So anyone go anywhere good lately, with iHop opening on monday (surely this one will be better than the one in grand forks service wise) I'm kind of wondering if anyone has been anywhere decent recently

 

a month ago I went with my friends to canadian brewhouse.....man that was a good burger but a word to the wise, do not get an appetizer if you also plan on getting the John Candy Burger it's the second most expensive thing there...but man those garlic fingers were excellent, but there were more than I thought so I asked "anyone want to share my fingers?" which they gladly did

 

I can assure you that the John Candy Burger is nothing like whatever John Candy like item that Rumors Comedy Club has....it was just two patties compared to the Rita Challenge

 

I'm not sure if anyone has made a restaurant thread yet so I'm just leaving this here

Edited September 12, 20196 yr by iHeart

9 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Yup same place different/new location.   

Where is this new location?  My friends have raved about the one near Ikea. 

it's going into that strip mall at Kildonan crossing

On 2024-02-12 at 8:18 PM, iHeart said:

it's going into that strip mall at Kildonan crossing

Practically right in the middle of the 5 Subways in the area. I'll definitely check it out when they open up.

Edited February 16, 20241 yr by MrFreakzilla
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6 hours ago, MrFreakzilla said:

Practically right in the middle of the 5 Subways in the area. I'll definitely check it out when they open up.

no I think it's three one near scotiabank, one near sobey's and the other one's at KP

2 hours ago, iHeart said:

no I think it's three one near scotiabank, one near sobey's and the other one's at KP

One on McLeod, one on Concordia.

From my experience the best sandwiches come out of McLeod but now having moved out of the area I choose between the two in Selkirk and the one by Walmart is the better of the two. Especially when the overly happy older woman is working, she is a true sandwich artist.

Just now, GCJenks said:

One on McLeod, one on Concordia.

From my experience the best sandwiches come out of McLeod but now having moved out of the area I choose between the two in Selkirk and the one by Walmart is the better of the two. Especially when the overly happy older woman is working, she is a true sandwich artist.

One on Munroe by Giant Tiger too.

Edited February 16, 20241 yr by GCJenks
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2 hours ago, iHeart said:

no I think it's three one near scotiabank, one near sobey's and the other one's at KP

4 currently (Nairn by Shapes, Regent by Fat Burger, KP food court & Reenders by Famous Daves) - the 5th was inside Home Depot but it's gone (google maps still shows it though).  The one on Concordia could be the 5th as it's less than 5 minutes away from the one on Reenders.

8 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

4 currently (Nairn by Shapes, Regent by Fat Burger, KP food court & Reenders by Famous Daves) - the 5th was inside Home Depot but it's gone (google maps still shows it though).  The one on Concordia could be the 5th as it's less than 5 minutes away from the one on Reenders.

Yeah I was referring to a certain radius length (meaning not the Monroe location) kind of weird that we have more Subways than Starbucks

1 hour ago, GCJenks said:

One on McLeod, one on Concordia.

From my experience the best sandwiches come out of McLeod but now having moved out of the area I choose between the two in Selkirk and the one by Walmart is the better of the two. Especially when the overly happy older woman is working, she is a true sandwich artist.

One on Munroe by Giant Tiger too.

McLeod is usually quick and accurate,  the only issue I've had is that they over cook the cookies sometimes.     

East St Paul has a good Subway that never has any lines and I've never had any hockey puck cookies at that location.  

3 minutes ago, Brandon said:

McLeod is usually quick and accurate,  the only issue I've had is that they over cook the cookies sometimes.     

East St Paul has a good Subway that never has any lines and I've never had any hockey puck cookies at that location.  

I never get the cookies. I am usually more concerned with the handling of the GF Bun and McLeod would be the best in the area at that, although I have tried all 7 of the nearby locations, of the 4 I have they have the best service and turn out the best results for me. ESP would be a destination for us and it wouldn't include Subway, I would be going to Birdshill for Jonesy's.

2 hours ago, GCJenks said:

One on McLeod, one on Concordia.

From my experience the best sandwiches come out of McLeod but now having moved out of the area I choose between the two in Selkirk and the one by Walmart is the better of the two. Especially when the overly happy older woman is working, she is a true sandwich artist.

One on Munroe by Giant Tiger too.

Another beside Leon's across from K.P

9 hours ago, GCJenks said:

I never get the cookies. I am usually more concerned with the handling of the GF Bun and McLeod would be the best in the area at that, although I have tried all 7 of the nearby locations, of the 4 I have they have the best service and turn out the best results for me. ESP would be a destination for us and it wouldn't include Subway, I would be going to Birdshill for Jonesy's.

Sometimes I wonder if the cookies are underbaked

Well I finally got to try St Louis bar and grill those were some good wedge fries (I wish they weren't out of garlic sticks) and then I found out that DSpot was a few steps away....but that will be for another day

19 hours ago, iHeart said:

Sometimes I wonder if the cookies are underbaked

I've had raw cookies from them a few times also.   Where the bottom is basically raw cookie dough.

Boston Pizza is adding four new NY Sicilian Square footer pizzas to the menu, it's not the ones from Christmas but one of them is loaded Pepperoni and Bacon

And I found out chi-chi's has it's own line of condiments and mixes and stuff.

https://www.salsas.com/chi-chis/products/

 

1 minute ago, iHeart said:

And I found out chi-chi's has it's own line of condiments and mixes and stuff.

https://www.salsas.com/chi-chis/products/

 

You're not old enough to remember Chi-Chi's. 

https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/how-a-millionaire-used-chatgpt-to-scam-mcdonalds-and-got-free-meals-article-107879787

5 hours ago, JCon said:

You're not old enough to remember Chi-Chi's. 

And you're right I'm not but so many people have fond memories (my mother included) I'm not sure if my mother remembers the drinks more (she liked the food)

Edited February 21, 20241 yr by iHeart

3 hours ago, JCon said:

You're not old enough to remember Chi-Chi's. 

Mandela effect

 

3 hours ago, iHeart said:

And you're right I'm not but so many people have fond memories (my mother included) I'm not sure if my mother remembers the drinks more

I remember going to the Regent location and it was always busy and it was your standard tex-mex which at the time was good since back in the 80's Winnipeg didn't have nearly the amount of diverse food options.   I remember them using super soakers and shooting Tequila into peoples mouthes. 

The owner sold his franchises in town and the people/group who took over had no idea how to run a restaurant and destroyed the business within a few years.  Eventually the new owners lost the franchise and changed the name to something else (name escapes me) and the place closed soon after.   

In the States during the early 2000's Chi-chi's had e-coli at several restaurants or something along those lines and the company died.  Eventually someone used the name to sell Salsa and Chips and I used to see it at the grocery stores in Fargo.   

Modern day if you go to Paradiso in the States it is kind of close to the same experience as Chi Chi's. 

17 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I remember going to the Regent location and it was always busy and it was your standard tex-mex which at the time was good since back in the 80's Winnipeg didn't have nearly the amount of diverse food options.   I remember them using super soakers and shooting Tequila into peoples mouthes. 

The owner sold his franchises in town and the people/group who took over had no idea how to run a restaurant and destroyed the business within a few years.  Eventually the new owners lost the franchise and changed the name to something else (name escapes me) and the place closed soon after.   

In the States during the early 2000's Chi-chi's had e-coli at several restaurants or something along those lines and the company died.  Eventually someone used the name to sell Salsa and Chips and I used to see it at the grocery stores in Fargo.   

Modern day if you go to Paradiso in the States it is kind of close to the same experience as Chi Chi's. 

so you're saying the line of food isn't connected to the restaurant chain despite using the same logo (btw one of the Kelvin's Perk's in Saskatchewan is selling the salsa that's why I brought it up)

Edited February 21, 20241 yr by iHeart

2 minutes ago, iHeart said:

so you're saying the line of food isn't connected to the restaurant chain despite using the same logo (btw one of the Kelvin's Perk's is selling the salsa that's why I brought it up)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Chi's

It has the full story of who owns what on wiki.     Apparently it was Hep-A outbreak!  I can see why they never recovered from that.  

5 hours ago, iHeart said:

so you're saying the line of food isn't connected to the restaurant chain despite using the same logo (btw one of the Kelvin's Perk's in Saskatchewan is selling the salsa that's why I brought it up)

I’m pretty sure you can buy the chips and salsa at the Red River Coop stores, Southdale or Grant Park at least I think. 

I wonder if this will come here, it's essentially a chicken parm but with Pepperoni

14 minutes ago, iHeart said:

I wonder if this will come here, it's essentially a chicken parm but with Pepperoni

On 2023-12-15 at 6:47 AM, iHeart said:

thing is I'd rather not give CFA my money, however I did try the sauce once (they sell them at the import places like Snak Trap on Pembina, they convinced me to give it a try) it's actually pretty damn good that doesn't mean I'm going to get in line to get the stuff (I'd rather that Mary Browns sell their Sidekick Sauce in bottles)

well this sadly aged poorly Mary Browns doesn't have sidekick sauce anymore, also part of the point of my Quote here was I'm not sure if we buy something from places like snak trap does the money go into the business we bought it from or does it go straight to the parent company of the product