If any of you have seen Food Network shows like "You Gotta Eat Here," "Eat Street" and "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", you get the idea...have any 'must visit' food trucks, restaurants, hot dog carts, greasy spoons etc to share with your fellow CKA'ers?

   

Yes! This:

https://www.gauchosbarandgrill.com/



This is just amazing! Brazillian BBQ...

   

Nice, Looks like good food and good scenery!! Defnitely looks better than the tourtist trap Brazillian bbq I had in Niagara Falls!!!

   

In Edmonton, there is a similar joint: Pampas;

http://pampasteakhouse.com/



All they season with is a little salt, and the charcoal they bring in from Brazil.

   

If you EVER go to The Netherlands, eat a Kroket, or bitterballen (every 'snackbar' has them).
For a restaurant, Sante in Wijk aan Zee (near IJmuiden, about 30 minutes outside of Amsterdam). AWESOME.

Anything on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam (for the potheads: the Bulldog. Well, well, whaddayaknow, they are in Canada too! http://www.thebulldog.com/cafes/canada )

   

I'd like to host one of those Food Network shows. I'd call it "Beyond Hope: Restaurant Horrorshow".
Right after I open a diner called "Chinese and Western Food", copyright the name and make $10 billion in lawsuits.

   

Ohhhhh.....if you ever get to Seattle.

   

Well in San Antonio we have several along the River-walk. A few i like are http://www.boudros.com/, http://www.toweroftheamericas.com/, and nice cheap good eat dive , The Bill Miller's, there all over San Antonio and I think up by Austin http://www.billmillerbbq.com/ The BBQ Brisket, now I'm hungry. For fat and meaty as heck of Bacon head to anywhere in Dallas. The Big D loves Bacon.
As to my Yellowknife home and eats Dancing Moose Cafe and my most favorite hang out when home in Yellowknife http://www.blackknightpub.com/ For a cheap dive in Yellowknife your SOL, I have not found any

   

My favourite little joint in Toronto is a place called Commisso's Bakery. It's an Italian grocery right around the corner from my sister's place (Keele & Eglinton). Their pasta's excellent, but I recommend the veal on a bun with peppers and sauce. But get in and get out quickly. The place has been a mafia hotspot for decades and gets blown up every once in a while, whenever the mob wars heat up.

   

My favourite place is Zakkushi - a Japanese BBQ restaurant. If you have never had yakitori, then you are missing out!

The last time we went to Vancouver, we found this place and it was amazing.

http://www.zakkushi.com/

While some of the menu items sound a little strange, have an open mind and try a little bit of everything. Then when you find out what you like, go to town!

Best of all for you BF, they just opened a new location in Toronto on Carlton (193 Carlton St, Toronto, ON, M5A 2K7).

   

Le Cochon Dingue in Montreal and Québec City... everything pork.

   

Spitting distance from an old apartment I used to live in! Man I miss that neighbourhood....lots of good eats there!

I'll offer up a 'must have' for Toronto: The Peameal bacon sandwich from Carousel Bakery in St. Lawrence Market