[Roto13]

What are everyone's thoughts about the best greasy cheap pizza in the city? In terms of chains, I go Megabite 1, Uncle Fatih's 2 and Fresh Slice 3.

I don't know about Uncle Faith's, but I don't get why someone would pay money for Megabite or Fresh Slice. Pizza is my favourite food but I'd rather starve than eat that shit.

[Firestorm]

I don't know about Uncle Faith's, but I don't get why someone would pay money for Megabite or Fresh Slice. Pizza is my favourite food but I'd rather starve than eat that shit.

I'm quite fond of Fresh Slice's veggie Pizza with the onions, tomatoes, and olives. So saucy :) Their Pepperoni isn't too bad either.

And damn, you didn't have Uncle Fatih's while here? I think every city has the "students' favourite pizza by the slice place" and that's definitely Vancouver's.

[Roto13]

Well, I never saw it. I don't think there is one downtown, and that's where I spent most of my time. Also, I wasn't a student. :P

EDIT: Apparently it's on Broadway and Commercial, where I did find myself now and then. But I never noticed it. :P

[Big-E]

I don't know about Uncle Faith's, but I don't get why someone would pay money for Megabite or Fresh Slice. Pizza is my favourite food but I'd rather starve than eat that shit.

If we compare Megabite to some real Italian pizza then of course it doesn't hold a candle to it but when you are drunk as fuck and hungry late on Saturday night, you want a greasy pizza and Megabite does that the best I think. A good non greasy pizza place is Ragazzi. Website here http://www.ragazzipizza.com/

[Roto13]

Greasy pizza is fine. Shitty pizza is not.

[beat]

My wife and I traveled from Atlanta, GA to Vancouver, BC just to see the Cat Empire at the Commodore last year (because the Cat Empire hates the south). Atlanta spends most of the Summer in the 90's with high humidity, so walking around Stanley Park in the middle of July with a high of 72 blew me away. I absolutely love this town and if we could ever figure out how to do away with the ridiculous notion of "borders" and "citizenship", I would move there in a heartbeat.

I like Vancouver a lot. But as a born-and-raised child of Vancouver, I feel I should warn you about the rainy season (roughly Sept-early May), where we can go for weeks without seeing the sun. I'm OK with that, but a lot of transplants from elsewhere find that off-putting.

[Dastardly Jerks]

Went to Eatery on saturday, fuck that place is awesome.

DJ playing dance music that wasn't completely cheesy, a paper mache Cthulu hanging above me. Akira on the wall opposite me. Hockey game in the corner. Keiths on tap and the best Chicken Karage I've ever had for a terrific price.

Definitely going back there.

[EvilMario]

We haven't decided on where to go this summer for vacation. We want to keep it domestic this year, and Vancouver is high on the list. I use to make the trip up when I lived in Edmonds (just north of Seattle), but I haven't been in years.

If I could afford the housing, it would be my number one destination.

[Lone_Prodigy]

UBC LipDub was kinda meh. Girl at the beginning couldn't project, cutting to a Marianas Trench song no one knows was a gimmick (just because they're in it), they spent too much time underwater, and too many cutaways at the end (entering the truck, the aerial shots). I would've preferred that the camera actually boarded the chopper and it took off. At least it was a nice day and they got all the non-Asians to participate.

Flying Wedge has awesome pizza.

[beat]

Went to Les Amis du Fromage today. It's a pretty big place, with a fine selection of cheese, plus other gourmet goodies - fleur de sel, balsamic vinegars, slices of foie gras*, a little charcuterie, premade soups and stocks, duck confit, and so on.

* probably more expensive than the Gourmet Warehouse by weight, but it's sold in much smaller portions here; Gourmet Warehouse sells entire lobes.

Ganache Patisserie in Yaletown. Nice croissants. Big focus on special, fairly expensive cakes, sold both by the piece and whole. Great craftsmanship, though.

[Big-E]

Went to Les Amis du Fromage today. It's a pretty big place, with a fine selection of cheese, plus other gourmet goodies - fleur de sel, balsamic vinegars, slices of foie gras*, a little charcuterie, premade soups and stocks, duck confit, and so on. * probably more expensive than the Gourmet Warehouse by weight, but it's sold in much smaller portions here; Gourmet Warehouse sells entire lobes. Ganache Patisserie in Yaletown. Nice croissants. Big focus on special, fairly expensive cakes, sold both by the piece and whole. Great craftsmanship, though.

I like Les Amis du Fromage as well. Have not tried Ganache Patisserie though I will make a stop when I am back in Vancouver over the summer. Speaking of patisseries, my family has been going to one of the oldest French patisseries in the city for years. Notte's Bon Ton is on Broadway in the Greek part of town but was originally write on the main drag of Granville before moving there. It use to be in the same place where there is a Cafe Crepe right now. This patisserie has good stuff and excellent croissants. They do a really good diplomat and also have special yule logs for the Holidays that are super popular.

[Warm Machine]

Ganache Patisserie in Yaletown. Nice croissants. Big focus on special, fairly expensive cakes, sold both by the piece and whole. Great craftsmanship, though.

Damn right. They did our wedding cake...

[beat]

I also want to recommend True Confections for cakes. So delicious, so over the top. I once worked for a place that bought monthly birthday cakes from TC.

[djtiesto]

Shine Nightclub at the edge of Gastown is good. I saw Richard Durand do a dj set there and it was great.

Richard Durand, great DJ set? Wait, what???

[Warm Machine]

Richard Durand, great DJ set? Wait, what???

I guess he got better between 2007 and 2010? Tiesto likes the guy well enough.

[bardia]

While certainly not the best samurai you will find in Vancouver, I often find myself at samurai sushi thanks to generous portions and with a group of friends very reasonable. If it hasn't been mentioned a nice spot for lunch for those working down town is Italian kitchen. I love me some Kobe meatballs!

This. Samurai's portions are pretty damn large, while the quality isn't the best I'd rate it as decent. If you wan't to get full for cheap, I'd go to samurai.

[distantmantra]

My wife and I head up to Vancouver from Seattle every July for our wedding anniversary and spend a weekend. We typically stay at the Moda Hotel.

Our favorite restaurant in Vancouver, if not the entire world, is Bin 941/942. Kintaro Ramen is good as well, and Guu with Garlic is fun for lunch.

[castlegar]

So the Sun Run's on Sunday, anyone here doing it?

It's my first year, and this is going to be my first actual 'marathon'. Looking forward to it. Been training for a couple months now and I'm thinking I'll do pretty good, but ran in to a case of Runner's Knee that might hinder things a bit.

Also, anyone know where to pick up the shirt and number, etc?

[MetatronM]

I would love to go back to Vancouver. I've been there a couple times, but the last time had to be at least 15+ years ago. Doesn't really feel that long ago, but it's absolutely one of my favorite cities in the world I've ever been to and one of the few aside from NY that I could realistically see myself living in.

Someday I'll get back there.

[state-of-the-art]

I haven't been up to Canada since I was very little, and I would like to visit Vancouver.

I have some friends that are warning me not to go though. They say it's a dump and that the economy has regressed to a barter system where everybody is a bum.

He has a predilection for the tea party though, and I still plan to go in the face of this damning anecdotal evidence.

[Tiktaalik]

Went to Les Amis du Fromage today. It's a pretty big place, with a fine selection of cheese, plus other gourmet goodies - fleur de sel, balsamic vinegars, slices of foie gras*, a little charcuterie, premade soups and stocks, duck confit, and so on. * probably more expensive than the Gourmet Warehouse by weight, but it's sold in much smaller portions here; Gourmet Warehouse sells entire lobes. Ganache Patisserie in Yaletown. Nice croissants. Big focus on special, fairly expensive cakes, sold both by the piece and whole. Great craftsmanship, though.

You would probably like Marché St. George @ St. George and 28th. It's a little corner store in the middle of a Mount Pleasant residential neighbourhood with great coffee and godlike croissants. They also bring in really high quality cheese and yogurt from the valley, and they have lots of locally (as in Mt. Pleasant) made sausages that are fantastic as well. Definitely a hidden gem. They're pretty new still so many folks haven't visited it yet.

[lethial]

I haven't been up to Canada since I was very little, and I would like to visit Vancouver. I have some friends that are warning me not to go though. They say it's a dump and that the economy has regressed to a barter system where everybody is a bum. He has a predilection for the tea party though, and I still plan to go in the face of this damning anecdotal evidence.

Our economy is some of the best in Canada. Your friend is wrong. A dump? Gimme a break. It's by far the nicest city Canada has.

[MoFuzz]

I haven't been up to Canada since I was very little, and I would like to visit Vancouver. I have some friends that are warning me not to go though. They say it's a dump and that the economy has regressed to a barter system where everybody is a bum.

[Carlisle]

I would love to move there, but as an American the hoops I'd have to jump through are numerous. Eventually it isn't worth the trouble anymore. I have a lot of Canadian family though, aunts/uncles, cousins, 2nd cousins... I think you have to be a more immediate family member to be sponsored that way though.

[Wormdundee]

I haven't been up to Canada since I was very little, and I would like to visit Vancouver. I have some friends that are warning me not to go though. They say it's a dump and that the economy has regressed to a barter system where everybody is a bum. He has a predilection for the tea party though, and I still plan to go in the face of this damning anecdotal evidence.

Are you sure he wasn't joking? I mean, don't go to the crappy areas of Vancouver and it will be all good.

[BocoDragon]

I haven't been up to Canada since I was very little, and I would like to visit Vancouver. I have some friends that are warning me not to go though. They say it's a dump and that the economy has regressed to a barter system where everybody is a bum. He has a predilection for the tea party though, and I still plan to go in the face of this damning anecdotal evidence.

World's Most Liveable cities

Tea Partyers have a strange "only in America" viewpoint that probably couldn't function if they looked beyond their border in an honest way... too many highly successful "further left" societies outside of the USA! Scary!

[Roto13]

World's Most Liveable cities Tea Partyers have a strange "only in America" viewpoint that probably couldn't function if they looked beyond their border in an honest way... too many highly successful "further left" societies outside of the USA! Scary!

Most livable my ass.

[beat]

You would probably like Marché St. George @ St. George and 28th. It's a little corner store in the middle of a Mount Pleasant residential neighbourhood with great coffee and godlike croissants. They also bring in really high quality cheese and yogurt from the valley, and they have lots of locally (as in Mt. Pleasant) made sausages that are fantastic as well. Definitely a hidden gem. They're pretty new still so many folks haven't visited it yet.

Thanks, I'll definitely make a note to check it out. (I'm not in Mt Pleasant very often though.)

I have some friends that are warning me not to go though. They say it's a dump and that the economy has regressed to a barter system where everybody is a bum. He has a predilection for the tea party though, and I still plan to go in the face of this damning anecdotal evidence.

It's all true. Bring plenty of beads 'n' knitting; paper money hasn't been accepted since the big crash.


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In all seriousness though, Firestorm, you gotta update the OP.

[Firestorm]

Unfortunately I've been without internet for about a week and may not have any til I move later this month. Been tethering off my phone. I'm out of town this weekend but will try to put in some more info next week.

[Warm Machine]

If you haven't been to Vancouver in 15 years you will be shocked by the change. It is a new city.

So next week is probably the last to go up to Cypress, Grouse, and Seymore Mountains for skiing and riding. The season has been amazing. Loads of snow up there and they just got a dump yesterday. I love Cypress Mountain and the trail expansion they did is beautiful.

[wormstrangler]

Possibly Moose's Down Under... http://www.moosesdownunder.com/ They are on the menu.

Hrmm, any Aussie pie called a "Pot Pie" just doesn't sound like a real Aussie pie.

[wormstrangler]

If you haven't been to Vancouver in 15 years you will be shocked by the change. It is a new city. So next week is probably the last to go up to Cypress, Grouse, and Seymore Mountains for skiing and riding. The season has been amazing. Loads of snow up there and they just got a dump yesterday. I love Cypress Mountain and the trail expansion they did is beautiful.

Whistler has a great deal right now: Put down $199+tax deposit for next season, pay another $49 (if you don't have a season/edge card for this season) and you can ski/ride for the rest of this winter.

ie - Pay $250+tax and you'd be able to ski everyday until May 30 (when Blackcomb mountain closes.)

It's also been the second snowiest season on record....insane - 15.02meters of snow and counting

[CygnusXS]

Going to the Alibi Room tonight.

<3 Gastown

[Devin Olsen]

If you live in Vancouver you should check out Todays Groupon.

"$39 for Three Games of Bowling for Four Plus a Voucher for $20 Worth of Pub Fare at Sandcastle Bowl Bar & Grill ($91.68 Value)"

Pretty awesome, I went ahead and bought mine.

[SpectreFire]

Those of you guys doing the IAT at SFU Surrey, I am wondering what do you guys plan to do as a career after graduation ? I remember many years ago when I was accepted into that program when it just basically started. Always wondered how their grads did with career placement.

I have a friend who graduated the program. He opted to go into indie game development afterwards.

[Warm Machine]

Vancouver Convention Center gets some recognition...

When the Vancouver Convention Centre was first completed we were totally blown away by its gorgeous (and huge!) green roof as well as its many green features. So we weren't surprised when the convention centre was recently recognized by the AIA landing its place among the Committee On The Environment's (COTE) Top Ten Green Projects.

http://inhabitat.com/leed-platinum-v...ia-cote-award/

[EvilMario]

So, if (when?) the Canucks lose tonight, will there even be a city left?

They should move E3 to Vancouver. It would be more pleasant in a city where the air isn't yellow.

San Francisco, and Vancouver would be my top destinations for E3. I could live with Seattle as well.

[Roto13]

They should move E3 to Vancouver. It would be more pleasant in a city where the air isn't yellow.

[Warm Machine]

They should move E3 to Vancouver. It would be more pleasant in a city where the air isn't yellow.

Well, the Canadian Game Developers Conference is on May 19th-20th

http://www.canadiangamesconference.com/

I agree though! The Vancouver Convention Center certainly has enough floor space for an E3. If you have been inside, that lower area is absolutely massive. Possibly almost twice the size of one of the main LA halls.

[beat]

Vancouver-age eh? Time to pimp my shit on GAF. You guys should come visit me at the comic shop I work at, Metropolis Comics and Toys. Right across the street from Metrotown.

Went there today. It is indeed a slice of nerd heaven.

[state-of-the-art]

Are you sure he wasn't joking? I mean, don't go to the crappy areas of Vancouver and it will be all good.

He was sincere, despite the fact that he has never been to Canada himself. He also claims to know several Canadians who moved here to escape Canada's atrocious healthcare and ruinous socialism.

On top of that he believes Obama is a communist, socialist, fascist, muslim plant born in Kenya who stole the presidency to ruin America.

Basically, he has no credibility whatsoever.

[Akim]

So Vancouver people...where is the cheapest place I can stay that isn't absolutely awful? I'm gonna come up either the 21st or the 27th and I need to find a place to stay. I'm thinking about couchsurfing if I can't find a cheap enough spot.

[Firestorm]

So Vancouver people...where is the cheapest place I can stay that isn't absolutely awful? I'm gonna come up either the 21st or the 27th and I need to find a place to stay. I'm thinking about couchsurfing if I can't find a cheap enough spot.

To live or visit?

[Meadows]

Vancouver was the nicest place I've ever been to, the first place with near total racial harmony. You guys are very lucky.

[Roto13]

Vancouver was the nicest place I've ever been to, the first place with near total racial harmony. You guys are very lucky.

lol

[Akim]

To live or visit?

visit

[Roto13]

The cheapest place I stayed in Vancouver that didn't suck was the St. Clair Hotel. (It's called a hotel but it's actually a hostel.) The (private) room was comfortable, though it was kind of hot. The staff was friendly and helpful and the location is pretty great.

Stay away from the Cambie Hostel, though. It's run by apathetic dickish teenagers or something. Fucking awful.

[Firestorm]

visit

If you're visiting with friends I'd use Priceline to book. If you have 3 others, $100/4=$25+tax a night for four star hotels in the middle of downtown is worth it.

[Warm Machine]

I went to the Ep!c sustainable living show yesterday. It was ok if you are into organic coffee, chocolate, beer, drinks, makeup, etc. The highlight was the Tesla Roadster and Model S on display.

After the show we went to the nearby Bella Gelateria and it was amazing. Espresso is fantastic and the gelato is incredible. Nancy Robertson and Brett Butt were there having coffee so it is good enough for reasonably famous Canadian tv stars.

[Firestorm]

So I heard last night was pretty fun.