July 13th, 2010
Too Cool For School
Located in the not-so-hallowed halls of high schools and hospitals, cafeterias don’t have the best associations. But put the concept in the capable hands of Pied-à-Terre’s proprietors and it’s made très cool.
The only reminder that you’re eating at a cafeteria is the name (Cafeteria, naturally) and a menu that changes every day. You won't find wet trays or soggy fries here, just a range of filling, flavourful mains like Rex Sole bathed in tomato, basil and olive oil ($18) alongside a good selection of wine by the glass. And the 30-seat space, with its silver table tops and a backsplash of bottles adorning the walls, is sexier than any communal dining hall of yore we dreaded eating in.
Food fight!
Cafeteria, 2702 Main St., Vancouver, 778-317-3783.
