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John's Place - Times Colonist
Thursday January 6 2005
Author: Pam Grant
Although I noted the nostalgic value when I
wrote about John's Place, a couple of readers e-mailed me
to let me know that I was remiss in not mentioning that the
poepl who work here are exceptionally good with kids.
This is not only true, but kids will love the
food every bit as much as you will, and they can dangle their
legs from the leatherette booths and colour while you skim
the paper on a Saturday morning.
Go with a big appatite - three-egg omlettes
are made with unique ingredients like fontina cheese, chorizo
sausage, donnair meat , Italian chicken sausage, zucchini,
red onion, sliced black olives, enchilada sauce guacamole,
salsa asparagus chicken, artichoke hearts, baby shrimp, smoked
salmon, and sun dried tomatoes, as well as a all the usual
choices, and come with home fries and you choice of English
muffin, bagel, toast or banana bread.
Later in the day, indulge in a real milkshake
and burgers made by hand. John Cantin and company don't do
pre-fab food - this is a scratch kitchen. Vegetarians and
vegans are well looked after too: the vegan burger ($7.95)
is made with juicy portibella mushrooms, brown rice, pine
nuts, red onion, grated carrots and spices, and comes topped
with sliced tomatoes, lettuce and grated carrots with chipotle
mayonnaise or tomato salsa.
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