The staff here are really friendly-- it seemed like it was being run by the owner, but I'm not sure. But, yeah, very nice! Anyway, because I had read the very positive reviews on Yelp, I decided to give this place a try. When you walk in, it smells like smoked meat. It's a bit overpowering to be honest, but at least you know the food you're about to eat is authentic. We got the beef dip and a side. When the order came up, it seemed like normal white, store-bought, mass-produced submarine bread with sliced smoked beef on it. That's it. When you dip it in the au jus, the bread is immediately a soggy mess. I eventually left the bread out and just dipped some of the meat, and it was okay, but the smoky flavour is pretty strong. The people who were there with me felt the same. The side was a mix of beans and potato salad, which was just okay.
I was a bit disappointed, to be honest. This place was rated as having the best beef dip in Calgary, but I feel like I've had much better. It could just be that beef dips are their niche, so they focussed on smoky beef and some people love that flavour. Either way, we won't be regulars there, but it seems (according to these reviews) that many other people are. Maybe I'm just too picky! One suggestion I would make for them is to improve their bread. A French baguette bread is appropriate for beef dips, not just mass-produced pure white bread because it's just too soft.