I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

On the first Saturday of April I was at Gahan House for an afternoon constitutional. At the time PEI Burger Love had just entered its sixth day. I asked Brent Burns, the Manager at Gahan, how many burgers he’d sold during the first week. He paused for a moment, gave a sly grin, and said that since the first of April, just short of five hundred burgers had
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

Back in February Jinny and I saw an ad for a Ray Bonneville concert being held at the Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside. Bonneville is a tremendous blues/folk singer and guitar player. He’s been part of our soundtrack for a few years now so we were pretty excited to get the chance to see him live. We booked tickets for the Saturday night show and decided
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

I’m a big fan of happy hour on Fridays. The end of the week comes and I almost always make my way out for a couple of pints after work. For me, it’s a great way to finish the week, and a great way to wind down. Most Fridays I see the same guys at the same place. But a couple of times over the last two months, I’ve ditched the boys for happy hour with the
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

I feel a little embarrassed. I do my best to cover as much of the Island’s restaurant scene as possible and I try to make sure few stones are left unturned. I admit, there are a couple of dozen restaurants spread all over the Island that I haven’t been to at all, and many more I haven’t written about. I tend to be a little Charlottetown centric, but if I
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

Over the last ten years there’s been a dramatic jump in the number of high end restaurants in Charlottetown. From Sim’s Corner to Lot 30 it’s hard to turn a corner in this city without passing a restaurant whose dinner menu items average well above twenty dollars a plate. That might be peanuts in a place like Montreal or Vancouver, but here on the
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

2011 has been an exceptional year for weddings. We’ve had the pleasure of attending five weddings including our own. I’ve been a groomsman twice and a groom once (barring no unforeseen circumstances before the 10th). I’ve been to at least a dozen wedding related social affairs like rehearsal parties, backyard barbeques, golf days, and the like. I’ve
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Stop in the Name of Love
Feast Dinner Theatre

Review by Andrew Sprague

As far as summers go, this one’s been a stinker for weather. At least it was until the middle of July. June was like October and July couldn’t decide to be September or, well, July, so it spent a little time being both. Who knows what’s in store for August. Regardless, there have been far too many patio nights lost on
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

Per square foot, there are few places in the world with as many restaurants as Prince Edward Island in July. You can’t throw a rock in this place without hitting a chef, a prep cook or a waiter when the weather’s warm. About half of the restaurants open in the summer stay open for the winter and most of those are in Charlottetown. The rest compete tooth
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

Not all that long ago Off Broadway was considered by many people to be one of the finest restaurants on Prince Edward Island. Its heyday was in the mid-eighties. I didn’t become completely familiar with it until the mid nineties. By that time it was still widely regarded as a great place for an upscale meal and a bottle of wine. When 42nd Street opened on
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

PEI Burger Love has been a smashing success. For those not familiar, it’s a month-long promotion put on by the PEI Cattle Producers, The Department of Agriculture, PEI Flavours and Fresh Media in partnership with fourteen restaurants. Each restaurant creates a signature burger, made with 100% Island beef, which they offer as a special for the entire month of
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

Papa Joe’s is a Prince Edward Island dining institution. This matter is not up for debate. Go there at lunch or supper any day of the week and you’ll see one of the busiest restaurants around. Award-winning Executive Chef Irwin MacKinnon’s menu is one of the most diverse and robust on the Island. The pot roast is one of my personal favourites. I
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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

Every year on January 1st hundreds of well-dressed Islanders hit the streets of Charlottetown for an annual event like no other. This event allows regular Joe citizens to hob nob with the political, business and cultural elite of the Island. This event also provides an excellent opportunity for those citizens to get drunk on bagged wine and Hermit Sherry in
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