107332 Thu Jul 10 13:57:09 -0700 2003 8 24 Canada 0 580781 Will be sailing up the Maine coast next week destination is St. Johns , NB. Will be seeking good local food. Know little about the area. Whats native? Where shall we eat? Thu Jul 10 13:57:09 -0700 2003 0 Shaebones 1 580800 Notice the lack of response? We were in Saint John, NB (as opposed to St. Johns, NF) last year and there just ain't any chow that could be found...and we searched. Nice town, nice people, get a burger at Don Cherry's and move onto NS if you want some decent chow. Sat Jul 12 07:16:13 -0700 2003 580781 0 Steve 2 2756722 Well, you didnt go to the right places. Taco Pica is awesome(http://www.frommers.com/destinations/saintjohn/D50858.html), not to mention Steamers Lobster. The best seafood in the Maritimes. Not to mention the 25 types of Burgers you can chow down at Elwoods Pub on Prince William. Don Cherry's wasnt local, Its a franchise that sucks. Next time your in town try them out. Tue Jul 17 07:04:40 -0700 2007 580800 112345 DeepSheep 1 580801 Havent been in St. John, but there is some good seafood, meat and veg in that part of canada so it should bepossible to eat well. My OLD Where to Eat in Canada (1998) singles out a few places on that list: FWIW The City Market at 47 Charlotte St. IS a city market with live lobsters, local produce, cheeses, maple syrup etc. At the City Market is Billys which is said to vend fresh seafood at reasonable prices and have a good oyster stew and lobster roll. Beatty and the Bistro , 60 Charlotte St. and San Martello in Dufferin Inn on Dufferin Row are recommended, more upscale. If Helen Buck is still cooking at the first one (its her cuisine thats written up) it sounds really good. Taco Pica at 96 St. Germain St. Guatemalan/Mexican run by a group of Guatemalans Hope that gives you a start, and Im looking forward to hearing your report - we may be up that way in a few weeks. Enjoy! Link: http://www.tourismsaintjohn.com/files/fuse.cfm?section=6&screen=151 Sat Jul 12 16:51:52 -0700 2003 580781 0 jen kalb 1 580802 I can't speak with as much authority as I'd like, because although I was brought up in Saint John (note spelling: always spell the Saint, and there's no apostrophe-S. Locals are sensitive about this!), I haven't lived there for ten years. And as a vegetarian, I can't speak for the food at 99% of the restaurants there. However, I can give you some names and you can explore them if you wish. On Germain Street just south of King, Taco Pica is a very authentic casual Guatemalan restaurant run by Guatelmalan immigrants. Often highly rated, sometimes has local musicians playing. Make sure you spend some time in the City Market, an authentic 1800s market with lots of interesting things to see. Look up; the roof is meant to look like the hull of a boat (Saint John was, until recently, a famous shipbuilding city). Make sure you pick up some dulse, a dried seaweed which is harvested there. The best kind is soft with visible salt. There are several good takeout places in the Market, including great sandwiches at Java Moose, the Big Carrot salads and sandwiches, Slocum and Ferris, and Jeremiah's deli. There is a communal eating/sunroom area along the side of the Market. Beatty and the Bistro on Charlotte at King's Square is a nice little bistro, as is Incredible Edibles on Princess. In the top end of the City Market, Billy's has a good local reputation for seafood. For an all-day-breakfast-greasy spoon type diner, Reggie's on Germain north of King near the City Market is locally famous. The local Grannan's chain runs Grannan's seafood in Market Square, on the Waterfront, d'Amico on Canterbury just south of King, which used to be an Il Fornello and essentially still is (admittedly I like Il Fornello, so take that as you wish), and Church Street Steakhouse on Church just east of Prince William, all of which are upscale, although not really capital F capital D Fine Dining. Turn of the Tide in the Hilton Hotel on the Waterfront next to Market Square is also upperscale, but mixed cuisine. If you're looking for Fine Dining, there are a few places, some outside of downtown, none of which I have been to: Parkerhouse Inn dining room, San Martello dining room on the West side, Shadow Lawn in Rothesay, St. Martin's Inn or Quaco Inn in St. Martin's (St. Martin's is a lovely old small town to visit, about 45 mimutes outside of downtown). The only place of particular interest for nightlife is O'Leary's on Princess, a fun Irish pub (Saint John's slogan is "Canada's Most Irish City"; I mean, the one other than "Canada's Oldest Incorporated City", both of which are often debated by other cities with too much time on their hands. Saint John, for its part, loves to collect "World's oldest..." and "Canada's first..." types of titles. In fairness, it has a lot of them.) Saint John in general is very blue-collar (or was until the shipbuilding and natural resources industries collapsed and the call centres moved in) and thus it is a very casual place, and even the classier places hover around a not-world-class level. There is nothing really native to Saint John per se, although seafood in the region is obviously its best angle. But it is friendly, historic, and not at all pretentious.. In other words, it has its charms, so I encourage you to explore. :) The small fishing towns west of the city, from Black's Harbour down to St. Andrew's are all charming and there are tons of small places to discover. Same with east of the city; the smaller towns from Renforth to Hampton along the Kennebecasis are all charming, as is St. Martin's on the ocean. Please, do post back with your discoveries! (I'll include a couple of links for addresses and phone numbers.) http://www.dineaid.com/ Link: http://www.tourismsaintjohn.com/files/fuse.cfm?section=6&screen=151 Sat Jul 12 19:42:47 -0700 2003 580781 0 Julie 2 580886 Thanks so much for your informative post. Sadly, I missed it before my trip as I left on the 11th. We rarely left the boat and cooked on board most of the time. The only memorable meal off the boat was steamers and lobsters in Frenchboro Maine . Of course, many memorable meals on the boat. My trip ended in Saint John and I flew home to Boston last night. Will try to get this info to my shipmates. Had a lovely trip but saw little of New Brunswick b/c of fog. Sat Jul 19 02:34:23 -0700 2003 580802 0 Shaebones 2 581065 Grannans sucks way too over rated Sat Aug 02 23:00:26 -0700 2003 580802 0 Great-Scott 1 1967714 Reggie's is legendary. I can't tell you how much I love that place. Greasy, yummy breakfast, and they holler your name when it's ready. There was a time when I would have recommended the $2.99 Double Double Double breakfast at The Colonial - at about 3:00 am (my first time there, I witnessed a waitress being beaten up by a group of women). The breakfast is no longer anywhere near $2.99 now. Meh. Viva Saint John Tue Oct 24 02:21:17 -0700 2006 580781 48670 dandsomehevil 1 2874545 We had some of the best Thai food ever at The Suwanna Restaurant in St John New Brunswick last year. This year when passing through NB we tried to get a reservation for Sunday night and they had no tables available at all at any time! The we tried on Monday and they were closed. Very disappointing. Obviously, people know that this is a great dining experience. I had the best green curried scallops ever there and I am a little particular about my Thai food. Our hotel recommended Billy's Seafood Company for seafood. It is downtown on the square next to the market. I wasn't impressed. I had a lobster "wrap" (a piece of lobster with a filet of haddock wrapped around it). It was dry and tasteless. However, the farmer's market next door to Billy's is a wonderful place for grazing and drooling! There is a butcher, a fish market, good coffee, great produce stands, tasty sandwiches, asian groceries, etc. etc. Thu Aug 23 12:53:18 -0700 2007 580781 121574 Baldwin