Good Eateries in Calgary

Okay, what we have so far - Calgary Dopefest, Saturday, July 30th, for dinner at a Chili Club Thai House somewhere in Calgary.

The Tooth, the Lady, Rebekkah, raygun99, Rebekkah’s roommie whose name I can’t remember, are you all in, too? (Sorry if I’ve missed anyone.)

I’m new to the Straight Dope - but live in Calgary. I wouldn’t mind joining, if that’s okay with ya’all

We love to meet locals! Even though I live about 2600 miles from there now, Calgary is my ‘hometown’. Please, come!

I really need to pay closer attention to this thread. I work Tuesday - Saturday and it’s really messing with my sense of time/date. Saturdays are good though since my latest appointment is usually 4:30. 6:00 or later should work fine for me.

I’d like to say a definite Yes, but I’ll have to check my wife’s calendar. She travels a great deal, so if she’s in town, we try to have some time together to ourselves. But if she’s not, I’ll do my best to be there–I’d like to meet some local Dopers. Heck, even if she is in town, maybe I should suggest it and see if she would like to go.

I’ll have a firmer answer the closer we get to July 30, so for now, perhaps you’d better pencil me in as a “Maybe.” But I will let you know in enough time, if reservations are necessary.

Can you not do it two or three days earlier when I am still in town?

No, for we all hate you and want you to be sad. :wink:

When do you arrive?

I vote for the 11th Ave. Chili Club, only because I’ll actually be able to get there. Perhaps I should phone and make a reservation, it’s sort of a small place…

How does 6:30 on the 30th work for everyone?

On Monday July 25th - in the afternoon.

Hold on a sec, Alice - we’re trying to figure out if we can move it up a couple of days to catch Ginger and adam both.

Well, if you move it up a couple of days, then you’ll miss me, as my hissy fit above details.

However, that being said, you guys do whatever you like - I’ll be at the 11th Ave Chili Club on the 30th of July at 6:30 PM eating LGP. If anyone would like to join me, they’re welcome to.

Oh yeah, that’s right. Sorry, adam, it looks like we’re doing it on the 30th. I for one am not opposed to going out for dinner twice that week, however.

Horray! I haven’t seen ginger in forever, and I havn’t seen Gut in, like 4 years, and I’ve NEVER seen you or DPJ. wOOt!

Hopefully Adam can hook up with some people earlier in the week also, just not me. :frowning:

Saturday July 30 at 6:30pm works for me. I can also try to make it out to the earlier one depending on my schedule. I went to the 17th ave location last night and was seriously impressed. A small baby was heard weeping softly in the kitchen.

This sort of makes it sound like they were squeezing it or something…

:smiley:

Where do you think Jesus Juice comes from?

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…

Okay, I started a Calgary July Dopefest thread here.

Chianti’s! Thank you!

Back in the heady, dot.com days of 2000 I got to spend two weeks in Calgary. My company’s office was on 17th Avenue, within walking distance of Chianti’s. We ate there twice while I was up there, and loved it both times. As soon as I saw the title of this thread, that’s the restaurant I was thinking about, but couldn’t remember the name.

A year later, my wife and I spent our honeymoon in Calgary and Banff. Ate at Melrose, Joey Tomato’s, and Brewster’s in Calgary, and the Maple Leaf Inn and Grizzly House in Banff. Don’t know if they’re not the best places, but just mentioning any of these places gets both my wife and myself misty.

As soon as we’re out of debt, the first paycheck is putting us on a plane to Calgary.