are you gonna eat that? » breakfast

VANCOUVER: Edible Canada breakfast

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:00:26 +0000

I never assume that it’s OK to bring a toddler to a restaurant. Not just for our convenience, but also for the business. It certainly isn’t fair to drag a kid to a tiny cafe and blame the business for only having high backless stools, or to a swish bistro and expect them to put [...]

VANCOUVER: Save On Meats

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:34:18 +0000

The iconic neon piggy on West Hastings in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside stood among the big red Woodward’s W as one of the most recognizable signs of my childhood.

I was keenly interested to read about the efforts of restaurateurs Mark and Nico Bran to reopen the butcher shop and diner (which closed in [...]

RICHMOND: Paul’s Kitchen

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:51:42 +0000

It took me a few weeks of frequenting the Real Canadian Superstore in Richmond before I realized there are businesses on the ground floor, with their entrances facing the covered parkade.

Paul’s Kitchen does Hong Kong cafe, Chinese comfort food. It’s super cheap. Those are the two things you need to know, because it doesn’t look [...]

TORONTO: Zocalo

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:17:27 +0000

When we visited my sister in Toronto, J happened to be on a diet of no gluten, no sugar, and no yeast. She miraculously found a fantastic place for lunch that fit that bill called Zocalo.

We thought it was a short walk from her place. But it was one of those stinky, humid Toronto [...]

VANCOUVER: Chez Faye Cafe, Yaletown

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:19:44 +0000

Sometimes you just need a dependable, convenient and inexpensive place for lunch. Chez Faye Cafe fits that bill in Yaletown, right beside the Roundhouse SkyTrain station.

It serves breakfast, coffee, sandwiches, pasta and a handful of Korean and Japanese dishes, for under $9.

My bulgogi box ($8.95) had a serving of beef, rice, simple green [...]

VANCOUVER: Red Wagon Cafe

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:00:51 +0000

I love breakfast/brunch. I hate lineups. Red Wagon Cafe is lined up to the yazoo on weekends. Solution: go during the weekday.

The cafe feels like it’s been in the neighbourhood forever with a loyal, local clientele and suitably old yet funky looking decor. It’s half true. Red Wagon opened last year, but took over [...]

CALGARY: Lido Cafe

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:38:06 +0000

Sometimes I just want food that’s straight-forward, fast and cheap. For years, the Lido Cafe has fit the no-frills bill. It reminds me of places we used to frequent when I was a university student, especially with its $6.95 full breakfast.

The Lido’s faded neon sign and table jukeboxes have withstood the test of [...]

CALGARY: Wake Bistro

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:15:05 +0000

Wake Bistro has opened up where Fiasco Gelato used to be in Kensington. It focuses on breakfast and lunch which is pretty smart in an area dominated by pub food.

The menu is short and manageable with mostly things in between bread, soup and daily dessert specials. On weekends, it expands to include omelettes and [...]

TURNER VALLEY: Chuckwagon Cafe

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:59:40 +0000

One of the prettiest drives on a sunny day is part of the Cowboy Trail between Calgary and Turner Valley/Black Diamond. It’s an even worthier trip when the end goal is the declared winner of the “search for the perfect burger.”

Last summer, Gwendolyn and her sister — for the sake of research of course [...]

CALGARY: Sunterra Market

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:47 +0000

Condo dwellers of the Victoria Park area can now rejoice with their very own supermarket. Granted, it’s not a discount grocer, but the Sunterra Market (in the shiny Keynote tower) has its advantages especially for young professionals who live and work in the area.

As Calgary’s closest answer to Whole Foods, Sunterra Market stocks organic [...]