1) We are a secret group….
2) We are a group of ELITE former Vanoc Employees who meet once a month to try a new restaurant within the lower mainland.
3) Our goal is to reach 99 restaurants visited together.
4) How do you join? You must have worked for VANOC and worked for EVS. Sorry those are the rules 😉
JK – we always allow guest appearances, and special guests to wine and dine with us!! Just be prepared for craziness 🙂
I have been part of this group since November 2010, and we never review or write about any of these experiences. Why?? Probably because we are too full after eating dinner that we have no energy to write anything. Well…..I have decided to change this starting now.
Like mentioned above, since November 2010, Michelle, Jenna W, Bri, Clayton, Michelle and I (and occasionally Ethan) have been meeting once a month to catch up on what is happening in our lives, share a new restaurant dining experience, and maybe have a happy beverage of two :).
The name of our group is called CLUB 99: Food and Friends. Why Club 99 you ask? Well, when we all worked for VANOC, we all worked for Events Services (or EVS for those in the biz). Many know that recruiting volunteers to work the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games in Whistler was a challenge, and that there was not enough accommodation available to house volunteers up at the resort during those two weeks. So, one of the solutions was to have a select group of volunteers from the lower mainland meet at designated pick up points in the city, hop on a bus, and drive ALL THE WAY UP TO WHISTLER and back on a daily basis. Sounds easy? How about being on that bus for a 7:00am shift start time, up in the mountains where we actually did get snow, and work 8 hours + daily? Not so easy now is it 😀
We adored these volunteers as they were some of the best of the best, and always were willing to work more shifts than they were scheduled, regardless of how sleep deprived they were.
So, in honour of this great group, we named our restaurant group after them (see pic below of the special pin they received).
I am in the works of reviewing all the restaurants listed below, and getting ratings from the group on each of these places. This will be a work in progress that I am sure my friends will LOOOOOVE me for 😉
So without further ado, here is a list of the restaurants we have all dined at together. There was a bit of a break in the club when Bri and I moved to England for a year, but rest assured, the club is back in full force!
You will also note that there are a couple of times that we have decided to dine at a club members house in honour of special holidays.
Childhood (Restaurant Club)
Club 99:01 – Rogue – November 2010
Club 99:02 – The Reef on Main – December 2010
Club 99:03 – Campagnolo – January 2011
Club 99:04 – Oru – February 2011
Club 99:05 – Nuba – March 2011
Club 99:06 – Chez Heather – April 2011
Club 99:07 – Bibo – June 2011
Club 99:08 – Las Margaritas – July 2011
Club 99:09 – The Afghan Horsemen – August 2011
Club 99:10 – Edible Canada at the Market – September 2011
Club 99:11 – Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company – October 2011
Club 99:12 – The Irish Heather – January 2012
Club 99:13 – The District – March 2012
Adolescence
Club 99:14 – The Topanga Cafe – November 2012
Club 99:15 – Winter Comfort Food at Erin’s – December 2012
Club 99:16 – Raw Canvas – January 2013
Club 99:17 – Red Wagon Cafe – Feb 12, 2013 (Mardi Gras / 3yr Games Anniversary)
Club 99:18 – Harambe – March 2013
Now Legal in BC
Club 99:19 – El Camino’s – May 2013
Club 99:20 – Charlie Don’t Surf – June 2013
Club 99:21 – Seasons in the Park – July 2013
Club 99:22 – Famoso – August 2013
Club 99:23 – Homer St. Cafe + Bar – September 2013
Club 99:24 – Townhome for the Holidays – December 2013
Club 99:25 – PiDGiN – March 2014
Club 99:26 – Chicha – April 2014
Club 99:27 – Blue Canoe – June 2014
Club 99:28 – Charqui Grill Picnic in the Park – July 2014
