A few jobs ago, I had to go to Canada a lot. Not like every week, but much more than anyone would want to. And it was most likely during winter. Have you ever been to Canada in winter? It’s no joke. But one of the saving graces of our northern neighbors is Tim Hortons, a restaurant chain. It’s not exactly a restaurant, it’s more of a coffee place. When I first started going to them, they were mainly a coffee and donut / breakfast sandwich kind of place. Eventually, over the years, they started adding sandwiches and soups and other food stuff to their menu.
I’m not a coffee drinker, but on those wintry canadian mornings, I would always stop at a Tim Hortons to get a hot chocolate and a blueberry muffin, both of which were always excellent. And I would always see canadians ordering coffee, saying things like “double double”, and me not understanding what the hell they were saying. I did try the food once, and it too was good.
There are Tim Hortons in the US, just none around here. They have some complicated relationship with Wendy’s, or at least they did, and so you might see some Wendy’s / Tim Hortons combinations throughout your travels. If you encounter one, give it a try. Millions of canadians can’t be wrong.

Oh Blue Mountain cafeteria…. how I dislike you more and more each time I visit. What sucks is that you really don’t have any other choice. After swooshing down some mountains, you get famished, and you need nourishment. But the food is so not pleasant. I mean I guess it could be worse, but it could be so much better! And it wouldn’t take that much effort to kick it up a tiny little notch. They have plenty of candy, that’s for damn sure.
We both ended up getting a coupla hot dogs. They were quite blah. I’m not a huge hot dog fan, but I know a good hot dog when I eat one, and these weren’t them. And seeing as how the food here has amusement park / sports complex prices, they were hardly a bargain. Oh how I wished I could have a couple of 50 cent hot dogs from Ikea! My fries were cold. And let’s not forget that I literally stood there waiting for these for 15 minutes. They said to me “the fries aren’t made yet”. And I told them fine, I’ll wait. So I waited. And waited. And waited some more. Turns out that while I was standing there, they forgot that I wanted fries. So when I finally got them, they were cold. Beyond freaking annoying. I nearly wanted to just get my money back, but I just didn’t want to talk to those idiots again. At least conditions on the mountain were good and I thoroughly enjoyed snowboarding and the bananas and gatorade that I brought with me.

I won some flyers tickets a few weeks ago from work. Not exactly my cup of tea, but I thought why the hell not. It would probably be my one chance to go to a professional hockey game (since it’s not like I would ever choose to go) so I thought I would see what the fuss was all about.

The food choices are plenty, but all terrible for you. Not that I mind. We got some chicken fingers and a chicken sandwich, and of course, some crab fries, from chickie’s & pete’s. The quality of the food is tons crappier than at the proper chickie’s & pete’s restaurants. But whatever, you’re watching sports, drinking beer, and eating slop. And don’t even get me started on how much it all cost. This is why I don’t normally do stuff like this. Oh, and the Flyers got their asses whooped.