[-dustin]

and god damn am i excited.

for example, the typical cost of a descent beer is _____?
best pub is ____?
best food is _____?

 

[kidwoo]

There is no good beer. It's canada. They have good trails instead.

 

[Roasted]

Thats a matter of opinion. To clarify our beer isn't watered down and most of it is based on the euro stuff ....cost of beer 4.50 cdn per pint and 15ish (depending on where you do (avoid Dubhlin, pitcher for 20 cdn breaks the bank))

No real pubs. Closest thing is dublin but it is seriously expensive and the waitresses aren't worth the coin. (this is the thing I hate most. We have no freaking real pubs)

Food...what kind? Price Range? Pub or quality food? Glc for price and value, Cittas for value vs taste (ok price), Aubergine (awesome patio but expensive) and Quattro for high quality/price. Sunday night at Crab Shack for wings and cheap cheap beer and loud freaking music (15$ for 2 pounds wings and pitcher). Longhorn or GLC for best view (base of mountain and mtb groupies). Dublin gate if you want pub food for 4 star food prices. Earls for the best waitresses (generally) and food is decent. Avalanche for quality Za and Dominos if you are broke and just want ZA. Best sushi is easily Sushi Village but for almost the same quality Sachi offers better prices, for cheap, sushi ya. Mongoli grill is good food if you don't mind spending a fortune to basically make it yourself. Best after bar food is located by the royal bank. Shakespeares pies RULE and Pita pit is good too. The pizza there is gross (same mall) and subway...is...a subway...there is more but half the fun is stumbling around trying to find stuff. Us locals like to help out when we see lost people

Enjoy

 

[CBJ]

Just to warn you Canadians are slow so bring a little bell and let them know when you pass them down A-line

 

[Echo]

the typical cost of a descent beer is _____? just bring all your money
best pub is ____? there are lots of great ones
best food is _____? depends what ya like

Nothin's cheap there, but the trails are a blast and there is lots of fun to be had in the village. Oh and did I mention that females are required to be young and hot in order to work in the village? :devil:

 

[Roasted]

the typical cost of a descent beer is _____? just bring all your money
best pub is ____? there are lots of great ones
best food is _____? depends what ya like

Nothin's cheap there, but the trails are a blast and there is lots of fun to be had in the village. Oh and did I mention that females are required to be young and hot in order to work in the village? :devil:

^^^^^^

Its true. We make all girls sign waivers requiring them to be athletic and hot. And if they aren't athletic they can drink.

 

[Shmoe]

There is no good beer. It's canada. They have good trails instead.

:mumble:

 

[crashing_sux]

I'll throw in my votes for Earls, Cittas, Shakespears pies and Splitz Grill for Burgers. Roasted must have different experiences with Avalanche Pizza than I did though, I had a few friends in town and we ordered two pizzas from Avalanche, both were so bad that out of 4 of us only one piece was eaten. Sad that the best pizzas in town are Domino's (if it's late) or the Pizza Hut in the IGA if it's before 9pm and you don't mind picking it up.

 

[-dustin]

is there any super cheap lodging? i'm thinking about hanging back a day so i can spend 2 days in Vancouver (where we have lodging), and 2 in Whistler. we only have 1 night of lodging in Whistler, so i'd have to get something on my own for the other night (then leave in the morning).

 

[Flips]

food: splitz (best burgers in town), portobellos (cheap, great sandwiches- base of blackcomb), sushi village (expensive but real good), the glc (good anyday, anytime), la tortarilla (good stuff)
bars: $8 pitchers at the Boot on Mondays, garfs on thurs, amsterdams on anyday, tapleys and the beagle are fun too
shop: katmandu
trail: all of em
I LOVE THIS PLACE

 

[ILikeFood]

What is Peaty's bar's name, doesn't he own one up in Whistler?

-f00d

 

[Evel Monkey]

^^^^^^

If they aren't athletic, they can drink.

Perfect.



As for Peaty owning a Pub, I don't know, thats only what I saw on a mtb vid. However if he does, you would think at least he would so it correct.

Just give me a week up there, I would survive on a bologna sandwich and a minimal ( 6-24 cans) amount of beer a day. No problem.

 

[Acadian]

What is Peaty's bar's name, doesn't he own one up in Whistler?

-f00d

you're gullible...

Peaty doesn't really own a bar in Whistler..

 

[- seb]

Yeah, one of the NWD videos I think? Or is it Sprung 5? Either way he says "I liked the place so much I bought it" - talking about the Irish Pub in whistler. Don't think it's true, but maybe he has a part own in it, who knows.

 

[Echo]

Steve Peat doesn't own an Irish pub in Whistler... I'm not sure what bar they were in for that part of the video though.

 

[OGRipper]

Yah, that thing about Peaty was a joke. In the video he's in the Dublin (Gate?) bar right near the lifts. (I was in there earlier this summer and recognized the place.) A friend of a friend has worked there for about 5 years, we asked her about it and she said...uh, no, that thing in the video was a goofy crock of poo.

 

[buildyourown]

If you want a good beer in Whistler, buy it in B'ham on the way up. Other wise it's Kokanee.
GLC has good grub for the money and splits is probably the best I've ever had at Whistler. I heard the Smoke House next to splits is good too.

Things that Canada does well:
Trails
Friendly helpful people
Amazingly beautiful women everywhere

Things that Canada does not so well:
highway drivers (I almost killed a family of idiots in a Kia with my f-350 yesterday, locked up all four wheels going 50)
Beer
Most Restaurant Food

 

[ILikeFood]

Its cool, just asking.

I'll be up there for 8 days in two weeks...I'm counting the minutes.

-f00d

 

[Acadian]

Things that Canada does not so well:

can I add to that...

Coffee...Whistler lacks of GOOD coffee shops. If only there was a "Bean around the world" shop in Whistler! Maybe there is one, but I couldn't find it!

 

[mental]

can I add to that...

Coffee...Whistler lacks of GOOD coffee shops. If only there was a "Bean around the world" shop in Whistler! Maybe there is one, but I couldn't find it!

Or better yet, someone serving Oso Negro.

I did find some great beer at the Whistler Brew House, although it's way the hell downhill in the village. In the big scheme of things, I'd say a 10 minute walk isn't too bad, it's just that Whistler Village can spoil you (assuming you've got the cake to play) pretty quickly!

 

[xy9ine]

can I add to that...

Coffee...Whistler lacks of GOOD coffee shops. If only there was a "Bean around the world" shop in Whistler! Maybe there is one, but I couldn't find it!

there's a bakery coffee shop that serves bean - cant remember the name - its in the building next to the grocery store / liquor store in the village cente

 

[xy9ine]

Or better yet, someone serving Oso Negro.

oso negro rocks! funky small batch roaster in the heart of nelson. mmm... prince of darkness...

 

[buildyourown]

I forgot about lack of coffee. I bring my own. I hate Starbucks but it might be the best there. There is a Bean around the world next to the Starbucks by the Marketplace IGA but I have had bad experiences there. The bakery behind the old IGA and liquor store is good though. The coffee at Ingrid's is drinkable. Not great but drinkable. I often just switch to redbull when I ride Whistler.

I'm a beer and coffee snob. When I say good beer I mean real, artisan brewed, unfiltered beer. Even the stuff they call microbrew in Canada is filtered and watered down.

 

[xy9ine]

I forgot about lack of coffee. I bring my own. I hate Starbucks but it might be the best there. There is a Bean around the world next to the Starbucks by the Marketplace IGA but I have had bad experiences there. The bakery behind the old IGA and liquor store is good though. The coffee at Ingrid's is drinkable. Not great but drinkable. I often just switch to redbull when I ride Whistler.

I'm a beer and coffee snob. When I say good beer I mean real, artisan brewed, unfiltered beer. Even the stuff they call microbrew in Canada is filtered and watered down.

i have to agree with you re: canadian beer. as a canadian citizen, i should be upholding the misconcieved stereotype that all american beer is piss, but quality canadian micro IS hard to find. i guess i've been spoiled by uk & belgian ales, but i've had some fantastic us microbrews. you mentioned bellingham earlier; have you tried the selection @ boundary bay? great stuff.

 

[buildyourown]

i have to agree with you re: canadian beer. as a canadian citizen, i should be upholding the misconcieved stereotype that all american beer is piss, but quality canadian micro IS hard to find. i guess i've been spoiled by uk & belgian ales, but i've had some fantastic us microbrews. you mentioned bellingham earlier; have you tried the selection @ boundary bay? great stuff.

That's what I'm talking about. I love traveling to new riding places and sampling the trails and then heading to the pub and sampling the beer. Dechutes (sp) in Bend, Or is a great combo of both.

 

[Acadian]

I forgot about lack of coffee. I bring my own. I hate Starbucks but it might be the best there. .

same here...last year MMike and I went there and asked for espresso shots..I usually get a dark coffee with add shots. They said they added 2 to mine and I couldn't even taste it! MMike's Mocha was the same...it was like hot chocolate

The one behind the IGA isn't bad...

I'm a beer and coffee snob. When I say good beer I mean real, artisan brewed, unfiltered beer. Even the stuff they call microbrew in Canada is filtered and watered down.

word....

 

[Roasted]

I'll throw in my votes for Earls, Cittas, Shakespears pies and Splitz Grill for Burgers. Roasted must have different experiences with Avalanche Pizza than I did though, I had a few friends in town and we ordered two pizzas from Avalanche, both were so bad that out of 4 of us only one piece was eaten. Sad that the best pizzas in town are Domino's (if it's late) or the Pizza Hut in the IGA if it's before 9pm and you don't mind picking it up.

Its been a year or so since I ordered avalanche...they might well suck now

There is one more pizza place out in creekside...forget the name thouigh. More of a pizza restaurant

I like my coffee weak. So for me second cup or timmies. Starbucks tastes like ass. Disgusting.

Bew house is good. I keep forgetting about them actually. Decent food, waitresses are decent, right near the dirt jumps and secret dirtjump. And ok microbrew.

I should say, I am biased. I hate most beer and only drink it because it is cheap. Rye, scotch or whiskey for me

 

[Roasted]

Things that Canada does not so well:
highway drivers (I almost killed a family of idiots in a Kia with my f-350 yesterday, locked up all four wheels going 50)
Beer
Most Restaurant Food

I promise the drivers that suck are from WA ...seriously BC drivers suck. I agree completely
You don't like the food? We have some awesome restaurants. Even better in the city. We don't have cheap food...but for high quality stuff...we got tonnes

 

[buildyourown]

I promise the drivers that suck are from WA ...seriously BC drivers suck. I agree completely
You don't like the food? We have some awesome restaurants. Even better in the city. We don't have cheap food...but for high quality stuff...we got tonnes

I'm not sure if it's that the roads are narrowed or what but I feel like people are just driving like idiots on hwy1 thru Van. I'm not that agro of a driver and I don't drive that fast but that incident scared the sh*t out of me. It's not like he was rude or going to slow in the fast lane, but he cut me off and then slammed on the brakes to let somebody else in. Very considerate to let the guy in but I don't think my 8000# truck would flinch if I ran into the back of his kia. I don't think he knows how close he came. Inches.

As for the food. I'm generalizing because 90% of my trips to Canada have been to Whistler. I have just had some really bad meals at Whistler. We ate at Tapas on Sat and it was horrible. I've had some really crunchy burgers at Lonestar. Don't even touch the pizza. Sub-par sushi. Ripped off and still hungry after Mongolian grill. I think it's one of those things were you remember the bad and the good ones fade in your memory. I usually just eat at Ingrid's and Split's when I'm in the village.
Maybe you'll have to show me the goods this weekend.

 

[Macrider]

and god damn am i excited.

for example, the typical cost of a descent beer is _____?
best pub is ____?
best food is _____?

Just got back last night - 3 days on the Shore, 2 in Whistler

Beer: I wasn't worried about cost - but I have YET to drink a decent Canadian beer (excepting those from Unibroue brewry in Quebec - Blanche de Chambly, Maudite, Fin du Monde, Eau Bénite, Trois Pistoles, Don de Dieu and Éphémère are all pretty tasty) - so I drank a number of Beligian's that were available - especially Stella Artois

I liked eating at the Longhorn -expensive, but conveniently right there at the lift

at night the Amsterdam Pub was pretty fun for a drink..

 

[CBJ]

This year I rode so much that I skipped lunch and when the clock turned 5 what ever I had tasted great but I must say that I was not impressed with the food in Whistler but I couldn't care less as I am spoild with good food here in New York.

 

[Roasted]

I'm not sure if it's that the roads are narrowed or what but I feel like people are just driving like idiots on hwy1 thru Van. I'm not that agro of a driver and I don't drive that fast but that incident scared the sh*t out of me. It's not like he was rude or going to slow in the fast lane, but he cut me off and then slammed on the brakes to let somebody else in. Very considerate to let the guy in but I don't think my 8000# truck would flinch if I ran into the back of his kia. I don't think he knows how close he came. Inches.

As for the food. I'm generalizing because 90% of my trips to Canada have been to Whistler. I have just had some really bad meals at Whistler. We ate at Tapas on Sat and it was horrible. I've had some really crunchy burgers at Lonestar. Don't even touch the pizza. Sub-par sushi. Ripped off and still hungry after Mongolian grill. I think it's one of those things were you remember the bad and the good ones fade in your memory. I usually just eat at Ingrid's and Split's when I'm in the village.
Maybe you'll have to show me the goods this weekend.

Hahaha...Road of Death...we only recently changed the name so we could get the olympics...

I always found the sushi good (Sushi Village and Sashi). Tapas is overrated ...Pizza...well its pizza..no matter how good you have to be high or drunk to 'appreciate' it like real food. Mongoli grill sucks monkey balls. I hate the place. Super expensive, you wait in a 3 hour line, pick your own food and watch some monkey flip the tongs around for 11 bucks and hour for 3 minutes...you pay to much for nothing. Have you met ingrid? She is like the soup guy off of Seinfeld, she freaks if you say anythnig bad "NO SOUP FOR YOU"...hahaa...

I am in the city this coming weekend ...you come up often though right, we will have to hook up for some food another time. I am just starting my vacation and chilling away from the land of the whistler (its a bird if anyone is interested haha) ...I will be back in action on the 28th (Slc_punk is coming up for some riding at that point too)

Cheers

 

[NateH]

For the coffee problem and an awesome breakfast try Behind the Grind over by Fanatik Co. and the Keg. I've had great luck their, for beer the best I've found is Okanogan Springs Extra Special Pale Ale (they sell it at the liquor store, buy, drink, hang in the bars)

 

[CraigH]

I did find some great beer at the Whistler Brew House, although it's way the hell downhill in the village. In the big scheme of things, I'd say a 10 minute walk isn't too bad, it's just that Whistler Village can spoil you (assuming you've got the cake to play) pretty quickly!

If you are parked in the parking lot near the base, the Brew House is basically across the street from the entrance to the parking lot. A lot shorter walk than going all the way around.

Also, for Mexican, the place above the Boot pub is good and not to expensive.

The Sushi place besides Nesters is good too.

 

[CraigH]

There is one more pizza place out in creekside...forget the name thouigh. More of a pizza restaurant

Boston Pizza, it is a chain.

For beer, I'm currently drinking the stuff made by Nelson (from Nelson) & Big Rock (from Calgary).

 

[mental]

Boston Pizza, it is a chain.

For beer, I'm currently drinking the stuff made by Nelson (from Nelson) & Big Rock (from Calgary).

Me too, not the Big Rock stuff (since leaving Calgary) but I can't get enough of that NBC Blackheart Oatmeal Stout - great stuff fo sho!

As for the Brew House being close to the lot, that's true, never really thought of it, but, after 2 full days riding the hardtail, it was a long walk for those of us staying in the village (again it's all relative)

 

[CraigH]

I seem to recall that you moved to Nelson? Will be in the area at the last half of August, either before or after Canmore.

BTW, your bio here still says Calgary.

A couple of weeks ago rode the lifts with FTW & Bill from Sinister. They were talking about riding with the Pinkbike guys the week before.

I'm still riding a Bullit which is the evolution of the bike I bought with your assistance years ago. Everything has been replaced at least once.

Me too, not the Big Rock stuff (since leaving Calgary) but I can't get enough of that NBC Blackheart Oatmeal Stout - great stuff fo sho!

As for the Brew House being close to the lot, that's true, never really thought of it, but, after 2 full days riding the hardtail, it was a long walk for those of us staying in the village (again it's all relative)

 

[mental]

I seem to recall that you moved to Nelson? Will be in the area at the last half of August, either before or after Canmore.

BTW, your bio here still says Calgary.

A couple of weeks ago rode the lifts with FTW & Bill from Sinister. They were talking about riding with the Pinkbike guys the week before.

I'm still riding a Bullit which is the evolution of the bike I bought with your assistance years ago. Everything has been replaced at least once.

I am indeed in Nelson, though I did have to spend a good portion of this past winter in Calgary tying up some loose ends with my former employer.

I'll be here in August as far as I know, shoot me an email when you can with travel details and I'd be more than happy to show off our best stuff. I missed the Sinister ride, that was the team stuff, and I've decided to forego the race scene for a season or two to rediscover why I love bikes so much. It's been great to road trip and just ride, without any pressure, schedule or expectations.

I still miss my Bullit, one of the best all around bikes I've ever owned.

Now to change my profile...

 

[CraigH]

I'll be here in August as far as I know, shoot me an email when you can with travel details and I'd be more than happy to show off our best stuff. I missed the Sinister ride, that was the team stuff, and I've decided to forego the race scene for a season or two to rediscover why I love bikes so much. It's been great to road trip and just ride, without any pressure, schedule or expectations.

I still miss my Bullit, one of the best all around bikes I've ever owned.

I'll be with my wife and probably my brother on our XCish bikes so will be riding more XCish trails rather than the FR stuff. Once I have an idea of our schedule, I'll let you know.

What are you riding these days? I recall you had some bikes stolen. I didn't realize you weren't riding with the PB team anymore.

 

[Roasted]

Boston Pizza, it is a chain.

For beer, I'm currently drinking the stuff made by Nelson (from Nelson) & Big Rock (from Calgary).

No, I knew it was a chain. Just forgot the name. Good za and wings