Grub

My friends and I had a wonderful time for dinner at Grub the other night. It's this little trendy restaurant near Main and 27th in Vancouver. I think a bunch of these type of small and hip eateries are popping up all over town. Really...if you weren't looking, you would miss it. I think its sign is covered by a tree if you're driving on the road, but it's next to Olive cafe.

Overall, the food was very good. We shared a bread plate and a "Commy" alcoholic punch bowl. These were both good with the hummus for the bread very yummy; I think P. and C. ate all the leftover hummus by itself. They have a selection of fresh daily choices posted. My friends had their halibut special and they actually said it was one of the best halibuts they've ever eaten. I tried a bit and it was indeed very fresh and tender. I wasn't very hungry, so I had the portebello mushroom salad; I loved their dressing and the choice of vegetables for the salad too (zucchini, eggplant, spinach, etc.). P. was going to have the halibut but opted for the italian sausage thin crust pizza knowing that 3 people already ordered the halibut. We actually skipped dessert because we were going to La Casa Gelato for ice cream (and we ended up trying garlic, saffron, rice, etc...don't ask.), but I've also read reviews saying that the desserts were actually nothing special. We were given the bill with some fortune cookies and had a fun time reading them in our adult ways.

All-in-all, it was a fine experience and a tasty choice with reasonable prices. I would say the only drawback was that it was a very "narrow" experience. We were already seated at the biggest table at the back for 5 people, and I was seated on the corner chair that was accidentally knocked by the servers numerous times during the night because the walkway between my chair and the bar was only within MY arms length (and I'm already very petite plus my arms are very short!) , so don't sit on the chair side if you're well-built!