Metro Vancouver Restaurant News thread

[hollywoodnorth]

Red Burrito is opening a new location in downtown Vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/red-burrito-opening-downtown-vancouver



this wont work out for them. they had a location at Robson @ Bute before .... lasted a few months.

[hollywoodnorth]

Red Burrito permanently closes North Vancouver location after 16 years

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/red-burrito-north-vancouver-closed?auto=true



and it looks like the Chipolte has killed the Red Burrito in no short order.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

Red Burrito permanently closes North Vancouver location after 16 years

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/red-burrito-north-vancouver-closed?auto=true



and it looks like the Chipolte has killed the Red Burrito in no short order.

I wonder how long Tacomio lasts. The Alberni location looks tiny, maybe it can work as a takeout only location.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I wonder how long Tacomio lasts. The Alberni location looks tiny, maybe it can work as a takeout only location.

with Red Burrito gone maybe they can last but I personally doubt it.

[whatnext]

The old Gramercy Grill location on Arbutus is being taken over by the Stable House group for a French bistro:

A prominent Kitsilano corner is set to be home to a new French brasserie, and the project is the venture of a growing Vancouver restaurant group with three much-loved businesses already under its belt.

The team behind The Stable House - the South Granville destination for all things wine and charcuterie - as well as neighbourhood Italian spot Fiore Famiglia, and Fiore Mercato, its marketplace sibling have taken over 2685 Arbutus Street.

The restaurant space, which was vacated at the end of 2021 by longtime tenant Gramercy Grill, will become a French brasserie called Coquette...

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/food-...rasserie-kerrisdale-stable-house-5229069

[theKB]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

with Red Burrito gone maybe they can last but I personally doubt it.

I always saw red burrito as a bad knockoff of Chipotle when we didn't have them up here. Surprised they are still around.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by theKB

I always saw red burrito as a bad knockoff of Chipotle when we didn't have them up here. Surprised they are still around.

There's no magic in making a mission style burrito. RB is/was just fine to me.

[logan5]

Red Burrito is decent, but they need to space themselves away from Chipotle’s. They should look to open a spot along Main Street where there are no Chipotle’s.

[Conrad Yablonski]

Originally Posted by logan5

Red Burrito is decent.....They should look to open a spot along Main Street where there are no Chipotle’s.

Then they'd be going mano a mano with Budgies and No One does hippie glop like Budgies!

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Conrad Yablonski

Then they'd be going mano a mano with Budgies and No One does hippie glop like Budgies!

Quesada or some other place is opening across the street from Budgies, or in that area.

Budgies is veggie only though I think, so maybe there's a market to be had. Budgies is great!

[dreambrother808]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Quesada or some other place is opening across the street from Budgies, or in that area.

Budgies is veggie only though I think, so maybe there's a market to be had. Budgies is great!

Yeah, all of these places have different flavour profiles and it depends on your mood that day.

[giallo]

Originally Posted by Conrad Yablonski

Then they'd be going mano a mano with Budgies and No One does hippie glop like Budgies!

"Hippie Glob"

Haha. I'm stealing that.

[jollyburger]

So weird Bella Geleteria is taking the old Flight Centre space on Howe

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

So weird Bella Geleteria is taking the old Flight Centre space on Howe

they are doing too much too fast under the new ownership. this will be a disaster for sure. Downtown does not need 3 locations.

https://www.bellagelateria.com/locations/

[hollywoodnorth]

double post.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

they are doing too much too fast under the new ownership. this will be a disaster for sure. Downtown does not need 3 locations.

https://www.bellagelateria.com/locations/

I mean Robson/English Bay sort of make sense but this Howe Street location is just idiotic. Maybe Bella Gelateria has a much stronger following with tourists than I'm giving them credit for

Instead of opening three locations they should have bought a better location at either Robson or Davie.

And the fact they bought the OG location for $1.6 million and almost instantly gave it up was also pretty dumb.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I mean Robson/English Bay sort of make sense but this Howe Street location is just idiotic. Maybe Bella Gelateria has a much stronger following with tourists than I'm giving them credit for

Instead of opening three locations they should have bought a better location at either Robson or Davie.

And the fact they bought the OG location for $1.6 million and almost instantly gave it up was also pretty dumb.

they will do good for the next 6 months. once the rain and cold set in. We will see 2 lease signs for sure.

I actually drove past the new locations a couple times over the last few days and looked inside .... both had 1 or 2 customer at best. no line up like they had in Coal Harbour year round.

[Conrad Yablonski]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

.....1 or 2 customer at best. no line up like they had in Coal Harbour year round.

Yes those were the days-lineups of at least two hundred people all day every day I know I drove by there several times a day.

Of course the place was such a clown show even with that volume of business they often couldn't make payroll so the latest doubtful moves should surprise no one.

[Klazu]

I think I have only tried them once, years ago. I remember their ice-cream being nothing special, yet expensive. I also didn't even know that they have a location in Metrotown.

I mean, all the best to them but it is just ice-cream.

If there is one ice-cream parlor that I find noteworthy, it is the Sweet Tooth Creamery in Osprey Village in Pitt Meadows. Also Ricky Point in Port Moody has never disappointed, just like their New Westminster location.

[WarrenC12]

After James left Bella things went sideways IMO. There are better places now, but his original stuff was amazing.