Mint Recs Blog

One of the Greatest Promotional Items Ever?

November 28th, 2011 by Randy 0

Sorry the photo shows a wonderfully sharp wall and shelf, and a somewhat blurry can of meat.

This was a promotional item given out to campus/community radio stations, reviewers, and others, to publicize the 1991 album, Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham, by Toronto’s instro-kings, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, the wordless three-piece consisting of Don Pyle, Reid Diamond (rest in peace), and Brian Connelly — on the Cargo Records label, when the label was a rather very large and influential releaser of…

Filed Under: history +Tags: atomic 7, cargo records, food, promotional item, shadowy men on a shadowy planet

Eating around Mint, the September 6th Edition

September 7th, 2011 by Randy 0

These are our — or at least my i.e. Randy’s — top ten favourite eating places right now, in no particular order:
Nuba
La Taqueria Taco Shop
La Casita
Save On Meats
Meat & Bread
Acme Cafe
Hiro Sushi
Greedy Pig
Bambo Cafe
and the legendary and venerable Vancouver Community College food purveyors who provide cheap cheap eats from their fridge. Cookies, pastries, dill salmon, and roasted veggies, anyone?

Do you know what would

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Filed Under: office life, wish you were here +Tags: food

Frannies RIP

July 22nd, 2011 by Randy 0

March 31 was the last day of business for arguably the best little sandwich place around. Frannie’s Gourmet Deli made amazing, cheap food for 25 years, I believe, all created by the same duo that had been there from the beginning, Helen and Kee.

I remember going into Frannie’s at the end of February, for my semi-usual early-morning breakfast fix, along with two or three other regulars, plus a steady stream of construction workers (yes, they were still around, building the…

Filed Under: General Info +Tags: food, frannies, General Info, goodbye, mint, neighbourhood

This Makes Me So Happy.

September 24th, 2010 by Shena 0

If you ever drop by the Mint office, we’ll likely offer you some sugary pink gum, possibly because we have a soft spot for this classic cub video. The comics found inside the video’s gum are way better than the originals as they feature the cub girls (and Mint Randy!). This makes me so happy.

Filed Under: office life +Tags: cub, food, randy

Nuba

August 15th, 2010 by Randy 0

Sure, Nuba has gotten its fair share of praise, but it’s for a reason. The food is GOOD.

You can read elsewhere about the reincarnation of this Dominion Building basement spot, from the total redo of the interior to reflect its Middle Eastern vibe, to the saving of the (I believe) Davide Pan-created security bars on the windows put up for a previous tenant, to the little garden out on the sidewalk tended to by Nuba staff, but the thing for…

Filed Under: General Info +Tags: food, General Info, mint, neighbourhood, nuba