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Entertainment - Vancouver Restaurants
Calhoun’s Cafe and Catering (web site, 3035 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, phone 604-731-7062) is a popular hangout and studying place for UBC students that is open 24 hours. They have a good selection of ready-to-eat entrees as well as delicious made-to-order sandwiches, alcoholic beverages, ice cream, cakes, and gourmet coffees. They have free wireless internet access, as well as live music several nights a week. Calhoun’s recently installed wide screen televisions that are tuned to the sports channels.
I usually order a shrimp and avocado sandwich ($6.50, pictured below); it’s huge, and is served with freshly baked sourdough bread and lots of toppings. (They do all their own baking at Calhoun’s and the quality of the bread is really evident.)
11,787 views - Posted Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Posted in Affordable, American, Breakfast, Budget, Cafe, Casual, Catering, Coffee, Comfort food, Entertainment, Favorites, Food Photos, Healthy Food, Home Cooked Style, Kitsilano, Large Groups, Live Music, Lunch, Pasta, Perogies, Reasonably Priced, Restaurant, Sandwiches, Soup, Students, Take Out, UBC, Vancouver, Vancouver Restaurants, Vegetarian, West Broadway | No Comments »
Tinseltown is a relatively new (and still sparsely occupied) shopping mall with a large movie theatre complex located on the border between downtown Vancouver and the downtown East Side / Chinatown area. This is an area of town that is in transition, with many fancy new condos being constructed, but still is one of Vancouver’s more graphic parts of town (88 W Pender, Vancouver 604-806-0799). Tinseltown and its food court are easily accessible by Skytrain, just steps away from the Stadium station and GM Place Stadium. The food court is cash only and some really good deals can be found here, such as a heaping plate of Thai fast food for only $5.00 (pictured below). Also check out the salad rolls made fresh to order from the Vina Vietnamese restaurant (served with peanut sauce – yum!).
32,869 views - Posted Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Posted in Affordable, Asian, BC Place Stadium, Budget, Casual, Chinatown, Chinese, Curry, Downtown, Entertainment, Fast Food, Food Court, GM Place Stadium, Lunch, Movie Theatre, Reasonably Priced, Restaurant, Shopping, Students, Take Out, Vancouver, Vancouver City Scenes, Vancouver Restaurants, Very low prices | No Comments »
Sekoya (myspace) is a Vancouver based band which is pushing the boundaries of the jazz genre into the new realms of electronic soul. Their performance at the 2007 Vancouver International Jazz Festival was a high energy blend of electronic and acoustic beats with soulful vocals by Amalia Townsend and very jazzy horn lines by Alvin Cornista (saxophone/flute) and Kent Wallace (trumpet). You can listen to some of their recordings by visiting their myspace page.
11,116 views - Posted Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Posted in Entertainment, Festivals, Jazz, Live Music, Music, Vancouver, Yaletown | No Comments »
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