Pacific Colliseum - Dining
May 6, 2010 | 11:17 pm
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Pacific Colliseum - Dining
Hi All,
Just wondering if the area around the Pacific Coliseum offers any good dining places within walking distance or if it is worth eating in the city and the others areas before heading to the hotel at night.
Its happened so many times before that I miss some local gem near the hotel because I don't find out about it until i get home (such as Japans best Ramen that was across the street from the Crowne Plaza that I was staying at).
Also is it true that Maple Vodka has been discontinued? (polar ice).
Thanks
- David
Just wondering if the area around the Pacific Coliseum offers any good dining places within walking distance or if it is worth eating in the city and the others areas before heading to the hotel at night.
Its happened so many times before that I miss some local gem near the hotel because I don't find out about it until i get home (such as Japans best Ramen that was across the street from the Crowne Plaza that I was staying at).
Also is it true that Maple Vodka has been discontinued? (polar ice).
Thanks
- David
May 7, 2010 | 12:42 pm
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Commercial Drive (known as "The Drive"), particularly between 1st Avenue and Venables has a lot of good restaurants. It's about 5 km away from the Pacific Coliseum - About a 10 minute drive?
http://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=...lt=restaurants
http://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=...lt=restaurants
Last edited by gglave; May 7, 2010 at 12:51 pm
May 9, 2010 | 5:07 am
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Where are you staying? The Holiday Inn Express on Hastings?
Not a lot of places to eat right near the Coliseum. (Don't think the area can support an eatery as there used to be a restaurant across the street that went thru a number of incarnations before it finally just converted to a school.)
Closest eateries are on Hastings and Renfrew area. While I wouldn't consider any places nearby as gems but there are a few decent joints to grab a bite if you want to stay in the neigbourhood.
Attached to the Holiday Inn Express is a pub. Had a relative muster here after their building was evacuated. I didn't eat here but the evacuated people were saying that the food was ok. Pub grub.
In the Exhibition Plaza strip mall (at least that's what I think it's called), there's:
Dijo's: Pizza shop. Whole pizza's and by the slice. A little pricey but you generally get a more generous amount of toppings. Had my first pesto pizza here. I find it a bit inconsistent and slow tho (small operation).
New Gourmet Castle Restaurant: Sushi and asian/Chinese food. Haven't been here in ages. What drew me in the past was that they had some really good combo meals.
Blow Fish Sushi: Small "hole-in-the-wall'ish" sushi joint. Decent quality and pricing on "most" items. Been here a few times. Ordered a salmon teriyaki on one of their bento boxes and I think they grilled up a nice slab of salmon that was destined to be sashimi. A few of their rolls came with 8 pieces vs the usual 6.
Tom & Jerry's: Haven't been here in ages also. They have an all you can eat fish and chip special and also an all you can eat pasta special. I think they're something like $10-15. Varied menu with a bar.
Down the street (to the west) is a Vietnamese restaurant called Bao Chau. Decent pho and spring rolls here. Note, there's another Vietnamese restaurant on this street called Petit Saigon (which I haven't been to yet).
There's a Burger King and Subway nearby too.
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Tangent... The lunchtime chef for the Cannery opened a place called the Pink Peppercorn Seafood House. There was a small blurb in the Sun a few days ago saying the chef recreated a number of the Cannery menu items with dishes going for about 1/3 less. My buddy checked them out last week and he said the food was ok but the service was crazy slow. He was thinking he was in a Ramsay Kitchen Nightmare/Hell's Kitchen episode where it took forever to get food out. Pricing wasn't a bargain as he though it was going to be either. Looks like they need to get some kinks out.
Not a lot of places to eat right near the Coliseum. (Don't think the area can support an eatery as there used to be a restaurant across the street that went thru a number of incarnations before it finally just converted to a school.)
Closest eateries are on Hastings and Renfrew area. While I wouldn't consider any places nearby as gems but there are a few decent joints to grab a bite if you want to stay in the neigbourhood.
Attached to the Holiday Inn Express is a pub. Had a relative muster here after their building was evacuated. I didn't eat here but the evacuated people were saying that the food was ok. Pub grub.
In the Exhibition Plaza strip mall (at least that's what I think it's called), there's:
Dijo's: Pizza shop. Whole pizza's and by the slice. A little pricey but you generally get a more generous amount of toppings. Had my first pesto pizza here. I find it a bit inconsistent and slow tho (small operation).
New Gourmet Castle Restaurant: Sushi and asian/Chinese food. Haven't been here in ages. What drew me in the past was that they had some really good combo meals.
Blow Fish Sushi: Small "hole-in-the-wall'ish" sushi joint. Decent quality and pricing on "most" items. Been here a few times. Ordered a salmon teriyaki on one of their bento boxes and I think they grilled up a nice slab of salmon that was destined to be sashimi. A few of their rolls came with 8 pieces vs the usual 6.
Tom & Jerry's: Haven't been here in ages also. They have an all you can eat fish and chip special and also an all you can eat pasta special. I think they're something like $10-15. Varied menu with a bar.
Down the street (to the west) is a Vietnamese restaurant called Bao Chau. Decent pho and spring rolls here. Note, there's another Vietnamese restaurant on this street called Petit Saigon (which I haven't been to yet).
There's a Burger King and Subway nearby too.
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Tangent... The lunchtime chef for the Cannery opened a place called the Pink Peppercorn Seafood House. There was a small blurb in the Sun a few days ago saying the chef recreated a number of the Cannery menu items with dishes going for about 1/3 less. My buddy checked them out last week and he said the food was ok but the service was crazy slow. He was thinking he was in a Ramsay Kitchen Nightmare/Hell's Kitchen episode where it took forever to get food out. Pricing wasn't a bargain as he though it was going to be either. Looks like they need to get some kinks out.