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  • It's A-OK. 3 Stars. And that's really what it is. I've eaten here before, had the breakfast, never admittedly tried the chinese food but I can imagine as I grew up around such places as a kid. It's a throwback to a earlier age where kids blew bubble gum at every corner and milk was delivered by hand by a man in a white uniform and a milk truck. A time when hula hoops, Nixon was on the radio and the Beach Boys on the jukebox. A time of innocence, and for the Chinese community of those years, a time where the Chinese diaspora served cheap Chinese egg rolls to the families of Korea War-era servicemen who were back from "Over There". Imagine that sort of diner, add the diner staples of burger and beer, pancakes and eggs, and preserve the interior like a fly in amber since the 1950s, and you have the Lido Cafe. It's not a remarkable place for the cuisine, and the rumours I hear about the washrooms seem to be legendary (apparently age DID get to that part of the cafe... ), but it really is what it claims to be, no more, no less. You could get a cheap plate of bacon and eggs, some hash browns and an eternally full cup of cheap coffee for under $10 (which is my usual poison, every so often). A cheap burger platter with frozen fries (no fancy hand cut fries here indeed, that would be pretentious), and every so often splurge a little with the chow mein with a side of sweet & sour pork. Sure, you can get better in Chinatown, and maybe a prettier waitress (kidding, the hostess carries her youth well), but there'll always be the quanity and the general respect. Maybe not the type that some going to higher end restaurants expect like specialized seating or being treated as a VIP, but you'll always know that rich or poor, powerful or peasant, everyone is equal in the Lido. To the Lido, in these final days, you will be missed. And another part of Calgary's history fades away into memory.
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