Richmond's Pub — Restaurant in Calgary

Freshly moved into Glamorgan Manor, still humming with photon residue from my last shift at the laser lab, I decided to explore the local terrain like a glowing-eyed neighborhood cryptid. Richmond’s Pub sat around the corner, practically vibrating on the frequency of destiny.

I strolled in with the subtle grace of a man who legally has a laser strapped to his forehead, and they didn’t even blink. Not even when my third eye flickered near the chalkboard specials.

🍔 The Food & Drinks:

Their bacon cheeseburger was so stacked it required a legally binding handshake before consumption.

The “Pitch Black Ale” tasted like a campfire made of regret and molasses, and I loved it.

Someone passed me a drink called The Orbit Shaker—I don’t remember ordering it, but I drank it, and for a moment I saw every choice I’ve ever made flash across the surface of the bar in spilled beer.

The poutine? Thick enough to slow time, cheesy enough to scream your birth name at 3am.

👁️ Strange Occurrences:

A barstool slowly rotated toward me without anyone touching it. It whispered “welcome back.”

The bartender handed me a coaster and said, “This one's flameproof, just in case.” I didn’t tell her about the laser, but she knew.

A man in a Saskatchewan Roughriders hoodie stared at me for seven solid minutes, then nodded solemnly and vanished into the bathroom for what I can only describe as a transformation sequence.

🎉 The Cyclops Coronation: Midway through my second Orbit Shaker, the jukebox changed tracks without input and started playing “Smooth Operator.” A local stood up and toasted to “The Laser Man.” They handed me a plastic sword. I accepted. I don’t remember why.

The staff was warm, funny, and totally unfazed by the forehead-mounted beam emitter or my spiral of cosmic anecdotes. One server even offered to help me solder my tactical visor back together if it ever cracks again from “emotional heat.”

Five stars. Because this isn’t just a pub. It’s a ritual site for interdimensional rest. It’s where I—Captain Cyclops—can sip a drink, eat a burger, and momentarily forget the photon war raging in my third lobe.

Richmond’s is my new haunt. My sanctuary. And if you see the beam glowing red through the front window—don’t be afraid. That just...

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Let me set the mood...

10:30 PM on a Monday night. Pubs all over the city are closing. We just got out of comedy Monday night downtown.

We are hungry, we are thirsty, time is running out!

We arrive at the conclusion to stop at Richmond's Pub (first time for me)

Walking through the front door at 11:00pm I was NOT expecting to find a huge lovely modern atmosphere. But there it was in all its glory.

We sit down and the waitress comes by for drinks and let's us know its last call for the kitchen. Frantically searching through our menus for something good we order a mac n' cheese and a wor wonton soup. (The drinks had come by the time we ordered so we weren't actually searching very frantically...)

5 minutes go by...............

Our table was approached by a tall slender man (not the faceless one from the video game, he actually had quite a nice smile) with his head hanging to the floor.

The man sighs deeply and says...

"Our kitchen has been closed for about 20 minutes now."

...... silence........

"We can restart the ovens and fire up your food if you'd like, but it will take about an hour..." the tall slender man in the white shirt calmly expressed.

A resonating (but very quiet) "no we wouldn't ask you to do that for us" came from the table.

"Want some free tortilla chips and dip?"

A BOOMING "H*LL YEAH WE DO!" Erupted from the table!

Moral of the story. We showed up after the kitchen was closed. Ordered a couple beers. And chowed down on some free tortilla chips provided by their very kind manager and wait staff.

The only reason I'm giving a 4 star instead of a 5 is because the beer must have been poured from close to the end of the Keg but other than that it was a lovely time and they treated us VERY well.

I would honestly love to see what this place looks like on a game day... it would be a FANTASTIC environment to go and cheer...