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CALGARY: Safari Grill (Short Pants Plaza, part 3)

are you gonna eat that? — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:20:27 +0000

Safari Grill is the only sit-down restaurant in Short Pants Plaza. Decked out in earth tones, zebra print and Bollywood videos on the flat-screen, it’s a comfortable space for sharing east African and east Indian food. On the night we were there, two boys kept re-enacting their favourite dives from the World Cup while their [...]

CALGARY: Tiffin Curry & Roti House

are you gonna eat that? — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:47:11 +0000

This month, I started a weekly column on CBC Radio’s afternoon show, The Homestretch. The focus is on hidden gems and holes-in-the-walls in Calgary. Tune into FM99.1 or AM1010 or live online every Wednesday at 5:20 p.m.

Listen to the Tiffin review.

This is my Calgary-style tiffin. A tiffin is basically made up of metal, flat-bottomed bowls [...]

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: Smokehouses and such

are you gonna eat that? — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:46:36 +0000

I’ve never had real Southern BBQ before so until I make it to that part of the U.S., I make do with what I can find at home. Nothing has blown me away but there are two decent places in Calgary.

The Palomino has a smoker right in the restaurant. There’s a live music stage [...]