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| - My 3 words for Cafe 22: Charming, casual and surprisingly cafeish. A friend of mine called it "the best kept secret in Calgary". It is nestled in the huge Heritage strip mall beside a Subway, and the entrance IS colorful and fun. I never would have happened upon this place "accidentally" so I was happy to be let in on the fun.
The place is essentially a licensed cafe with low tables and a ton of low, comfortable chairs. They have bottles of local beer for 3.50, which is definitely a steal. And the food menu is pretty extensive. The pizza was great, but avoid the yam fries. Total dud. The music is low and completely unobtrusive, and I kept double-taking "this is a bar?!".
Definitely not the place to go if you're looking for adventure, but for a quiet, extra low key time it is perfect and comfortable. I also enjoyed that it was not a dive, and while all the patrons were youngish, I saw a full representation of Calgary's subcultures. The sociology of a place is important too, y'know?!
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