Wetcoaster Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Compared to other eateries in the Gastown area (looking at you, Chill Winston, Salty Tongue, Blarney Stone, Chronic Tacos before they closed shop there), it's the same damn pricing. $10-15 for a dish, total coming out to around 50-60 if you're going in a group. If protesters really wanted to protest the exorbitant prices of food (think soup and half-serving salad for $10!), they should have a group outside every establishment in that area. Otherwise, they can go and suck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 People-Bulldozers. Soylent green. Feed troublemaking homeless to obedient homeless. Profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockhart Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Look at how much area in Vancouver is being wasted cause the homeless people make it a sleazy area. If they got pushed out it could become a nice area, problem is they would just drag down some other area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Phaneuf Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 ^ Send them to Chiliwack Dining in the a few days ago and it was surprisingly pretty good. Funny thing is that I got harassed for eating there while getting into my truck. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 ^ Send them to Chiliwack Dining in the a few days ago and it was surprisingly pretty good. Funny thing is that I got harassed for eating there while getting into my truck. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Phaneuf Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 That's what your middle finger is for. A few harsh words reminding them of what a bunch of useless losers they are would also have suited the occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Will there ever be an audit of all the funding towards the DTES? I remember a few years back it was estimated that $300 million per year was injected towards the area from various levels of government, charities, etc. Suddenly news story just kinda disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Protester set to begin hunger strike over Downtown Eastside gentrification Downtown Eastside anti-gentrification protesters are planning a news conference at the site of the old Pantages Theatre tomorrow at noon, where they say a formerly homeless resident will begin a hunger strike. The hunger striker will start at the Pantages site – location of the proposed Sequel 138 condo project – and then move a block and a half west to picket the embattled restaurant Pidgin restaurant at 6 p.m., according to a news release. The release was sent out by DTES activist Wendy Pedersen, an organizer for the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) and a 16-year resident of a housing co-operative on Alexander Street. The goals of the hunger strike are unknown at this point. Tensions have flared in recent weeks between business owners in the area and activists who have picketed the Pidgin restaurant and allegedly swiped the Save On Meats sandwich board. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Protester+begin+hunger+strike+over+Downtown+Eastside+gentrification/8135513/story.html#ixzz2OGB3owP4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 With this protest as well as acts of vandalism against a couple of businesses in the DTES and the Drive, I don't know who in their right mind would support this "movement". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I got a bunch of angry glares from losers after leaving Famoso pizza on the Drive. I tell I wish the VPD would stand down for a day while these destructive parasites are put into their place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I got a bunch of angry glares from losers after leaving Famoso pizza on the Drive. I tell I wish the VPD would stand down for a day while these destructive parasites are put into their place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Some of those established Italian places in the area are pretty "bada-bing", or at least some of their clientel is, that goes a long way when it comes to keeping the riff-raff away. Anyways I can't figure out what their beef is either, its not even like The Drive was always an area that catered to the low income/druggie crowd. It was only a lot of those folks started getting pushed out of Kits and other formerly cheap and funky areas did they come to the Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Some of those established Italian places in the area are pretty "bada-bing", or at least some of their clientel is, that goes a long way when it comes to keeping the riff-raff away. Anyways I can't figure out what their beef is either, its not even like The Drive was always an area that catered to the low income/druggie crowd. It was only a lot of those folks started getting pushed out of Kits and other formerly cheap and funky areas did they come to the Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Ridiculous, targeting a guy who's turned an empty for 20yrs building into something nice that turns over more tax dollars to help the poor out? Yell at my friends and I after we've just had a nice dinner and about 4 or 5 drinks, I dare ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Ridiculous, targeting a guy who's turned an empty for 20yrs building into something nice that turns over more tax dollars to help the poor out? Yell at my friends and I after we've just had a nice dinner and about 4 or 5 drinks, I dare ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I always thought protesting would be a good way to get together and support a cause. Then I realized its time to go to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 You mean after you had some liquid courage. This actually makes you and your friends sound hilarious. Not scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 These bums need to get a friggin job... or ship them out to Surrey or Abbotsford. They can take more crap anyways. It is funny how they are vandalizing and protesting the very businesses that have actively done their part to make the DTES area a better place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastCanucks Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Ugh get these people out of Downtown Vancouver. Let them enjoy downtown Surrey, not my Vancouver. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodzillaDeuce Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Send them back to where ever they came from. I'm guessing a lot of them ARE from Vancouver though so these posts about sending them to Surrey, Abbotsford and Chlliwack don't make too much sense. It's Vancouver's problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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