Canoe Brewpub, Victoria, BC

Canoe Brewpub Happy Hour – Victoria, BC

This is Part 4 of our Victoria Food Adventures!  Check out the rest here! AngryRussian and I decided to only have dinner during Happy Hour as we love appies anyways and eating early gives us more time to digest! Within walking distance to where we were staying was Canoe Brew Pub right by the water and they […]

Photo of a Beer Flight at Category 12 Brewing

Category 12 Brewing – Victoria, BC

There are TONS of craft breweries over in Victoria so that’s right up AngryRussian’s alley!  First stop after arriving into town was Category 12 Brewing! As usual we started with a flight to share.  I don’t drink that much beer and AngryRussian gets to try out a bunch before he settles on a pint!  or 2! […]

Picture of Salty's Beach House's Maui Mai Thai

Salty’s Beach House – Penticton, BC

After a day of wine tasting, we headed to Penticton for dinner at Salty’s Beach House.  Salty’s Beach House is located directly across from Lake Okanagan in Downtown Penticton and if you get a patio seat you have great views of the lake and beach.  As the weather forecasted rain that day, we had reserved a […]

Stanley Park Restaurant & Brewpub - Flight of beer

Stanley Park Restaurant & Brewpub

Stanley Park Restaurant & Brewpub is a new restaurant that opened just a couple weeks ago by the JRG group in Stanley Park. It takes over the space that used to house one of my favourite restaurants- The Fish House, so it’s huge.  They have a large selection of Stanley Park Brewing craft beer and quite a big food […]

John B. Pub - Egg-cellent Burger

John B. Pub

AngryRussian had been dying to take me to John B. Pub, a place he’s been going to for years, and one night we finally had the chance. John B is a casual pub restaurant in Coquitlam with an attached liquor store.  It is super roomy with plenty of tvs to watch the games from.  There’s […]

Pumphouse Taproom

Update:  This restaurant has closed. After a raving review from The Awkward Diner about Pumphouse Taproom, especially that they have a huge beer list (and a yummy fruity one to boot), I enlisted Six to accompany me to Richmond for a taste. The place has a full-on pub vibe for sure.  In fact, when we […]

Karl Strauss Brewery – Sorrento Valley, San Diego

After a week of Latin festivities…back to our regular programming!  Specifically…my coverage of San Diego! San Diego is full of local craft breweries, and on the third night, I was taken to one of these – the Karl Strauss Brewery in Sorrento Valley. Karl Strauss Brewery actually has a few different locations.  This particular one […]

The Copper Pig BBQ and Social House

During the month of July I went to Prince George to visit Pretty Sis.  She’s been there for about a year and this is the first time I’ve been there. What the HELL is she doing in PG you ask?  Well, TedBear stole her away that’s why.  DAMN YOU TEDBEAR! Just kidding.  TedBear’s awesome.  He […]

Irish Heather: Lamb Papardelle

Irish Heather

Woohoo!!! Mr. ESL is getting married!!! To commemorate his last days as a bachelor Ms. Awkward Diner organized a fantastical and super fun stag for him. It all started with dinner at The Irish Heather. Or was it the Salty Tongue??  I say this because although we had reservations at The Irish Heather, we were […]