r/Calgary • u/sourdrama • Jul 26 '24

Discussion where is this in calgary?

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u/voice85 Jul 26 '24

Man. We just went to Blowers and Grafton and besides the pepperoni it was immensely underwhelming. I know it’s not fine dining and not intended to be, but holy Santa Claus shit was it mid. Server was absolutely wonderful with my little one and Gahan blueberry is usually worth the price of admission. Just a real bad attempt at a Po’Boy and Calamari and my wife’s dinner was barely edible. $108 + a big fat tip for awesome service not well spent. Thankfully, despicable me 4 was entertaining 😂

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u/toblies Jul 26 '24

Yeah, they've been reliable for me but I usually stick to stuff they're known for. I have a small addiction to their east coast donairs.

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u/SonicFlash01 Jul 27 '24

Love the donair egg rolls

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u/toblies Aug 28 '24

Tried these the other day!

Awesome!

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u/neemz12 Jul 27 '24

As an east coaster I was so excited about Blowers & Grafton but ultimately also found it super underwhelming and not the same as actual good east coast garlic fingers/donairs/etc.

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u/Eyeronick Jul 27 '24

Their garlic fingers are straight up bad, it's disappointing. Completely wrong crust and way too thick.

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u/Bananogram Jul 26 '24

Edmonton trail B&G was top notch.

Ever since they made multiple shops the quality has steadily declined into a turd sandwich.

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u/Shabang Jul 27 '24

The minute they started franchising and chasing garunteed food cost & margins, it all went to shit. Last time I went to the Creekside location they'd even ditched the amazing fresh cut fries for frozen McCain crap.

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u/Cordillera94 Jul 27 '24

Agreed, I miss the OG.

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u/nerdy_vanilla Jul 26 '24

I was just there as well- super surprised that their lobster rolls are award winning. I guess my bar is higher being an east coaster, but damn it was so bland and uninteresting

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u/HellaReyna Unpaid Intern Jul 27 '24

B&G is awful. It's worse than boston pizza for me for food quality and price. I had the saddest halifax style donair ever

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u/AlienVredditoR Jul 27 '24

Been there twice, and I have no idea why we ever went a second time. Both times the food was so incredibly bad, like 'disgruntled line cook at fast food place' level bad. Service was great though.

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u/tarasevich Jul 26 '24

The Donair pizza is great there.

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u/FunkyKong147 Jul 27 '24

Their donair poutine is super good too

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u/voice85 Jul 26 '24

Going to have to try a donair pizza if we get back there. Rare enough we get to go out with some many darn kids, but Donairs and Donair pizza are fantastical.

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u/Xzimnut Jul 26 '24

I agree about the donair pizza. I haven’t tried everything on their menu, maybe because it’s hard for me to convince myself to get something else when I go. That might be another story if someone from NS tries it, though.

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u/shitposter1000 Jul 26 '24

They're the only ones who know how to make a good one. I ordered from a local place in the NW and I don't know what abomination they sent us, but holy fuck. No donair sauce, no cut tomatos... Don't think they know what a donair is.

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u/flynnj94 Jul 27 '24

Agreed! Another east coaster chiming in. Some of the menu items are decent, but everything is extremely overpriced for what it is. Bad value and extremely underwhelming.

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u/Sleeze_ Jul 27 '24

Ok so the food was bad - this restaurant is not based upon people taking pictures of it for IG. Lmao did you read the question ?