03-08-2025, 01:04 PM
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#3841
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electric boogaloo
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Originally Posted by shermanator
Marda Loop is becoming quite the destination. Marda Loop Brewing's patio was full. Bella's patio was full. 30 minute lineup to get a sandwich at Bonjour and the people kept coming.
Or maybe it sucks I dunno....
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Exactly what I said. Small restos are awesome. This guy Just agreed with me. Thanks sherm.
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03-08-2025, 04:13 PM
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#3842
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shermanator
Marda Loop is becoming quite the destination. Marda Loop Brewing's patio was full. Bella's patio was full. 30 minute lineup to get a sandwich at Bonjour and the people kept coming.
Or maybe it sucks I dunno....
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Also the French café, wine bar, and speakeasy. All of these in small renoed ‘cottages’ while the rest of Marda is getting torn down and replaced by multi-story condos and rentals. 19-storey towers are coming.
Good news is Leonard corp who renoed all these spaces has three more in progress in the same strip.
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03-08-2025, 05:09 PM
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#3843
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NOT a cool kid
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
Brentwood Mall Toys R Us closing.
The Rooms and Spaces next door didn't even last 6 months.
Does Doug Putnam have a money tree??
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Has it even been open for a year?
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03-08-2025, 05:14 PM
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#3844
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shermanator
Marda Loop is becoming quite the destination. Marda Loop Brewing's patio was full. Bella's patio was full. 30 minute lineup to get a sandwich at Bonjour and the people kept coming.
Or maybe it sucks I dunno....
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Hadn't been to Marda Loop in a few years but have been following the progress on Skyrise Cities and decided to check it out this morning. When we ordered at Bonjour it was only a 20 min wait so I was likely there half an hour before you took this picture. Loved the reno to that space with the covered and heated area between the buildings.
Told my wife we might look to moving here if we move in a few years but holy hell, dunno if it's normal but the car traffic felt crazy - lots of speeding, honking, weaving, just general impatience in that area.
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03-08-2025, 07:26 PM
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#3845
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My face is a bum!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shermanator
Marda Loop is becoming quite the destination. Marda Loop Brewing's patio was full. Bella's patio was full. 30 minute lineup to get a sandwich at Bonjour and the people kept coming.
Or maybe it sucks I dunno....
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That's not true. I read on the internet you can't park there anymore, and traffic is so bad that no one will go there ever again.
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03-08-2025, 07:57 PM
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#3846
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Originally Posted by Swift
Hadn't been to Marda Loop in a few years but have been following the progress on Skyrise Cities and decided to check it out this morning. When we ordered at Bonjour it was only a 20 min wait so I was likely there half an hour before you took this picture. Loved the reno to that space with the covered and heated area between the buildings.
Told my wife we might look to moving here if we move in a few years but holy hell, dunno if it's normal but the car traffic felt crazy - lots of speeding, honking, weaving, just general impatience in that area.
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I don't find there's a lot of traffic but there are a lot of impatient drivers, blocking the road, speeding, ignoring pedestrians, etc. Thursday night someone parked blocking 34th to go into one of the shops and everything came to a stand still. The mainstreets work is sitll only half done too, so people end up parking on the sidewalk or in the crosswalks without knowing.
Fortunately I walk almost everywhere so I don't find the traffic to be an issue. But I know some people hate using their legs.
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03-08-2025, 08:37 PM
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#3847
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Jbo
Has it even been open for a year?
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I think it's been open about 2 or maybe 2.5.
They did the same thing with the new one way down south. Opened and closed in about a year. Weird.
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03-09-2025, 01:50 PM
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#3848
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swift
Hadn't been to Marda Loop in a few years but have been following the progress on Skyrise Cities and decided to check it out this morning. When we ordered at Bonjour it was only a 20 min wait so I was likely there half an hour before you took this picture. Loved the reno to that space with the covered and heated area between the buildings.
Told my wife we might look to moving here if we move in a few years but holy hell, dunno if it's normal but the car traffic felt crazy - lots of speeding, honking, weaving, just general impatience in that area.
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I live in Richmond. Its close enough/far enough from Marda to enjoy the places but not as much traffic. That whole area several blocks north and south of 33rd is a nightmare. Its an area with lots of self important folks crammed in infills. I noticed how different going to Safeway Marda was vs Sunnyside Safeway. Good bad indifferent the vibe is opposite.
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03-09-2025, 01:53 PM
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#3849
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Marda Loop is awful and nobody should visit it.
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03-09-2025, 02:35 PM
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#3850
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Marda Loop is awful and nobody should visit it.
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How about Altadore?
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03-09-2025, 03:43 PM
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#3851
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
How about Altadore?
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A terrible dump, definitely stay away.
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03-09-2025, 05:05 PM
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#3852
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electric boogaloo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
That's not true. I read on the internet you can't park there anymore, and traffic is so bad that no one will go there ever again.
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You smart as you are tall.
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03-10-2025, 11:13 AM
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#3853
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
How about Altadore?
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It's fine until the Death Star blows it up.
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03-13-2025, 01:01 AM
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#3854
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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It was posted in here but I can't find it. What American chain was going into the old Ginger Beef lot in the Shanks parking lot on McLeod, again?
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03-13-2025, 01:04 AM
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#3855
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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I hope it’s Arby’s.
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03-13-2025, 01:07 AM
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#3856
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Calgary
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Krispy Kreme I believe.
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03-13-2025, 01:08 AM
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#3857
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by jg13
Krispy Kreme I believe.
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God damnit.
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03-13-2025, 07:52 AM
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#3858
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Franchise Player
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Wow. they are going to build 6500 new homes in Tsuu Tina. Great location.
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03-13-2025, 08:26 AM
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#3859
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Hard disagree. Going to a baseball game is one of life’s true joys. Far better than any other sport.
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Submarine races run a close second
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03-13-2025, 08:30 AM
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#3860
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The first place I rented when I moved out in 1990 was in Altadore. Back then it was a cheap, sleepy part of town. Lots of affordable rentals, seniors who have been living in the same bunglow for 40 years, etc. The original Tropicana (when it was a genuine biker bar), Dal’s Chicken, the old Altadore Safeway, Casablanca video, Kathmandu Cafe.
Very different vibe now, obviously. They did a great job with Garrison Woods, and the Marda Loop area is an obvious candidate for densification. But the traffic problems aren’t going to go away. Most people who live there or visit to go to a restaurant still drive cars. A buddy in my gaming group lived on 34th ave last year, and we stopped doing game nights at his place because of the hassle of needing to park 3 blocks away.
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