Crave Restaurant, Vancouver. BC.
Main Street Vancouver, from roughly Broadway to the north and 33rd Ave to the south, has morphed over the years into an eclectic trendy strip of shops and restaurants. No Cactus Club just yet. I can’t be too critical, I must admit, I do eat a Cactus Club on occasion. BTW, does Rob Fennie really spend any time in the kitchen? But I digress. Back to Main Street and my current favorite main street eatery, Crave.
Crave is one of those restaurants that just get’s it. And by that I mean, great food, good prices, good service and just a really cool feel. It’s one of those ”It” things either you have it or you don’t. Crave does.
I was there with 3 friends, hanging out on the back deck, enjoying a hot Vancouver summer evening and a couple of bottles of pink Kettle Valley Pinot Gris.
We shared a whole bunch of Appies. Most definitely the restaurants signature dish; short rib poutine parmesan truffle fries, short rib jus. Talk about rich, shredded beef short ribs covered in sauce on top of house fries. If you like fries, this is the restaurant for you. Not your usual processed McCains frozen crap. Fresh cut in-house and awesome. Add, popcorn shrimp, lightly battered with sweet chili mayo. I could in fact eat these like popcorn.
I had the organic beef crave burger with bacon and cheddar as my main. More fries. Nice. The burger tasted great. My only knock on the whole thing was a square focosia as the bun. As a burger traditionalist, what the hell? Just use a really good round bun and don’t serve the burger open. I don’t get that either. It’s funny how you can be nitpicky on certain things. The result of course is a demerit to an A-, even though I still can’t get those fries out of my mind.
Check them out at www.craveresaurants.com
They just opened a new location in West Van. I look forward to the trip.
Main Street Vancouver, from roughly Broadway to the north and 33rd Ave to the south, has morphed over the years into an eclectic trendy strip of shops and restaurants. No Cactus Club just yet. I can’t be too critical, I must admit, I do eat a Cactus Club on occasion. BTW, does Rob Fennie really spend any time in the kitchen? But I digress. Back to Main Street and my current favorite main street eatery, Crave.
Crave is one of those restaurants that just get’s it. And by that I mean, great food, good prices, good service and just a really cool feel. It’s one of those ”It” things either you have it or you don’t. Crave does.
I was there with 3 friends, hanging out on the back deck, enjoying a hot Vancouver summer evening and a couple of bottles of pink Kettle Valley Pinot Gris.
We shared a whole bunch of Appies. Most definitely the restaurants signature dish; short rib poutine parmesan truffle fries, short rib jus. Talk about rich, shredded beef short ribs covered in sauce on top of house fries. If you like fries, this is the restaurant for you. Not your usual processed McCains frozen crap. Fresh cut in-house and awesome. Add, popcorn shrimp, lightly battered with sweet chili mayo. I could in fact eat these like popcorn.
I had the organic beef crave burger with bacon and cheddar as my main. More fries. Nice. The burger tasted great. My only knock on the whole thing was a square focosia as the bun. As a burger traditionalist, what the hell? Just use a really good round bun and don’t serve the burger open. I don’t get that either. It’s funny how you can be nitpicky on certain things. The result of course is a demerit to an A-, even though I still can’t get those fries out of my mind.
Check them out at www.craveresaurants.com
They just opened a new location in West Van. I look forward to the trip.
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