The Pound ^¾

Corner of Robson & Beatty, Vancouver, B.C.

Date of visit: 9/12/07

What we had:
Poutin, Fish & Chips, Shepherd's Pie, Rickard's Honey Brown Ale

Decent fries, peppery brown gravy, and curds slightly melted made up this classic Québécois dish of poutine.

Crispy fish and tasty, unsalted fries were served with a surprisingly good tartar sauce that contained less of that creamy-mayo consistency than we're used to.

The Shepherd's Pie didn't live up to my expectations. This version uses unseasoned ground turkey and was slightly burnt at the edges.

As for the Rickard's... if you like macros, it's a good match. We found it to be unpalatable. Far too sweet at first taste, but quickly turns bitter on the tongue.

This seems to be a fairly new restaurant/pub. They need to work on having enough staff on hand, and work on providing as good of service to first-timers, as they did to the staff who were there off-duty. Having finished dinner for 20 minutes with the wait staff continually walking right past our table, we went to the cash register and requested the bill. And waited another 15 minutes until it was finally done. The restaurant was 1/3 full during normal dinner hours... I'd hate to see how long customers have to wait when the place is hopping.