Victoria BC
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- richardkark
I'm going there for an extended weekend. Any recommendations? What's fun?
- horton0
there's a few vic bc qbn folk... let's see who speaks up.
- sherman0
Go check out the Mint restaurant on Douglas
- sherman0
A few great micro breweries.
Spinnakers
Swans
Canoe Club
- jerk0
- horton0
if you got wheels, the drive to sooke and beyond would be a beautiful westcoast excursion.
- danthon0
I think I just saw Brooke sheilds outside my work.
- brains0
Ha! I live in Vic. Plenty of things to do if you're here for 2 days.
Brasserie L'Ecole for Dinner >> lecole.ca
The Mint Restaurant for drinks / appys (kitchen is open till 12)
Some Nice Clothing shops on Lower Johnson
Smiths Pub for some pub fare / brit pop, indie music.
Lucky Bar on a saturday for a crazy shit storm of hipster kids dancing.What do you want to do?
- And yeah, microbreweries that sherman mentioned.
ALSO be sure to try Victoria GIN!brains
- And yeah, microbreweries that sherman mentioned.
- brains0
Also, if you want some GREAT cocktails. Solomon's on Herald street. They do it up proper.
- brains0
Also, cripes, make sure you try
Pig BBQ Joint (cheap, southern style BBQ, pulled pork, beef brisket etc.)
Hernande'z (mexican cuisine)
Pink Bicycle Burgers (on blanshard)
Red Fish Blue Fish (Fish taco's, fucking ace, in fishermans wharf.)
- danthon0
walking tour of chinatown is good. The ghost walks are fun too for some colorful history.
- I LIVE IN CHINATOWN. OH EM GEE.brains
- drop by our studio in dragon alleydanthon
- What's it called?brains
- D'introno interior design. Its my girls office, but we are moving two doors down soon.danthon
- Nice, such a small city, I'm so surprised we have not yet met.brains
- I'm an urban hermit, but yeah I am surprised too. I'll email you for beers next time Im at the studio.danthon
- Sure sounds good. I'm a little bit of a hermit myself. So that's probably why.brains
- wow other victorians...crazy!designer4rent
- brains0
What else would you like to do richardkark?
I basically know the downtown area inside and out.
- brains0
Also, new-ish italian restaurant, good for a few drinks and some casual food at the bar http://fiamo.ca
- brains0
You know what, I'm just going to sum everything up for the downtown area. For you, and for anyone else who actually ever visits.
COFFEE!
Habit Coffee & Culture on Pandora (pandora & government-ish)
Street Level Espresso on Fort Street (Fort & Douglas-ish)
Caffé Fantastico (Cook st. Village, Vic West or Quadra village)
Fol Epi (not coffee, but delicious bakery who makes their own flour, and has a big brick oven. Euro-style bakery. In the same building as the Vic West Fantastico.)BREAKFAST!!
Mo:lé (right beside habit)
ReBar Modern Food (in bastion square)
Lady Marmalade (Johnson & Goverment)
Floyd's (for greasy fry-ups Yates & Quadra)
Blue Fox (Huge, cheap, organic breakfasts. Fort street, around fort and quadra.)fancier dining, at reasonable prices include:
Brasserie L'ecole (on government by chinatown. Casual french dining, roughly $22 - $30 for a main)
Café Brio (on fort street, near Fort & Vancouver) they have a 3 course dinner special after 6, set menu.
Stage (in Fernwood village. Haven't been, heard it's good for wine / appy's.)
Bars
Lucky - Younger crowd, good live music, small place, cheap drinks, gets out of hand, but in a good way.Element - Depending on the night you either have jocks, or hipsters dancing to electro.
Plan B - Total douche bar, if you walk within 2 meters, you can smell testosterone.
Social Club - See above.
Red Jacket - Same deal as element.
Upstairs - "faux riche" crowd. Some people find it entertaining, I think it's lame. Dress code.
Darcy's Pub - Live music, loud atmosphere.
Pubs / Sit down bars / Microbreweries.
Canoe Club - good microbrew beer at a reasonable price, nice atmosphere.
Swans - good beer, mostly quite a bit of an older crowd, ie. 40 - 70 after 8pm.
Spinnakers - Haven't been, but I've had the beer. It's nice.
Garricks Head - Working man's pub. Cheap beer, always has sports and or loud classic rock going. Jukebox here.
Solomons - Small, new, fancy old classic style cocktails. They make their own maraschino cherries and cocktail onions. Definitely take care in their crafting of cocktails, try an old fashioned. Charcuterie plate is good, but I've not had the best experience with the rest of the menu.
Ferris' Upstairs - Above the bar & grill portion, has a different food menu, nice atmosphere. Good place to have a few oysters and a cocktail before heading out.
The Mint - Dark atmosphere, usually a DJ on weekends, mojitos are renowned, usually gets pretty busy around 11, as it's really the only place you can get food at that time.
Big Bad John's - Awesome atmosphere, dirty photos, bra's, fake id's adorn the walls. Staff that seemingly doesn't give a shit about you, or where you came from. You throw your peanut shells on the floor. A place for either hardened regulars, or younger people there for the novelty.
Smith's Pub - Chicken wings are pretty good, drink prices are ok. Loud atmosphere, but they play pretty good music. Brit-Pop, and a lot of 60's / 70's / 80's / 90's UK gems. Away from the core of downtown, so it's a nice escape.
Food on the cheap
-----Pig BBQ Joint (cheap, southern style BBQ, pulled pork, beef brisket etc.)
Hernande'z (mexican cuisine)
Pink Bicycle Burgers (on blanshard)
Red Fish Blue Fish (Fish taco's, fucking ace, in fishermans wharf.)
Ferris' Oyster Bar - Cheap food, good portions, always busy. A staple.
Fiamo Italian Kitchen - Good atmosphere, decent food, across from ferris', beside lucky bar.
The Joint Pizza - Post drunk food. Wholewheat crust, and all sorts of weird toppings, but done well.
Second Slice Pizza - Nicknamed "ghetto slice" the pizza tastes like cardboard with sauce and cheese. $1.25 a slice, if you're really drunk and wandering around, chances are this can hit the spot.
The Brickyard Pizza - Tends to be a little rowdy at night, they serve good pizza at $3.25 a slice, and good prices on beer. Also, they have hard bar now.
I think that sums a lot of downtown victoria up.
- I stopped caring about location, considering downtown is like, 6 square blocks.brains
- richardkark0
Wow. Thanks Brains. We are now equipped! My wife and I are heading over there tomorrow morning from Seattle and we'll be there till Monday afternoon.
- Nice, e-mail me if you have any questions about anything. I can help ya out.brains
- richardkark0
We don't have any huge plans. The main plan is to relax and just be somewhere different.
- ArsenicPants0
WAX MUSEUM!
- horton0
i think brains = victoria
- You might be right.brains
- mr victoria to you!designer4rent
- zarkonite0
Brains, thank you sir for all this information. I will enjoy your home town that much more when I visit in august =)
- sikma0
China Beach is a great day trip from Victoria
http://www.sookeharbour.com/park…
actually any park along highway 14 would make for a great day trip