Parallel 49 Brewing Company — Restaurant in Vancouver

This review is about the food. Love the beer, and have since it's inception. However, I was there last night, and had food for the first time since they installed the food truck inside. 5 stars for the beer, and the staff.

First I must point out that I'm a chef of 20 years, so know what goes into food, the pricing, etc.

The burger was fantastic. At first I was thinking the prices were ok for the type of place it is. 14 dollars for a burger? A bit high, but average for the type of place, right? Wrong. Apparently you're expected to pay an extra 3 dollars for fries or a ceasar salad. So now I'm at 17 dollars. I go for the ceasar salad...

That's part of the problem right there. It wasn't even a ceasar salad. Being inspired by something doesn't make it that thing, which is ok, but then you need to say what it is on the menu. I couldn't even eat this 3 dollar tiny salad, because my gout has been bugging me, and this is a kale based salad. Again, fine, if you say so on the menu... Kale is a trigger for gout. But let's anylize what a ceasar salad is - in the most basic state it's romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, and ceasar dressing which is egg yolk(mayo), lemon, salt pepper, garlic, and either anchovies or worshchestire. In a more traditional ceasar it will have bacon bits. This was not anything near what I was sold. Not a single ceasar ingredient was in this salad, except croutons.

The salad I got was Kale, some sort of dressing that was nothing near a ceasar dressing, it was too salty to enjoy if kale wasn't an issue, there were some sort of powdery things substituting bacon bits that weren't even those little fake bacon bits, powdery parmesan that I'm not even sure if it was parmesan and was possibly the culprit of the oversaltiness, and croutons. It was disgusting. Not only did I pay 3 dollars for this tiny atrocity, but I despise wasting food...

Look, you want to make your hipster ceasar inspired salad, fine. But be honest on your menu. I wanted the healthier option, and instead I got an inedible mess that had nothing to do with the product it was sold as.

I should have gotten the damn fries.

Also, it's appalling for a kitchen to sell things that aren't what they are supposed to be without any indication that this is different than what one would expect something being sold as that title would suggest - when people have food allergies, or otherwise might not be able to eat what you've put in...

I used to love and cherish p49; Stop for an occasional beer during shopping, or a bike ride to the brewery to get a couple of flights. I went there as often as I could, probably at least once a week.

The number of taps was limited, the washroom was always busy but that place offered something no one else had; great craft beer for a reasonable price and a humble look.

P49 has been a great success from their early days and they decided to have something more like St. AUGUSTINE'S which is owned by the same people.

Unlike St Augustine's you have to order at the register and carry your own drinks. The flights are a terrible design, probably designed by someone who never had a flight or carried one. It's loud and has no character just like Donnelly group's bars. They spend so much to be hip but sometimes less is more.

The beers are expensive. The food is expensive. The service is what you'd expect from a new place. It's kind of mind boggling how the experience from St. Augustine's or the old staff hasn't transfered into this place. I wish I could manage it to get it back together sometimes.

Also take a look at St Augustine's website then P49 street kitchen's. One looks like a well established place which is run by a professional the other looks like a high school kid (or middle school nowadays.) It would be an improvement to have prices on the website.

It almost looks like Graham wanted to implement his skateboard culture into this place but brewing and restaurant management are different things.

To me this place is a write off now. I'm sure they'll get more people in the summer but winter is coming. I'll stick to St Augustine or Alibi room for a variety craft beer experience. It's such a tragedy just like Devil's Elbow and Central City's Beatty location, which I prefer because I live down the street.

I give it 2 stars for old times' sake and 4...

Disorganized, is the best word I can use to describe this brewery.

The good: Initial impressions walking up. It seemed like a cool place. A load of participants from a beer run event were there enjoying some beer and everyone seemed happy.

The bad: They're a verified venue on untapped which is usually a nice thing to see. However, there is no link between the digital beer menu, the receipt they provide to show the beers in your flight and the untapped beer list. So much useful technology implemented poorly was just a clustered mess. There were some good beers on tap and I picked up a few bottles including a cool wax dipped Russian Imperial Stout.

The part that really rubbed me the wrong way was when I stopped to check out the swag they had for sale. When asking the girl at the counter if they had a shirt in my size, the response I get "oh those are expensive" and she gave off this vibe like helping me as the customer was putting her out. Really? You know I didn't even look at the prices of the beer, but it's well known that craft beer is not cheap. Neither is driving up from Seattle and getting a hotel in Vancouver for the sole purpose of trying beer. Someone spending 6-12 dollars for a single beer is not likely to care about a shirt being $40. Another member of the staff went to check but at that point I no longer cared if they had my size or not.

This place has potential, but currently it reminds me of a few breweries in the Seattle area that expanded too fast for their own good. It has the feel of a restaurant that happens to brew beer and the passion for beer is nowhere to be seen. Another reviewer compared it to a fast food joint and after experiencing the service, I have to...