http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants food in burnaby and beyond Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:00:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 4625 Hastings St., Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 298-7483. If you like a cheap, fast, and yummy lunch - check out the X-Site Grill and Bistro. I recently went there with 3 friends and we all had the $4.95 lunch special. X-Site is great because instead of the usual ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/10/11/x-site-grill-bistro-4-stars/ 1815 Rosser Ave., (near the VanCity at Madison Centre), Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 205-5212. Gohan (which means "rice" in Japanese) serves up Japanese food with a twist. If you're tired of the same old Japanese food - sushi, teriyaki, and tempura, I suggest you give Gohan a try. While Gohan ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/06/22/gohan-4-stars/ This is a list of my fave reviewed restaurants so far.  All the restaurants scored at least 4 stars out of 5.  Cristos Greek Taverna - 4624 Hastings St., Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 299-0008.  A great place to go for tasty, garlicky Greek food.  Try the appetizer platter. IHOP Brentwood - 4567 ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/06/12/my-faves-so-far/ I recently attended the Eat! Vancouver Food and Cooking Festival with my whole family. If you like free samples, this is the place to be. On our way in, we were given a goodie bag of samples including creamy dill potato chips, a yogurt granola bar, ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/28/eat-vancouver-samples-anyone/ 2830 Bainbridge Ave. at Lougheed Hwy., Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 415-0006. If you want to go to Howie's you better make it soon. This location has been notorious as a revolving door for restaurants and I don't think Howie's will break the trend. We went for a weekday ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/22/howies-bistro-and-bar-3-stars/ 5527 East Hastings St., Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 294-2773. For my money, a good takeout place is one you have ordered from enough times to know which are the best dishes. Capitol Hill definitely fits the bill for our family. While we rarely eat in the restaurant, the takeout menu ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/19/capitol-hill-35-stars/ 4567 Lougheed Hwy., Brentwood Mall, Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 299-1111. No, you're not seeing things. On this particular day, for this particular meal, IHOP did a bang-up job. We hadn't intended to go to IHOP (don't you kind of just end up there?). We actually tried two other restaurants ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/16/international-house-of-pancakes-4-stars/ 7070 14th Ave., Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 528-6111. The Pita Bread Factory is not a restaurant, but it is a darn good place to pick up pita, tortillas, bagels, and naan at greatly reduced prices. Excess products and factory seconds are sold in the reception area of the factory. ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/14/pbf-pita-bread-factory-4-stars/ 5115 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 522-5200. When we first moved to the area several years ago, we spent many nights ordering and eating mediocre pizza. We finally wised up and asked an Italian friend where he ordered his pizza. The answer - Viva Sue! Viva Sue has ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/12/viva-sue-pizza-4-stars/ 2001 - 1163 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC, Phone: (604) 944-8833. The things I like best about going out for dinner are: the opportunity to try new and wondrous foods; having many different tastes and textures in the same meal; and of course, not having to clean up afterwards. I must ... http://www.ellenloves.com/restaurants/2007/05/11/kirin-seafood-restaurant-coquitlam-35-stars/