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Sandbar Seafood Restaurant, Granville Island

Yesterday, Don and I hopped on the ferry to the North Shore and wend our way to pick up one daughter, Suzanne, and gather a few hugs from our youngest granddaughter before she left for University. That made the trip worthwhile right there! We also were here to pick up our small apartment sized freezer still full of food, and bring it home. Suzanne kept threatening…just kidding.

Our big day is to go to Grandville Island, shop around and then go to a nice restaurant for lunch. I love it there…one of my favourite places in B.C. for sure. We checked out the Sea Bass and at $50.00/lb. we declined that and kept on looking. After a bit, we went to the Sandbar Restaurant. We sat at the window and watched the activity on the water. It was a perfect day – no rain and  spring day temperatures.

Our server, Sam, came over and took our order. Don ordered a virgin Caesar and ‘make it a little dirty’. I ordered my Pinot Grigio and Suzanne had a coke. Well, the drinks came and boy, oh boy, was Don’s drink ever hot. So much so he got the hiccups and we had to reorder it. Sam was still laughing when he returned with a new one. Suzanne discovered she really liked the pickled beans that came with his drink.

The menu is really extensive but Suzanne and I decided on the Fish and Chips and Don ordered a shrimp, and crab Club Sandwich. But to start with Don ordered a artichoke and crab dip and the largest taco chips ever. Oh yes, they also served really warm baguette slices and butter to start.  We all were loading up the bread with the dip, it was so good.

Our server, Sam, is a professional of the highest degree in his chosen profession. I would highly recommend this establishment to anyone going to Grandville Island. It is worth it….every crumb on the plate.

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Hate to say it but…..

You know, I love it when we go to a new restaurant or City/Country whatever and come home and share with you what we ate, saw or did. This weekend was not that kind of weekend.

We found that, going to two restaurants – one we had tried previously and liked are never to return by us and a new one which is better nameless.

Both of us are always looking for a good Chinese Restaurant, similar to our favourite in Burnaby, and have never come close. We tried a local establishment on Saturday and will never return. I felt so ill afterwards and it affected Don the next morning. The choice was dismal to say the least. No sauces for the over-fried and dried out chicken/seafood/beef and pork dishes. No offer of Chinese tea (a must with any and all restaurants we have eaten in) and had to ask finally. No one came to see if we even liked the food or needed anything the entire time we sat there.

The other restaurant, Piper’s, again got everything wrong. Don ordered a ‘seafood chowder’ which, it said, consisted of salmon, shrimp,  clams, and white fish ….well it came and there was no salmon, shrimp or clams. The server said it “really isn’t what the menu says. It just isn’t.”  All Don had was white fish pieces.

I ordered the lunch special – a broccoli and cheese cup of soup and 1/2 cheese and bacon sandwich. Sounds good, right? Not so much. The broccoli consisted of huge hunks of broccoli thick stems in a large bowl and the sandwich was truly uncooked bacon flopping out of a squished down sandwich.

Sorry, guys…it just wasn’t the same. There was only 7 patrons in this very large restaurant for Noon on a Saturday.

Oh well, onward and there are many, many more restaurants. Like Sunday for Noon we went to Original Joe’s. Can you guess what I had? HA!

 

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