Shanks has three locations- on in Edmonton, one in Calgary north and one in Calgary south.
This is a very unique bar where you can play games such as pool, mini golf, VLTs, golfing, basketball, etc.
Shanks has been an integral part of Calgary south for many years as well as Ranchmans because they are so close to each other I thin they feed off of each other for business such as people go for pre-drinks and food at Shanks and then go to Ranchmans for the later part of the evening. Shanks has seen many businesses go from around the area and still they have managed stay.
Because of the business with the games now that there is the rec room I was afraid that this business would be impacted but then when I think about it- the Rec room is all the way in the north and Shanks is nice in the south for people who do not want to go to the North so I think Shanks will survive.
I gave them 4 stars out of 5 though because when I went to watch game 4 of the hockey playoffs for the Stanley cup between Vegas Golden Knights and Winnipeg Jets they were doing a draw for a NHL team flag that everyone could enter ballots to win so of course we entered and we won! We went up to get our "flag" and the "flag" was what ANYONE IN THE WORLD could get for free if you bought a 24 pack of Canadian beers! So that was disappointing and cheap because we already had so many of them.
However the winning ballots also got put into a draw for a trip for 2 to Vegas for NHL Awards night which would be cool to win! I will keep you posted as to whether I win or not ;)