+15 Food

[pheoxs]

So with the cold weather setting in I mostly stick to the +15 for lunches and curious what is everyone's favorite spots or places you avoid?

What places have some good specials?
Places to grab a quick lunch and go?
Places to sit down for a longer lunch with a client or colleague?

[revelations]

I definitely avoid any Tims during the day - only time I go is if its 9pm and its the only place open.

[D'z Nutz]

Can't you just follow the trail of AirPods?

[ExtraSlow]

Once it's full winter, get yourself out of the office early, and eat your lunch on the top floor of TD square or in the Devonian garden. Humid and sunny, that's a great combination. Don't show up at 12:15 though, that's amateur hour. Be there at 11:30.

[pheoxs]

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Once it's full winter, get yourself out of the office early, and eat your lunch on the top floor of TD square or in the Devonian garden. Humid and sunny, that's a great combination. Don't show up at 12:15 though, that's amateur hour. Be there at 11:30.

I've gone to the devonian garden a few times and enjoyed chilling there for a bit. Good to know about the times though, it was always reasonably dead during summers went I went.

[revelations]

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Once it's full winter, get yourself out of the office early, and eat your lunch on the top floor of TD square or in the Devonian garden. Humid and sunny, that's a great combination. Don't show up at 12:15 though, that's amateur hour. Be there at 11:30.

Nuts to that - all the nerds know that solar noon happens (in places with seasonal time change) at just after 1pm in the winter. :p

https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/calgary

[ExtraSlow]

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Nuts to that - all the nerds know that solar noon happens (in places with seasonal time change) at just after 1pm in the winter. :p

https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/calgary

Bro, that's great if you like not being able to find somewhere to sit to eat your lunch. Me, I prefer a chair in the "nearly full" sunshine.

[pf0sh0]

What end of DT are you on?

Also, just discovered the Chevron +15 is open again. woo

[rage2]

Lunch Today - Surprisingly decent Pho. https://www.yelp.ca/biz/lunch-today-calgary
Tiki Ming @ 5th & 5th - Ask for the off menu double satay beef on fried rice like the tall Chinese guy orders.
Shinjuku - Main floor in our new office. Guess I'm going to end up here a lot. Ramen is OK, Katsu Curry Don is great with tabasco (bring your own) https://www.shinjukuramennoodlebar.com
Kona Poke - https://www.konapoke.com
Fatburger Bankers Hall
Nexen Building food court has some decent places, the Japanese place w/Spam Musabi, the pizza place, but RIP those restaurants now that building is empty. Even Starbucks closed down.
Restaurant wise, Cactus Club for the eye candy, Earls for earls food, Goro + Gun for quick meal. Beside Goro + Gun, the SAIT student kitchen is randomly decent too.

Those are my regular spots.

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Also, just discovered the Chevron +15 is open again. woo

It wasn't open at 7:45am this AM. Nice to see I don't have to go outside anymore!

[Thaco]

I'm on the west end so 5&5 is a decent sized food court, otherwise there's a couple in nexen, and a decent chinese place and sandwich shop in the fina building. Also Marcellos in amec place is an alright place, its like a takeout buffet style, charge by weight, they have chinese, butter chicken, salad stuff, they also do sandwiches and other stuff.

[pheoxs]

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What end of DT are you on?

Also, just discovered the Chevron +15 is open again. woo

More so the east end but I walk as much as I can to use up the time so sometimes wander anywhere from Harry Hays to the end of the Core shopping center. So pretty much anywhere in side works.

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Lunch Today - Surprisingly decent Pho. https://www.yelp.ca/biz/lunch-today-calgary
Tiki Ming @ 5th & 5th - Ask for the off menu double satay beef on fried rice like the tall Chinese guy orders.
Shinjuku - Main floor in our new office. Guess I'm going to end up here a lot. Ramen is OK, Katsu Curry Don is great with tabasco (bring your own) https://www.shinjukuramennoodlebar.com
Kona Poke - https://www.konapoke.com
Fatburger Bankers Hall
Nexen Building food court has some decent places, the Japanese place w/Spam Musabi, the pizza place, but RIP those restaurants now that building is empty. Even Starbucks closed down.
Restaurant wise, Cactus Club for the eye candy, Earls for earls food, Goro + Gun for quick meal. Beside Goro + Gun, the SAIT student kitchen is randomly decent too.

Sweet, thanks! I'll give some of those a shot.

As for me I quite like going to Hula for their Pokebowls I think in the Cenovus building (Still learning which are which). I also always see a huge ass line for Omi in the Suncor building but have yet to go. Seems crazy how many people wait for that.

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Lunch Today - Surprisingly decent Pho. https://www.yelp.ca/biz/lunch-today-calgary
Tiki Ming @ 5th & 5th - Ask for the off menu double satay beef on fried rice like the tall Chinese guy orders.
Shinjuku - Main floor in our new office. Guess I'm going to end up here a lot. Ramen is OK, Katsu Curry Don is great with tabasco (bring your own) https://www.shinjukuramennoodlebar.com
Kona Poke - https://www.konapoke.com
Fatburger Bankers Hall
Nexen Building food court has some decent places, the Japanese place w/Spam Musabi, the pizza place, but RIP those restaurants now that building is empty. Even Starbucks closed down.
Restaurant wise, Cactus Club for the eye candy, Earls for earls food, Goro + Gun for quick meal. Beside Goro + Gun, the SAIT student kitchen is randomly decent too.

Those are my regular spots.


It wasn't open at 7:45am this AM. Nice to see I don't have to go outside anymore!

You must be close by to me. I frequent these spots as well, just had pho at Lunch today. Ever try Rita's sandwich shop? I've been going there more frequently - pretty decent soup & sandwiches there.

Also, there is Fresh choices I think in 639 5th ave that has decent wraps.

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More so the east end but I walk as much as I can to use up the time so sometimes wander anywhere from Harry Hays to the end of the Core shopping center. So pretty much anywhere in side works.

Holy grill if you haven't tried that yet or Olly Fresco's (similar to Marcello's). Those are closer to you.

[Thaco]

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You must be close by to me. I frequent these spots as well, just had pho at Lunch today. Ever try Rita's sandwich shop? I've been going there more frequently - pretty decent soup & sandwiches there.

Also, there is Fresh choices I think in 639 5th ave that has decent wraps.

yeah ritas is good, $8 for a sammich and soup, not a bad deal.

[TomcoPDR]

I like the food court in fifth avenue place. OEB, that healthy bar with them chia bowls or something (forgot the name of the place), Wendy’s.

[Strider]

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More so the east end but I walk as much as I can to use up the time so sometimes wander anywhere from Harry Hays to the end of the Core shopping center. So pretty much anywhere in side works.

I also always see a huge ass line for Omi in the Suncor building but have yet to go. Seems crazy how many people wait for that.

Would you say you walk around for ~50 minutes in the +15 during the lunch hour? Dropped airpods count?

Sate beef pho at Omi is my default for the odd day I don't bring leftovers for lunch, it's actually better than a lot of sit down Viet restaurants. The line usually moves pretty quick, but if it's past the Japanese place I'll go to Thai Express instead.

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Lunch Today - Surprisingly decent Pho. https://www.yelp.ca/biz/lunch-today-calgary

Sounds like a "surprisingly decent pho" comparison is needed.

[Thaco]

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I like the food court in fifth avenue place. OEB, that healthy bar with them chia bowls or something (forgot the name of the place), Wendy’s.

i hate that the only Wendy's is way over there, or in Gulf, still far for me from the west side...... but its probably better that way, lol

[suntan]

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Lunch Today - Surprisingly decent Pho. https://www.yelp.ca/biz/lunch-today-calgary
Tiki Ming @ 5th & 5th - Ask for the off menu double satay beef on fried rice like the tall Chinese guy orders.
Shinjuku - Main floor in our new office. Guess I'm going to end up here a lot. Ramen is OK, Katsu Curry Don is great with tabasco (bring your own) https://www.shinjukuramennoodlebar.com
Kona Poke - https://www.konapoke.com
Fatburger Bankers Hall
Nexen Building food court has some decent places, the Japanese place w/Spam Musabi, the pizza place, but RIP those restaurants now that building is empty. Even Starbucks closed down.
Restaurant wise, Cactus Club for the eye candy, Earls for earls food, Goro + Gun for quick meal. Beside Goro + Gun, the SAIT student kitchen is randomly decent too.

Those are my regular spots.


It wasn't open at 7:45am this AM. Nice to see I don't have to go outside anymore!

You are very close to me. Hotel for an hour?

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i hate that the only Wendy's is way over there, or in Gulf, still far for me from the west side...... but its probably better that way, lol

5 & 5 Wendy's sucks. Other one is way better.

[revelations]

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Bro, that's great if you like not being able to find somewhere to sit to eat your lunch. Me, I prefer a chair in the "nearly full" sunshine.

Duuuude - im talking about 130-2pm 'lunches' .... (bankers' hours)

[suntan]

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Would you say you walk around for ~50 minutes in the +15 during the lunch hour? Dropped airpods count?

Sate beef pho at Omi is my default for the odd day I don't bring leftovers for lunch, it's actually better than a lot of sit down Viet restaurants. The line usually moves pretty quick, but if it's past the Japanese place I'll go to Thai Express instead.


Sounds like a "surprisingly decent pho" comparison is needed.

Van Express. The two daughters are as hot as the soup.

[ExtraSlow]

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Duuuude - im talking about 130-2pm 'lunches' .... (bankers' hours)

That makes sense dudebro