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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 [...]

LAKE LOUISE: Outpost Pub

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:30:54 +0000

Parks pass: $13.07.

Average hotel room in Lake Louise: $329.

Loft suite (for six) for two nights: $978.

Half day ski pass: $61.50.

Walk around Lake Louise: Free.

Prime rib dinner in the Outpost Pub: $24.50.

Average dinner in Lake Louise: Way more than that!

A weekend out with great girlfriends: Priceless.

Outpost Pub, 200 Pipestone Rd., Lake Louise, (403) 522-3989. Open weekdays [...]

CALGARY: Best wings in the city

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:48:11 +0000

I know this is likely the most contentious food topic in any city: where are the best wings?

In search of this quest exists a league of gentlemen to which I was recently admitted honorary membership. As with any quasi-secret society, I can’t say much about their initiations, rules, or even the name of this wing [...]

CALEDON: ‘It’s just over that hill’

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:12:44 +0000

Jan and I used to live in an old house in Toronto with the occasional mouse. Chris used to live with Grant in an old house in Toronto 500 paces away from us with a battle cat. Chris and Jan got married. Now, Grant is getting married. Got that?

Doesn’t matter. What I’m trying to [...]

CALGARY: Winging my way to a tummyache

are you gonna eat that? — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:23:37 +0000

I can eat ridiculous amounts of chicken wings. On that food item, I’m all quantity over quality. So the Wednesday deal at the Yardhouse Restaurant has always intrigued me: 100 wings for $15.

I finally got a chance to dig into that deal recently with a few people. We ordered salt and pepper, teriyaki and hot. [...]