Comfort Food restaurants in British Columbia
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Six Acres
Ideal for a shared plate of finger food, but it’s just as easy to cover all the necessary food groups with the extensive beer selection here (at least that’s what you should tell yourself). There’s a small, chatty patio out front but inside – especially the cozy upstairs area – is great for hiding in a corner and working your way through an exotic array of bottled brews, including London Porter and the rather marvelous Draft Dodger from Phillips Brewing.
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Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co
If you’ve ever wondered what expensive but decadently gourmet pizza would taste like, now’s your chance to find out. This family-friendly West Coast–looking eatery serves pies created with mostly organic ingredients and absolutely no additives, GMOs or trans-fatty acids. They still taste good, though. Varieties such as ‘rosemary chicken’ and the salmon-and-lobster ‘Meet the Ocean’ prove popular, and there are pastas and salads available to stop you pigging out entirely on pies.
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Belgian Fries
The concept is pure genius: take fresh-cut spuds, fry them, fry them again, toss, salt and serve in a paper funnel. You then dip the beauties into one of a dozen hot or cold mayo-based sauces, including wasabi, hot garlic, Jamaican heat and curry/chutney. What could be better? Beer, which you choose from the Storm brews on tap or the bottled Belgian lambics. Once you’ve had your fill of spuds and suds, finish yourself off with a deep-fried Mars bar.
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Elbow Room
Expect some verbal sparring at this local hangout where the jokily abusive servers will greet you with the line ‘Move your ass to the table, ’ then shimmy over to demand ‘Are you ready to order, or what?’ It’s all meant warmly – if they don’t insult you, they really don’t like you – so make sure you give as good as you get. Breakfasts (including omelets, eggs Benny and ‘big-ass pancakes’) are legendary here, but the bulging burgers are excellent, too.
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Dave’s Fish & Chips
Join the throngs of locals strolling the boardwalks in the old fishing village of Steveston on the southern border of Richmond – a great sunset spot – then head a couple of blocks inland to this unassuming old-school fish-and-chippery. With a simple brown-wood and wobbly-table interior that hasn’t changed in decades, Dave’s puts all its effort into what goes on the plate. All the traditional dishes are here, but for something different try the oysters and chips or the velvet-soft battered salmon and chips. Great value.
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