Calgary Openings, Closings, and Developments

[CliffFletcher]

Went to Pza once. Then couldn’t figure out why I’d ever go again when I just go to up the road to Double Zero for the same thing but better.

[PepsiFree]

I’m not sure that location is cursed based on the list of what’s been in there. I think it’s just had mid tenants.

[Shazam]

It's the white man part of Calgary, next restaurant just needs to deep fry everything.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Shazam

It's the white man part of Calgary, next restaurant just needs to deep fry everything.

With a Ram sized drive-thru.

[Shazam]

Needs to accommodate duallies.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Buffalo wild wings was a block north in Brick plaza.

That place was ridiculous. Just...ridiculous. Terribly overpriced and just enormous, I cannot even fathom what the rent on that place must have been which tells you why the food was so expensive.

[Shazam]

I've been to ones in the USA and they used to be packed when there's some sort of game on pre-2020. They were about the same size down there.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I've been to ones in the USA and they used to be packed when there's some sort of game on pre-2020. They were about the same size down there.

Right but it depends on where...Calgary and MacLeod rents are not the same as a strip mall in Shelby Montana.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Needs to accommodate duallies.

I got my storyboard up here brainstorming ideas. Hear me out, fried chicked sandwiches.....but wait for the next part...they put hot sauce on them too. You can PM me for my address for my royalty cheques.

Should name it "Fata i'm a piece of schit". Which is what i feel after eating those.

[Jimmy Stang]

Some info about the neat stuff happening on 34 Avenue SW in Marda Loop. It is nice to see a developer preserving some history through adaptive reuse while still giving the area something new and unique.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...loop-9.7028928

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

Some info about the neat stuff happening on 34 Avenue SW in Marda Loop. It is nice to see a developer preserving some history through adaptive reuse while still giving the area something new and unique.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...loop-9.7028928

We got a condo across the alley backing on to that. Love what they are doing to that strip. Always thought it should be little boutique restaurants and cafes and it happed. Do a little mini pub crawl. Like Portugal or something. Dopo there and Bonjour, Le Comptoir, that wine bar. Theres a hidden speakasy type place. OJ's can beat it.

[Shazam]

Marda Loop is like 17th and Kensington without the bums.

Imagine a place where's there a public bathroom that's not locked.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Marda Loop is like 17th and Kensington without the bums.

Imagine a place where's there a public bathroom that's not locked.

The Gulf Canada Square parkade. The stairwells there are an absolute adventure everytime. Whos that poster who welcomes crack smoke to display virtuousness.

Theres some chunky divorced hockey mom bums at The Trop.

[Shazam]

I used to park there occasionally, I once took the stairs. Homeless guy in there got really angry at me for doing that.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

Some info about the neat stuff happening on 34 Avenue SW in Marda Loop. It is nice to see a developer preserving some history through adaptive reuse while still giving the area something new and unique.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...loop-9.7028928

Meh...The Hop-in-Brew made this cool before it was cool.

Typical yuppies thinking they're doing something 'original.'

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Locke

Meh...The Hop-in-Brew made this cool before it was cool.

Typical yuppies thinking they're doing something 'original.'

This is not really yuppies thinking they are doing something original but rather a Gen Z reporter thinking she stumbled upon something innovative. There have been countless businesses along 34th that have operated out of old repurposed homes going back a long time. I don't know when it really started but I know it has been happening for at least 30 years. Much of the block between 18th and 19th Street was businesses operating out of old homes.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Marda Loop is like 17th and Kensington without the bums.

Imagine a place where's there a public bathroom that's not locked.

Except for the Leonard Dev stretch Marda Loop is just Westhills without the parking lots.

[D as in David]

The yuppies are no longer y. That name.came from the 1980s.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

This is not really yuppies thinking they are doing something original but rather a Gen Z reporter thinking she stumbled upon something innovative. There have been countless businesses along 34th that have operated out of old repurposed homes going back a long time. I don't know when it really started but I know it has been happening for at least 30 years. Much of the block between 18th and 19th Street was businesses operating out of old homes.

But they were terrible businesses. Old lady clothes and nail salons. Just absolute crap. Rich mount royal husbands wives hobby businesses.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Shazam

It's the white man part of Calgary, next restaurant just needs to deep fry everything.

Restaurants in the same complex:

* Chopstix Filipino Restaurant

* The Rockfort Chettinadu and Indian Cuisine

* Namo bistro (Asian-fusion brunch)

* Macau Imperial Tea

* Costa Fresh Mexican Grill

* BBQ Korean Chicken

* Osmow’s Shawarma

* Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue

Pza was the whitest restaurant of the bunch.