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Originally Posted by Tyler
Hi guys,
Was just wondering if you could help me out with some bar advice. I left Calgary to go to school right out of HS, so my bar knowledge of the town is rather limited.
I need to find the following type of bar in Calgary:
- downtown
- suitable for a business dinner with clients
- good business atmosphere (i.e. - we can get some burgers or steaks without having to listen to THE BEAT going on in the background)
- not looking for a KEG or Earls
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Kinda depends on how much you want to spend, but there are literally dozens of great restaurants with decent bars downtown.
Milestones is ok, I prefer Catch or The Saltlik which are just north and just west of Milestones respectively.
The Met is usually full of phony posers who just go to be seen, same as Fuel by Earls. Keywords there: by Earls.. this equates to "avoid".
The Vickers places further down 8th are usually a little better, like Belgo, Mango Shiva (Indian), Zen 8 (Sushi), The Chophouse (steak), but you'll typically find the same kind of crowd there as you would in the met, and it is severely overpriced.
Saizo's on 4th Ave is very good. There are the Caesars and Hy's steakhouse standbys. Old school inside and out, but the food is great and it is ALL business during lunch.
The Rose Garden for thai food on 8th is f-ing wicked.
Like I said, there are all kinds of places downtown. Really depends on what kind of tab you want to pay for at the end of the night, the kind of crowd you want, how much drinking will be involved, and the type of cuisine you like.
If you really want to knock some socks off take them to Teatro's on 1st street SE and 8th ave. VERY classy, but stuffy... depends if you can be comfortable in a somewhat formal environment or not.
Murietta's is also very nice.
It also depends on how far out of "downtown" you want to go... is this for lunch, dinner, what?