Comfort Food

Late Tuesday, my daughter came down with virus and an attendant high fever. The story has a happy ending; this morning she seems back to her perky precocious little self. She still has a bit of a temperature, but nothing like the often lethargic unable to get comfortable state of Wednesday and Thursday.

The stress has been incredible. It's the first time she's been genuinely sick, the two minor colds she's had in her fourteen months having hardly slowed her down. Between my wife fretting about our daughter, my fretting about both of them, and the sleep-deprived nights... I'm a bit of a zombie today.

Which brings me to the subject line; I'm going out for lunch today to my favourite diner spot in Vancouver, Risty's.

It's a classic burger and fries kind of place. Their soups are home made and tasty, the burgers are the kind you need to have plenty of napkins on hand after you lick your fingers clean, and the fries are hot crisp and delicious. I even indulge in the gravy sometimes. Even the coffee's really good, and I've had self-proclaimed coffee snobs say so.

The menu runs the usual gamut: burgers with all the extras; classic sandwiches like the Reuben, Club and Monte Cristo; meals like liver & onions, ground steak with mash and veg, turkey with all the trimmings; even classic old fashioned ice cream milkshakes. And who can forget the all day breakfast with classic french toast, fried eggs, omlettes filled to bursting... The only time you'll get in trouble with the menu is if you stray from classic diner food and go for things like the chef's salad.

Risty's is the place I go to for comfort food. They're on Granville just north of 70th. Parking out back.