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  • Yes, they are "expensive". But everything in Canada is expensive. It's all a rip off up here. But, when curved, their food is on par. $18 for a large pizza that feeds 3. And the thing is, their pizza doesn't suck. It's frickin' amazing. So really, it's "a good value". But.. I've been coming here since this place was a third of the size and called "Red Onion Pub". It was a dive. It was charming, and brought in a nice (avant-garde) clientele. Then they closed down for 2 years and re-opened as FATS. The amazing food hasn't changed. The disappointing part is that while the pub food is AMAZING, the service is complete shit, their drink selection is disgraceful, and more disgraceful is the fucking homogeneously contrived interior. The interior of this place screams "homogenous sports bar with TVs that play only UFC or Poker After Dark and wall-mounted Molson(TM)(SM)(C)(R) product neon-lights". It is just like any bar in calgary: sports themed (if even themed), no identity, nothing to set it apart from anything else. If this place remained authentic by growing into a unique pub in one of Calgary's few unique neighborhoods instead of some phony suburban piece of shit sports bar with garage doors for windows, I'd rate this place highly. But the only reason I can say anything good (and actually patronize this place) is that their food is amazing. You'd think that if they put so much effort into food quality, they would perhaps serve, uh, maybe good (ie, non-Molson) beer? Serving molson product with their great pizza is like expecting us to wash down the finest cut of Arctic Char with a glass of Lake Ontario water. This place gets enough business, I see no reason why they have to be in a product agreement with molson. This is what Original Joe's does better; because OJ's isn't a whore to molson, they serve higher quality and cheaper local beers that would otherwise get squeezed out by molson's hegemony. Their location to the Sunnyside LRT station makes it very sweet for anyone downtown to make a quick jump over here. The best nights are Sundays and Wednesdays for the cheap wings and Mondays for the half priced pizza. Kitchen = win, bar = fail. The food is actually at the level of the Southern US which is the nicest thing I can ever say about a restaurant. Seriously.
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