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Like most Canadians and their national self-identity, Calgarians are really good with myths, and they're even better at perpetuating them. "Calgary's Frontier Cowboy Heritage" (lolz), "Calgary is a truly global and cosmopolitan city", "The Stampede is the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", "Calgary- Heart of the New West", etc. Peters' is the "best place for food" is also one of those myths.
Yes, Peters has had a "long" (ie: few decade) history with Calgary, albiet, not at that very location. But there's nothing unique or sensational about it that should make it #1. Well, actually, considering the terrible food options here in Calgary, yeah... it's probably the best LANDMARK place for food here, because we have no good landmark places. The thing is, landmarks with such a bloated reputation like this should have something unique about them: you know, fresh cut fries using potatoes from nearby, hand-made burger patties from a cow slaughtered a 20 min drive from the place, burger buns baked on site, etc. Peters is none of that. Hell, no one that works there knows who "Peter" is! The damn place has undergone various managerial changes over the years which further epitomizes the lack of character this joint has. The food is adequate at best: they serve obviously frozen fries (i realized this before i saw them take a shrink-wrapped bag of fries out of the freezer and dump them into the fryer), the burgers are like any other burger you can get (although they give you 50% more beef than you paid for! woooowww!), and sorry kids, while the milk shakes and dairy are great (with lots of varieties) they are not so good they are "the only reason to ever set foot in Calgary".
The experience.... uh... yeah, it epitomizes Calgary. You need a car to get to it, and even then, it's automobile oriented. Even in nice weather, you can either walk up to the window (where there is no line up) and get your food in 2 minutes, or you can wait in the drive-through with the rest of Calgarians seeking an "authentic" experience, and wait 15 minutes. To the south is a parking lot so you can further enjoy your Peters experience secluded from any other humans (or wild life, if they can find a way around the 7ft high wooden security fence) and to the north is a lawn separating the place from the trans-canada highway. There are picnic benches that I am amazed people actually use, considering the idling vehicles and speaker-box chatter in a drive-thru on one end, and the noise from cars zooming by at 60-80kph on the trans-canada just a stone's throw away. It's a pitifully undesirable outside food experience considering what they could have done for the public good to the south (where the useless parking lot is), but because Calgarians are so used to mediocrity and half-assedness, they just settle for it. It truly epitomizes the sad state of our city.
If I'm driving by and have a hankerin' for a milkshake, I'll stop by. But otherwise, this place is really nothing special and not worth your time unless you're around it, and the only chance you'll be on 16th is to get in or out of Calgary. If Peter's relocates somewhere nice (ie: not across from an esso and minit lube), make the parking lot into a nice park that humans can enjoy, and put some fucking vision into what they are serving their customers, **maybe** I'll say something nice. Otherwise, this place is just an over rated CB's drive-in.
What further bugs me is the demeanor of people who work there. There is nothing special about them. While they border on rude at times, they are never friendly or act in a way that is memorable. Again, this place is a (supposed) landmark but the staff wear hospital scrubs and do nothing but serve the food. It's soul-less and bureaucratic. There's no pizzaz, no yelling, no ridiculousness that you'd see at Pink's or pretty much every place you can get take out in Chicago. In-n-Out (a freakin' chain, people!) employs VERY friendly people and they are never short staffed. You don't get this at a "landmark" place like this.
In'n'out is about 14x better than this place in every regard: burgers, millkshakes, and service.
If you're genuinely baffled by what I am saying, go to any Whataburger or In-n-Out, preferably In-n-Out's location 500 metres east of runway 24R & 24L at LAX;
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Korean-Air/Boeing-747-4B5/0694455/L/
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/RYA5VQ_8BJS6xilYG-BPkg?select=9uanhAvhhl2ZqACmSIAHNg
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