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Canadian

Review: Moderne Burger

by gigi on September 23, 2011

Although my go-to burger place is usually White Spot, that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a good burger from other restaurants. While the Triple-O sauce will always hold a special place in my heart, one of my other favourite burger places is Moderne Burger. I pretty much like everything from their cool diner decor to [...]

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Review: Big Lou’s Butcher Shop

by gigi on April 28, 2011

I’m a big sandwich fiend and with the proliferation of fancy sandwich shops opening in the Vancouver area lately, I have to count myself as being quite lucky. One such place that I really wanted to try out was Big Lou’s Butcher Shop, a half butcher shop, half sandwich shop place that opened up right [...]

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Review: Earl’s on Kingsway

by gigi on December 29, 2010

As I have said many times before, I am not a huge fan of chain restaurants like Earl’s, Milestones, or Cactus Club. I just find the prices too high to justify the type of food I’m eating. Perhaps I am dating myself but I remember a time when the prices at these places were much [...]

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Review: PHAT Deli Sandwiches

by gigi on October 18, 2010

I remember my first visit ever to PHAT Deli several years ago. I was drawn in by their claim to have real Montreal smoked meat so I went there for lunch with a few friends. I ordered the smoked meat eggs Benny and still remember how tasty it was to this day. Funnily enough, it [...]

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Review: Pourhouse

by gigi on August 11, 2010

For my birthday, I decided to have dinner with some friends at Pourhouse. It was yet another place on my list of restaurants to check out and I had heard that the atmosphere at Pourhouse was quite nice so I rounded up a few friends for a nice little dinner gathering. When our super friendly [...]

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Review: Darby’s Pub

by gigi on June 24, 2010

Before I start this review, I must make a disclaimer and say that I’m friends with Kiyo, who manages Darby’s Pub. He’s been trying to get me to come to Darby’s for quite some time now and due our busy schedules, it just never happened. The opportunity finally presented itself one day when we were [...]

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