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It's true, Vancouver could be a study on how sports, or rather a sports team, can effect dinning. People who don't really care to watch the games know what the Canucks are doing. TV's ar bright, ugly, and dominate the atmosphere of a dinning room or lounge. God forbid the tv is on Smackdown or baseball or something. And then the Canucks come on and it's a beautifully essential thing. I'm sure the reason there are so many PPV games so early is they are cashing in on this hockey starved city. I predict games will impact restaurants in playoff like fashion positive or negative (depending on your tv numbers and size) untill christmas season socializing becomes the prioity. Cheers, Keith N

Here is a great new secret. Burrito Brothers. yup, just a burrito spot that has a limited menu (burrito's, tacos, nacho's, chicken beef, or rice and beans etc.) and a fridge fuill of mexican beer. but the burrito's are fantastic. big and full of flavour besides rice and beans. they have a great little patio too if your lucky to get a seat on a nice day. location, just off first and yew. tucked beside the 24 hour store that is beside Adesso which is on the corner. and some comments to an earlier Vera's Discussion. I also went to the davie location, late one afternoon, not too busy. waited the 12 min for my burger. It was amazing. It disappeared in seconds and then I felt like a nap. a Brilliant burger. while I was inhaling it I was trying to put my finger on why it was so good. the fact that the sauted mushrooms and blue chees combo is my fave? the size? the fact that the patty just screams this is the real thing? Finally I decided, that when I have a patio and a bbq again, and I take the afternoon to make some killer bugrgers and invite the gang over to just chill and enjoy, this is exactly how they should be. So, when you have the craving for that, the 12 minutes really isn't that bad. besides, the 12 minutes is the reality part of not being another "fast food burger"

Back at the begining.... So where are some great places to buy cheap, good, ample, fresh, live Crabs and Lobster in Vancouver? T&T in Richmond and downtown, good? Granville Island is expensive comparatively, yes?

That's already been done. Scuba divers report the presence of Atlantic Lobsters in Indian Arm-it's thought that that certain Buddhist sects who hope to gain brownie points in this life by setting caged creatures free have in the past released Lobsters to 'live again'. Also-it's been a fabulous Crab season to date-we're at a high point in their abundance cycle. ← Too funny, For the record, I enjoy crab and lobster way too much to have any guilt. My thoughts are, "so someone set some free eh? how long till we can start catching them locally for dinner then ?

Being a night owl in the night biz, it's always a struggle to find good dinning after 12. a place where the food isn't scary and you you can relax, come down from a big night and hear the people your with talk. I love this topic. Brix is good, the people are great and the menu has some high points. the pizza is always good and the Kobe burger is excellent if you're ready for that much protien at the time of night. Can't wait to see them open George. perhaps they will be better prepared on a consistant basis service wise. Can't say Tsui Hang has ever inspired me gastronomicaly, althought after a night on the town the "Cold Tea" is always a hit. wink wink, nudge nudge. Gyoza king is brilliant. truely the best gyoza I have ever eaten. Martini's Pizza on broadway is also very good. great prices, casual atmospher, good industry crowd. lots of usuall suspect on the good menu but my fave is the baked spagetti. something about the ooehy gooey bubbling chees and the family's secret tomatoe sauce at that time of night that just works for me. Here's a challenge, there is lots of asian out there, but is there a place to get good sushi after 12:00?? Can't wait to see what Nu has to offer. Cheers, K

I find this farmed Salmon debate fasinating. And there are thousands of opinons out there and what seems like very little in the way of facts. So, in the effort of hearing more of both, what is the biggest issues that make people go one side or the other? Taste profile? Enviorment implications? Cost? What really is better?

A friend tried to convince me there was a great sushi restaurant in Calgary once. we went for pizza. Besides quoting the web site, I heard from Tojo himself that he invented the California roll basically becaus it was inside out and cooked. People at the time didn't want to "see" the seaweed or like the fact that this sushi thing was "raw" fish.