Looks like Delicious Thai closed as well. That place started off really strong but got weaker as time went on. Also a lot more good Thai places have opened up since it came around so it was easier to find a good source.
Still sad though.
Someone on our Sunnyside facebook group said they were only closed for renos, so maybe they will be back. Also a Mexican street food place going into the Burger 320 spot on 10th street and Anejo is going into the Vietnamese restaurant space below the Hexagon Board Game cafe on Kensington Road.
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Someone on our Sunnyside facebook group said they were only closed for renos, so maybe they will be back. Also a Mexican street food place going into the Burger 320 spot on 10th street and Anejo is going into the Vietnamese restaurant space below the Hexagon Board Game cafe on Kensington Road.
Bienvenido a Kensington
I've been sad since El Charrito left. Maybe the street food place will have tortas and I can get my fix again.
As for Delicious Thai, I just saw that it looked closed and that a google search said "Permanently Closed". Good news if it's just renos. They should come back with Isaan hot pot or mu kratha and make themselves unique in the Calgary Thai food scene.
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Never been a huge fan of that place. I find the food 'OK" but nothing to get too excited about? Maybe I've had the wrong things on the menu though?
I think your accurate with the food being OK. I've eaten there numerous times and I think it really depends on the cook(s) that day. There seems to be a B squad sometimes. They have recently (a couple of months ago) revised their menu and I'd say it's better than before.
They do a good job with their local beers on tap. Lots of ever revolving options.
Well Free House is open and I must not be the target audience. I think the menu is terrible, and the food was just plain not good. I think it's over-priced and I doubt I'd go back for a meal. I don't think that the Kensington Pub has anything to worry about after that experience.
It just doesn't seem that hard to me? Does anyone who puts these menus together actually have the food prepared and give it a dry-run before they open the doors are am I just naive on how these things go?
Well Free House is open and I must not be the target audience. I think the menu is terrible, and the food was just plain not good. I think it's over-priced and I doubt I'd go back for a meal. I don't think that the Kensington Pub has anything to worry about after that experience.
It just doesn't seem that hard to me? Does anyone who puts these menus together actually have the food prepared and give it a dry-run before they open the doors are am I just naive on how these things go?
Who knows. It's like Brewsters - there are maybe half a dozen of them in the city and the food is fataing terrible. Like literally everything on the menu is worse than average and costs 20% more than anywhere else. The beer is awful, too. Best beer there is Budweiser because anything they brew themselves is undrinkable. I don't get how they can't come up with a good burger and some good fries. Plus they gack creme fresh all over everything they make - eww. And if you get nachos they give you a tablespoon of salsa and charge you for the extra you'll inevitably need since you've eaten it all after your first three chips.
The wings are fine, though (if you get them extra crispy).
Who knows. It's like Brewsters - there are maybe half a dozen of them in the city and the food is fataing terrible. Like literally everything on the menu is worse than average and costs 20% more than anywhere else. The beer is awful, too. Best beer there is Budweiser because anything they brew themselves is undrinkable. I don't get how they can't come up with a good burger and some good fries. Plus they gack creme fresh all over everything they make - eww. And if you get nachos they give you a tablespoon of salsa and charge you for the extra you'll inevitably need since you've eaten it all after your first three chips.
The wings are fine, though (if you get them extra crispy).
Who knows. It's like Brewsters - there are maybe half a dozen of them in the city and the food is fataing terrible. Like literally everything on the menu is worse than average and costs 20% more than anywhere else. The beer is awful, too. Best beer there is Budweiser because anything they brew themselves is undrinkable. I don't get how they can't come up with a good burger and some good fries. Plus they gack creme fresh all over everything they make - eww. And if you get nachos they give you a tablespoon of salsa and charge you for the extra you'll inevitably need since you've eaten it all after your first three chips.
The wings are fine, though (if you get them extra crispy).
Well that is bad enough, but my issue starts with the menu. It's this trend where I suppose everyone is a foodie and you can't have a normal menu. I ended up with a spicy chicken sandwich and it was a mess, both literally and figuratively. Like the coleslaw on the sandwich was like soup, the spice from spoonfuls of their sauce and it just drizzled out all over when you tried to eat it. The actual chicken was perhaps a chicken thigh (?) which was really fatty and just not great. I couldn't bring myself to eat it all, although understandably some people might like/enjoy that kind of thing.
And maybe this belongs in the gear-grinder thread, but can a menu just explain what the dish is? Why are we seeing the ridiculous one word comment about the ingredients? Like I say...I'm just not the target audience for these kinds of things and I just wish them well.
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Well that is bad enough, but my issue starts with the menu. It's this trend where I suppose everyone is a foodie and you can't have a normal menu. I ended up with a spicy chicken sandwich and it was a mess, both literally and figuratively. Like the coleslaw on the sandwich was like soup, the spice from spoonfuls of their sauce and it just drizzled out all over when you tried to eat it. The actual chicken was perhaps a chicken thigh (?) which was really fatty and just not great. I couldn't bring myself to eat it all, although understandably some people might like/enjoy that kind of thing.
And maybe this belongs in the gear-grinder thread, but can a menu just explain what the dish is? Why are we seeing the ridiculous one word comment about the ingredients? Like I say...I'm just not the target audience for these kinds of things and I just wish them well.
Okay, I hear you.
Not ragging on that restaurant, either, but I know what you're talking about in general terms and I hate that crap, too. Like, just give me an all-beef burger with basic toppings, some fries that are just a sliced up potato and a mud pie dessert. I'd love to go dining at pubs in the 90s again. They had perfected good pub food. Now it's all with the silliness and out-dorking each other and it drives me nuts. Get back to basics.
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And maybe this belongs in the gear-grinder thread, but can a menu just explain what the dish is? Why are we seeing the ridiculous one word comment about the ingredients? Like I say...I'm just not the target audience for these kinds of things and I just wish them well.
This belongs everywhere.
Thank you for forcing me to google some obscure regional cheese from Italy to understand what's in my meal you pretentious wankers.
