I regularly purchase pizza at VLP. My wife and I love their Gourmet Vegetarian and my son is addicted to the Super Cheesy Pepperoni. The best part of the place is the nice couple who run it. Very friendly and accommodating. We like the dough balls they use in place of the centre plastic "table" meant to keep the middle of the pizza off the underside of the box. This is the old Bella Pizza and has maintained that companies menu (plus some new items).

Took my lovely wife out for her fiftyth birthday celebration. She picked Ouisi's for a change of pace. Drove in from Port Moody. Nice place, interesting ambiance. The food was pretty good. We had a couple of appy's. Liked the 'gator best! The main dishes were ok to great. Two people had jambalya which were definately mediocre. Two people had Po'boys which I think were good. I had the Chicken and Duck Sausage Gumbo, it was great! I would definately eat that again. So why the mediocre rating? My wife ordered a New Orleans Fizz to start out the night. She made quite the face when she took a sip and offered me a taste. Yuck! Tasted like soap! Passed it around and everyone agreed it was nasty. When the server checked in we mentioned the taste and sent the drink back. Turns out the simple syrup container had been filled with liquid soap! Blech! I understand this could happen to anyone but what I didn't like was no apology from management and I had to ask if they were comp-ing the drink. They were but nothing else was done. When I'm fed soap I would appreciate a little better treatment than that.

I was thrilled to spy the new incarnation of Charlies across the street and a block east of where they were last. We were there early and were among the first seated for the evening. The menu is quite a bit smaller, in terms of selection, but still hits all the high spots. The mole and the verde is as good as I ever remember. Things have gotten a bit more expensive with the large platters coming in at 18 bucks plus apiece. Somewhat more than I want to pay for a single meal. No shredded beef on the menu either, just ground. The only dissappointment of the evening was the service. A couple of very pretty young women who obviously hadn't had that much experience. Charlie was a bit flustered too I think. Only a single high chair available and hardly room for that either. Still good solid food though. We'll be back once they have a chance to iron out some of the kinks.

We love Mexican food and found Vallarta's by accident. Very happy accident! Huge portions and very authentic cooking. Lots of Hispanic folks eating there so they're doing something right. Service was a bit slow but the wait was well worth it. The kindly old Mexican lady doing the cooking is obviously not a line cook but you can taste the love. Highly recommend.

After a long absense we decided to give Anducci's another try. We're Anton's people and have a hard time ordering pasta anywhere else. We were seated at a table near the front in the "pit." They had the lights set so low we couldn't read out menus. When the waitress came by and saw us using our cell phones to read the menus she told us she had been getting complaints all night. Later I saw her bring the manager over and point out the illumination (or lack thereof). The manager gave us a dismissive wave of her hand and walked away. Last time I darken their doorway. :) Oh, the food is ok but not up to Anton's standards by any means.