Pit Pub (Vancouver, B.C.)
my order: cheeseburger deluxe with bacon, fries and a pint of the t-bird lager
it was the last day of our vancouver bc trip and before making the drive back down to seattle we thought it'd be cool to check the university of british columbia campus. i had to circle the campus a couple times before i found parking...kate and i then browsed the bookstore. by this time we were getting super hungry (or at least i was) so we fast-walked our way to the student union building (or at least i did) and holy shit there's pub in the basement and we're still on campus!
a sloping path with a handrail led towards a small counter where we ordered our burgers from a lady. i peeked behind her and there was one other person in the kitchen. the bar was across the way, where one bartender was wiping down the plastic cups that looked like pint glasses. the basement was lit up with a bunch of neon beer signs; the tv was showing a curling match. it was a monday afternoon and there were maybe two other people -- students, presumably -- hanging out.
we sat in a large booth. kate brought over the burgers and then i went to buy a couple pints. i was gonna buy a pitcher but she was smart enough to stop me. i was so pumped to be drinking on campus! i ended up getting the t-bird lager, which is the house beer. it tasted like apple juice.
ok finally time to eat: the patty was pre-frozen, there was one large token piece of lettuce, and the bun was dry (possibly stale). i didn't really expect more or less -- this food is supposed to feed drunk college kids before they stumble on back to their dorms. and besides, i'm having a good time drinking with kate in a dark seedy bar on a college campus!
before leaving i went to the "washroom" where i was met by a big metal tub with a cylindrical tube coming out from the middle of it. is this where i'm supposed to pee or wash my hands? it took me a good 5 minutes to figure out that i was supposed to step on the metal bar at the tub's base to turn on the water (to wash my hands).
we walked back up into the light and started our drive back to seattle.
rating: 4.5/10 (an extra .5 for the ambiance)
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