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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 [...] 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 [...]
Kane’s Harley Diner became my go-to lunch place when I went out with H and other babies. The kitschy diner has been in Inglewood for more than a decade. It’s not fancy, but it doesn’t need to be. Regulars come back for the filling plates and service by ladies who call you “sweetie” and [...]
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 [...] Huntsville, Ont., about 200 kilometres north of Toronto, is in the middle of Muskoka where people go to cottage, sail and do other lakeside activities in the summer. In the winter, my friends go there to get married. Chowhounders thankfully recommended Westside Fish and Chips, a little diner in the town that is open year-round. We [...]
Dairy Lane is tucked into two blocks of businesses along a residential stretch of West Hillhurst in northwest Calgary. Like other popular modern diners in Calgary — ie, Galaxie Diner or Avenue Diner — it’s tiny and often has lineups. First opened in 1950, the cafe is dedicated to its neighbourhood and the environment. It [...] The Tulip has been around Toronto since 1929, a diner full of stories. Even my sister can reminisce about the first time she and her now-husband went out to eat in a group there. They weren’t dating yet, and Kevin sat at one end of the table wondering who the tiny girl attacking a porterhouse [...] The Ardmore Tea Room is a busy place on weekends, packed with hungover bleary-eyed twenty-somethings as I once used to be. Insert sigh here. But on a weekday, it’s kinda peaceful, sipping my coffee and watching the sun stream in the front window. The paper placemats outline the history of the Ardmore, which first opened [...] |
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