a penchant for home brewing.

“Rogue is a small revolution,” says its website. “The spirit of the [...]

MONCTON: Barnyard BBQ

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:00:40 +0000

The Pump House was one of my favourite places when I lived in Moncton. It’s a great, spacious brewpub downtown with a huge patio and lots of beer.

It now has a larger bottling brewery in the city’s north, with the Barnyard BBQ restaurant in the front. After a few wrong turns, I can [...]

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 [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Thirsty Bear

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:06:26 +0000

By our last night in San Francisco, we couldn’t bear the thought of eating more seafood, or really anything else. We were in one of those funks where we couldn’t decide what to have, but we didn’t want crap. I know, woe was us.

Jason vaguely said, “I want something casual. With beer.”

I remember lying on [...]

TORONTO: Where the boys are

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:32:36 +0000

Before Toronto’s smoking ban, Smokeless Joe was one of the few havens of clean air in the city. I wish I had known about it when I lived there. Not only for the air, or the 200+ different kinds of beer, but because this prime guy territory.

I don’t mean the sports-bar type variety, or [...]