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Two quality entrees for $20, with a calamari side trip

Calamari at San Remos. San Remos, the Greek restaurant at Quadra and Hillside, has been offering a lunch special to celebrate its 25th anniversary. You get two entrees, from a limited list, for $20.

Eric's A to Z

Y is for young cooks

Well thought-out menu, reasonably priced

Mary and I pondered the logic of naming a place the Office if you expect people to visit voluntarily. Inside, we observed the same layout as in the last few places to occupy this space, with some black leather and an intriguing violet couch.

Well thought-out menu, reasonably priced

Mary and I pondered the logic of naming a place the Office if you expect people to visit voluntarily. Inside, we observed the same layout as in the last few places to occupy this space, with some black leather and an intriguing violet couch.

Chicken feet and international trade

Chicken feet are embroiled in trade tensions between the U.S. and China. America apparently produces big chicken feet and they're very popular in China; U.S. chicken feet are "jumbo and juicy," says a person quoted in a story at nytimes.

My sister cooked a wedding supper for 120

A plate of food from my niece's wedding buffet. All it took was a little organizing and, yes, my sister acknowledged, many, many hours of work.

High-altitude eating, bentos and midnight snacks

Sitting on a platform dangling from a crane high over Paris to eat a gourmet fundraising meal for $1,350 US a person. You're secured to chairs with rollercoaster-style seatbelts. A story at cbcnews.ca Some folks are crazy about bento boxes.

A blueberry with attitude

Nanaimo has its sweet bar and Saskatoon its berry. I missed the height of the Saskatoon berry season on a trip to the Saskatchewan city last week but did luck out on a few frozen pies.

The web face of restaurants

Many restaurants have gone to a lot effort to show off their stuff on the web. I often check out restaurant websites before making a visit, to get an advance taste of a menu and a sense of how a place wants to present itself.

Sheesh - where can a guy get a meal around here?

Downtown was a crowded place on Sunday, thanks in part to the Fringe Festival (last day), Blues Bash, and the Labour Day long weekend. After watching a Fringe show (Fall Fair - very worthwhile), we went looking for a late lunch.