# Good Eateries in Calgary **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800 "2005-06-10T21:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jhinman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jhinman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jhinman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/41 "2005-06-14T22:30:08Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > IHey, **Ginger** , did you hear about all the food poisoning from Pete’s Drive-In this spring? I live in Edmonton and will be going to spend a couple dayes in Banff and Jasper in a couple of weeks. Today at work I found myself think 14 dayes until Peter’s Drive-in. Double Cheese Burger, onion rings and a Butterscotch Milkshake. Exuse me while I clean the drowl off of my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/42 "2005-06-14T23:14:36Z")
Peter’s is one of those places you love or you hate. I’m firmly in the LOVE. ---
**Author:** ![serious\_lark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@serious\_lark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serious_lark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/43 "2005-06-14T23:33:29Z")
I’d like to add my vote for Mango Shiva for artsy Indian food. Quite noisy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/44 "2005-06-15T00:26:46Z")
For those of you who frequent Puspa, there is a new food joint next to it (called Fusion, I believe) that has frozen food that you take home (again, I believe - I just read the signs as I drive by every day). Has anyone tried it yet? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/45 "2005-06-15T05:01:54Z")
Ooo - let me add Blue House for fab South American cuisine - it’s GREAT! **Ginger** - have you been to the NEW Ikea? It’s quite fab (and HUGE!) Anyhow - if I’m in town when you are, I’d love to hook up for some prawns (and some Ikea too!) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/46 "2005-06-15T14:09:38Z")
South American cuisine? That sounds fascinating. What would a sample dish be from there? ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/47 "2005-06-15T15:54:34Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > South American cuisine? That sounds fascinating. What would a sample dish be from there? If it’s the same as around here, it’s usually heavy on the meat, monstrous-skewer-style. Great, though. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/48 "2005-06-15T16:53:15Z")
> [@Cemetery Savior](#): > > If it’s the same as around here, it’s usually heavy on the meat, monstrous-skewer-style. Great, though. Nope - almost exclusively seafood. Their paella is fabulous, crab to die for, seafood gumbo, etc, etc. Chilian sea bass, scrod, that sort of thing. Yummy! And they have great live music (that’s not too loud) most nights. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/49 "2005-06-15T17:01:05Z")
I’m going to be back in Calgary in late July if anybody wants to go out for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/50 "2005-06-15T17:26:13Z")
I should also be in Alberta in late July. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/51 "2005-06-16T01:47:50Z")
It sounds like late July Calgary Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/52 "2005-06-16T04:03:20Z")
Dude, I know someone who, as a teenager, drove all the way from Edmonton to Calgary with his friends, JUST to get a Peters’ Drive-in meal. Moral: if you want a burger, you just gotta go for it. As an aside, I’ve been resisting the urge to toss Peters’ into this thread for days now- I’m glad someone finally did. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/53 "2005-06-16T04:07:24Z")
I hope it’s not too late (and not too impolite) to sorta hijack this thread to ask a question. I lived in Calgary for almost a decade - from the mid 80’s to the mid 90’s. Around 1990 or so, I ate several times at a wonderful little restaurant called something like “Mensa”, “Menta”, or “Mesna” etc. Many of the dishes served there consisted of various meats accompanied by fruits (eg. chicken with mango, beef with orange, etc.). I enjoyed every meal I had there and made a point of recommending it to friends and colleagues. Terrific, interesting dishes, inexpensive, friendly service, contemporary decor. It _may_ have been located on 11th Avenue S.W., but there’s a good chance I’m mistaken about that. Does this seem at all familiar? And, do you know the actual name of this gastronomic oasis which, sadly, I think went out of business around 1994-ish. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/54 "2005-06-16T13:01:17Z")
Sorry, KG. Not ringing any bells. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/55 "2005-06-16T13:59:23Z")
I’ll ask my husband, who is one of the few, the proud, the Calgary-born. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/56 "2005-06-16T18:13:39Z")
How late in July will you folks be here, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/57 "2005-06-16T19:13:19Z")
Yeah - I’d love to see everyone again - and meet others 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/58 "2005-06-16T19:30:14Z")
How about Mescalero? Is it still around and still any good? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/59 "2005-06-16T20:13:31Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > How about Mescalero? Is it still around and still any good? It’s around. It’s good. _HOW LATE IN AUGUST?!?!?!_ I wanna come this time and I’m out of town until the 29th. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - I never get to go to the DopeFests - WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA \<_gasp, gasp_\> ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/60 "2005-06-16T20:17:56Z")
Uh, make that how late in July. Don’t cha hate it when you throw a hissy-fit and get the dates wrong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800.md?page=4)