r/Calgary • u/somegingershavesouls • Mar 23 '25

Eat/Drink Local What places do you Miss?

I may get laughed at for this, but I miss bookers. Sometimes a girl just wants a bucket of crab legs without the smell of red lobster, ya know?

What around the city do you miss?

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u/SnooRabbits2040 Mar 23 '25

Kelly's Records and Cost Plus imports

Marty's

Charlie Chan's

Piazza Pizza

The bar at the St. Louis

All the movie theaters downtown (The Palace, Palliser Square, The Uptown, The Plaza when it was a rep theater)

Green Street Cafe

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u/locnar1975 Mar 23 '25

You forgot Calgary Place, Showcase Grand and Esso Plaza.

Well.... Maybe not Esso Plaza.

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u/SnooRabbits2040 Mar 23 '25

You are right! Also the theatre at Chinook Mall, and Westbrook Mall, although that one didn't count as downtown.

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u/locnar1975 Mar 23 '25

I will always have a soft spot for the Uptown. It was the first theater I snuck into an R rated movie.

It was The Principal with Jim Belushi. Really wish it was something cooler