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Nice work coop! steve are you a pro chef??

Gravy; have you ever had a classic Italian meat sauce, or how some call it a ragu, it is an incredible rich meat sauce, carrots, celery, garlic, onions, fresh parsley, basil, oregano, bay leafs, pork bones with lots of meat on it. Simmered for hours when this stuffs cold it looks like gravy, they put it over every thing. steve

Where is my visa?? Like I said before, I am so there if you need any help. steve

What, hu; so much happened whill I was gone? steve

I feel they have lost touch with the market??

boy, I would love to go!

Yes it is Now I know what is so funny?? spelling don't it kill me, I have had a few spelling funnies, shit, what can I say? steve

Yes we could all use Bumbershoot, it is definately the festival of the west coast, food, great bands and what a party, hey is that not labour day weekend??

Amarcord used to get reviews and lots of press, theses days very quite on the press front so it is easy to forget, I can not remember when the last time a press release went on about them. Please let know how it was. steve

Did I miss something, are they bad now!! I have been away steve

thanks lancelot that is where I know them best is from Wholesale, so then they are fully wholesale now??

I have never gone either. worth the trip?? steve

Hey coop You forgot Quisi, Cafe Barney, Primos Mexi grill, Star Anise, um I think there are a few more but can not remember>? steve

Spend your money take your chances; restaurants is a personnel thing, it all depends on you, a restaurant being good has nothing to do with trendy or hot, to be seen, what does that have to do with good food. Why is it people need someone else’s affirmation to what is good, it is something that a person should figure it out on their own. Westside 1)Lumiere 2)West 3)Bishops 4)Tojo 5)Cru 6)Vij's 7)Bin 8)Quattro"s 9)Provence 10)Montri's 11)Pastis 12)Smoking Dog 13)Fiction West side has many choices, here is my order, it is a tough pick, and any one of these restaurants is great on any given night. They are all different and that is why I picked the ones I did. Yaletown/downtown 1)Le Crocodile 2)Le Gavoroche 3)Four Seasons Hotel 4)Pan Pacific ( Ernst Dorfler) 5)Cafe de Paris 6)Raincity Grill 7)Bacchus 8)Picolo Mondo 9)Hamilton Street Grill 10)Bin 11)La Bodega 12)Villa del Lupo 13)Diva at the met 14)Ciopino's 15)The Irish Heather wow I am running out of room, it is even harder to pick, what makes a good room, just the food or both the room and food, and what about service, there are many ethic restaurants left out, many good chow places left out, so I think there are a few hot places or do you just want to be seen?? Shit I forgot "C" and I am sure I forgot a few more steve

Try Il Ducato on fourth and arbutus, the boys sold it, but Dave is still cooking there, although it could be on its last leg, dave is still a good cook, he cooks all long noodles for each order, very old Scholl Itilian. Quattro's----Al Porto's---Amacord----Cioppino's---Piccolo Mondo--Villa del Lupo Coco Pazzo--Favorito--ciprianos--bella cucina--Carmelos Lorenzos is gone steve

I am there with you on that one!! steve

Nice dressing Lactic Solar Dust. steve

Lancelot; what happened?? steve

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Jason there is always more then one way to skin a cat but nameing that process always seems to end up in semantics. Gravy, sauce whatever as a chef I understand what you mean, is that not the goal?? Happy Gravy making yum steve

Great looking food!! I will hang out in the back and watch and learn. steve

Great advice Katie Loeb, I once used all the tax money to pay all the small wholesalers, and have one debtor the government, they did not like that too much, but the auditor is free, so he saved me about 300 bucks from going to an accountant, he had his software and it took him like an hour and he had all the source deduction I owed, then it was about 3 years of watching different gov departments fight over the money, I did pay them all back though, the right hand does not know what the left is doing. steve

Were you joking? There must be a few overstated jokesters around E-gullet, cause I remember a few other over stated statements about hawaii on some other threads, do you all have this sense of humour and sarcasm. steve

Let’s put this another way, Punch a time clock, now design your evening at home with your date, lover, wife whatever, now go get all you need to make this evening eventful, go to the store and get your food, you will find that you have to go to more then one store to get all the things you will need, now the liquor store. You are at home now all the ingredients on the table waiting for you to cook, lets see how much time is this going to take lets see anywhere from 30 min to six hours, how much will it cost, any where from 20 bucks to 100, that is not including the wine. Oh yes the dishes!!! Try and match your fav restaurant and duplicate the meal at home, you would be surprised on how much it can cost you, if you do not have that pantry at home and you have to go out and get all those items then you will see how much. If you have to make a demi or stock, this will take like 3 hours to make something even close to your fav saucier's demi or brown sauce. Lets say you are restaurant and you have to pay rent, Vancouver, 5000 to 15,000 a month, hydro, phone, office expenses, labour, food 30% ->;labour 30%->; liqour 30%->, that leaves you with about 5-7%, that is why it cost you money for wine. You have GST---PST---Socan, business license, food license, health board, liquor license, accountant, lawyer….., Cost of a bottle of wine for liquor store 4 bucks, their selling price would be like 12- 15 bucks, add all their taxes + ( markup) and the other tax plus tip, wow that is a lot of mark up, but the restaurant only sees a little of that. steve

Nice promo Neil. It depends on what you want, for me Vancouver is about atmosphere and nature, so many places in Yale town are of a dark nature, Neil I am not including your place in those dark aspects of Yale Town. Trying to bring in that Toronto dark and big tones, things have lightened up a bit. I moved to the west Coast for nature and weather, warm tones, the water and views of the water are what make Van. The Mountain views in Van are amazing it also is what brought me to the coast, snow- skiing. So for me I like west coast themes, nautical, wood, brighter colors and mixed textures, more space! I would hike the whole Point Grey corridor from Granville Island up to UBC, either along the beach or down 4th and back on 10th then Broadway, you have a little of everything, but the main spot on the beach venture is the stop at Jericho sailing club and going for a beer and a burger, the view is to die for. You have Provence, Baru, Montris, La Notte, fiction, the Ivy, Topanga Cafe, Living Room, Nyala, Quatros on Fourth, Fatzos, Nats pizza, Gramercey, Vineyard, Tangerine, Wild Garlic, Bishops, Pastis, Sophies Cosmic cafe, Joes Grill, Hells kitchen, Las Margaritas, Roti grill, Lumiere, Ouzeri’s Ordinary Cafe, Sandbar, Smoking Dog, Bridges, Bin, Cru, Velvet Cafe, Café Barney, Quisi Bistro, Primos Mexican, West West Side is the best side steve