Winnipeg Restaurants - Page 108

snowmobile · #**2141** Posted **Mar 22, 2015, 8:58 PM**

Manitoba chain Salisbury House set to build a new restaurant in Steinbach... rumours are it will go by the clearspring mall which is where everything is being built lately...would like to see it downtown by the credit union

esquire · #**2142** Posted **Mar 23, 2015, 3:15 PM**

Took a glance at the front page of Metro today... apparently Ichiban is going to get its first renovation since it opened in 1973.

At this point, their outdated interior has probably become part of the attraction to that place... if they had left it for another 20 years it would have probably been considered a heritage treasure. But alas.

The Unknown Poster · #**2143** Posted **Mar 23, 2015, 4:29 PM**

Anyone know of Los Chicos closing?

Tacheguy · #**2144** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 2:17 AM**

Fuck. Purple Hibiscus closing at the end of the month.

esquire · #**2145** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 4:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tacheguy

Fuck. Purple Hibiscus closing at the end of the month.

Never made it there but it must have developed quite a following... some of my friends had a similar reaction.

tedtim · #**2146** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 11:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tacheguy

Fuck. Purple Hibiscus closing at the end of the month.

Their website indicates they plan on re-opening somewhere else. Just closing the current location. Jerk chicken tacos were pretty good.

oftheMoon · #**2147** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 1:38 PM**

Garry's Deli in Winnipeg Square is closing. Didn't get a chance to read the sign posted on the door as I passed by but caught a glimpse - thanked their customers over 37 years of service.

esquire · #**2148** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 2:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by oftheMoon

Garry's Deli in Winnipeg Square is closing. Didn't get a chance to read the sign posted on the door as I passed by but caught a glimpse - thanked their customers over 37 years of service.

That comes as a bit of a surprise... that place has a pretty solid following judging by the fact that it's busy every day around lunch, and their products pop up frequently at catered meetings and functions.

It was never a favourite of mine as I found the location in the bowels of Winnipeg Square to be totally charmless, but I'm sure the fact that you didn't have to go outside was a main attraction for many in the area.

CoryB · #**2149** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 2:35 PM**

Garry's Deli was also very popular with the smoking set. When places faced the choice of banning smoking or banning children, they banned children.

At one time they had a quick server coffee place on the other side of Shopper's. That closed to make way for the Shopper's expansion.

Hope that whatever replaces them is better and hopefully it doesn't take two years to renovate the place like Pizza Hotline did.

cllew · #**2150** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by CoryB

Garry's Deli was also very popular with the smoking set. When places faced the choice of banning smoking or banning children, they banned children.

At one time they had a quick server coffee place on the other side of Shopper's. That closed to make way for the Shopper's expansion.

Hope that whatever replaces them is better and hopefully it doesn't take two years to renovate the place like Pizza Hotline did.

I was surprised on how busy the Pizza Hotline location is.

esquire · #**2151** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 7:12 PM**

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I was surprised on how busy the Pizza Hotline location is.

It's not that often something new opens up at Portage and Main.

CoryB · #**2152** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 7:22 PM**

It seems like Winnipeg Square Pizza Hotline also has very limited seating.

oftheMoon · #**2153** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 8:21 PM**

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It seems like Winnipeg Square Pizza Hotline also has very limited seating.

They're really busy at lunch and there's always quite a few tables full when I go by 5:00 - 5:30 each day. They're open until 7:00pm.

cllew · #**2154** Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 8:41 PM**

I walked by there on my evening dinner break last week and it was busy with customers that looked like they were going to the Jets game after.

I guess the quality is better than their takeout pizza.

Intrepid-Poster · #**2155** Posted **Mar 27, 2015, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

That comes as a bit of a surprise... that place has a pretty solid following judging by the fact that it's busy every day around lunch, and their products pop up frequently at catered meetings and functions.

It was never a favourite of mine as I found the location in the bowels of Winnipeg Square to be totally charmless, but I'm sure the fact that you didn't have to go outside was a main attraction for many in the area.

Back in the early 90's I used to go to this place and enjoyed it. On a whim I went there a few months ago and it was terrible. Portion size and quality had been seriously eroded. It was a major disappointment. While I am never happy to see a long term establishment close, this place was a shell of its former self.

CoryB · #**2156** Posted **Mar 27, 2015, 8:30 PM**

Walking past Pizza Hotline in Winnipeg Square towards the end of lunch today it looked like interest in the location has cooled off already.

Intrepid-Poster · #**2157** Posted **Mar 30, 2015, 8:10 PM**

The A&W at 3095 Portage Avenue has now closed. It was the first A&W to open in Canada. I believe the space will be converted into a Wendy's. The new A&W, near the Grace Hospital, hasn't opened yet.

horrorbro123 · #**2158** Posted **Mar 31, 2015, 9:48 PM**

Domino's Pizza is Taking Over Old Robin's Donuts Location at 468 Osborne Street Will Open In September of This Year

vjose32 · #**2159** Posted **Apr 2, 2015, 7:15 PM**

Anyone know if the new Boston Pizza in Dauphin has opened yet?

esquire · #**2160** Posted **Apr 2, 2015, 7:35 PM**

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Domino's Pizza is Taking Over Old Robin's Donuts Location at 468 Osborne Street Will Open In September of This Year

This is my neighbourhood. My wife is disappointed that it's yet another pizza joint because she was hoping there would be a sushi restaurant... we are probably the biggest sushi desert in the entire City of Winnipeg, which is shocking because you'd think one would do very very well here.

I am going to write to my MLA and demand action on the Riverview sushi desert!!!