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VANCOUVER: Joe’s Cafe

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:18:57 +0000

Joe’s Cafe is an institution on the Commercial Drive strip. There’s actually a Joe. He and his brother opened the place in 1974.

Joe’s is packed during the World Cup, especially and obviously when Portugal is playing. There was a bit of misunderstanding with some lesbians in 1991 but for the most part, [...]

CHILLIWACK: Airport Coffee Shop

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:15:59 +0000

“I fly for pie,” says the sign in front of the Chilliwack Airport. A rhyming sign for pie? It was calling out to me, so I convinced my co-workers they HAD to stop for refreshments.

Run by three sisters, the Airport Coffee Shop is a friendly place frequented by regulars. “I fly for pie” alludes [...]

VANCOUVER: Kokopelli kid-friendly cafe

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:38:38 +0000

Now that I’m a parent, Kokopelli Cafe is the kind of place I wish existed in every neighborhood.

It’s a sweet cafe that bakes fresh pastries, makes healthy light meals and offers kids’ treats like macaroni and cheese, packages of Cheerios and 100% natural fruit popsicles. Even Mum-mums are available for sale if [...]

RICHMOND: AoYama Cafe Japanese pasta

are you gonna eat that? — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:23:19 +0000

AoYama Cafe is associated with UCC Cafe, a popular coffee chain in the Philippines and other Asian countries. Its big sell is siphon coffee. However, I was focused more on the food than the coffee on the day I visited, so here’s a better writeup of their coffee system.

Located on the ground floor of Aberdeen [...]

CALGARY: Kol3 Vietnamese

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:06:52 +0000

UPDATE – December 2010: Kol3 took their subs and shu mai balls off the menu because they weren’t selling enough to ensure they were fresh all the time. Sadness. However, they have added a basa banh xeo. They also make a really good sate pho noodle soup. Banh xeo portions have also gotten much bigger [...]

CALGARY: Higher Ground vegetarian dinner

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:00:49 +0000

My biggest fears about vegetarian food is that it will be bland and I’ll still be starving afterward. But the three-course vegetarian dinner ($19) at Higher Ground totally dispelled that.

The licensed coffee house offers Global Vegetarian Night every Wednesday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each month’s menus are posted on their Facebook page. Reservations are [...]

CALGARY: Perkins breakfast

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:33:05 +0000

In honour of our larger-than-life American cousins, we hit up Perkins Family Restaurant for a Fourth of July breakfast. Perkins is a chain that started as a pancake house in Ohio, and now has 400 restaurants across the U.S. and Canada.

To be honest, we didn’t really wake up and say, “Hey, it’s July 4th, [...]

CALGARY: Vendome Cafe

are you gonna eat that? — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:31:08 +0000

I have a new favourite coffee shop. The Vendome Cafe is in the Sunnyside heritage building where Heartland Cafe used to be, behind the LRT station. The owners of Teatro run it now.

The Vendome has some of the friendliest staff I’ve ever met at a coffee place, even when the lineup stretches to the [...]

CALGARY: Phil & Sebastian Coffee Company

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:25:00 +0000

Enough has been said about Phil & Sebastian’s splendid coffee talents, but getting your sleepy hands on a cup of their lovely liquid usually meant a hot, cramped, long wait at their Calgary Farmers’ Market booth.

In late November, the duo finally opened their long-awaited storefront location in Marda Loop, and it’s been packed ever since.

The [...]

CALGARY: Fassil

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:03:54 +0000

One of my new favourite restaurants in Calgary is Fassil, a family-run Ethiopian place in the southeast. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get here to try their delicious stews and other dishes.

If you’ve never had Ethiopian food before, here’s a quick primer.

All food is served on and with injera, a [...]