Cactus Clubs are landing all over Vancouver

by Carolyn Ali on August 18th, 2011 at 2:15 PM

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Down by the new Vancouver Convention Centre the other day, I peered in the windows of the ginormous Cactus Club Café being built. Like the one going in at English Bay, this location has some primo views: walls of windows on at least two sides look out onto the water and the Olympic cauldron. It stretches the length of Jack Poole plaza under what used to be the viewing platform for the flame. The restaurant will undoubtedly be a magnet for tourists.

Both locations, according to the Cactus website, are slated to open this winter (and there’s a hiring fair next week for the English Bay one from August 25 to 27.) There’s also another Cactus opening soon in Abbotsford, which looks similarly grand.

Cactus Club already boasts chef Rob Feenie, and has stepped up its wine program this month by hiring sommelier Sebastien Le Goff (ex db bistro moderne and Uva Wine Bar/Cibo Trattoria)

So will Vancouver support all these Cacti? The Coal Harbour Cactus is a short walk away from the two-storey mothership at Bental 5. What do you think?

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Comments

10 Comments

Lucas

Aug 18, 2011 at 3:19pm

Why don't they rebrand their restaurant and come up with something like ________ by Cactus Club. Vancouver is becoming saturated with chain restaurants. Where is the diversity!? It's getting boring.

RP

Aug 18, 2011 at 3:46pm

This is awesome to the max. Love chillin at the Cac with some coldies, scopin out the hotty waitresses and doin some wings. Can't wait for game season to the max. Bring it on and also go big or go home.

Siz

Aug 18, 2011 at 3:53pm

Agree with above - as if the city needed to give these two prime locations to a chain

RP

Aug 18, 2011 at 5:14pm

Whoa - If you're not down with the Cac - maybe it's time to move to some boring town where people aren't down with the coldies and hotties.

DsHK

Aug 21, 2011 at 12:03am

RP, you are awesome dude. That's what it's there for...hell yeah, enjoy

cac lover

Sep 20, 2012 at 3:23pm

love the celebrashe for cac lovers baby! Get some chest beef out there and pound some bevvies a la roadhouse steez!

lone voice of dissent...

Sep 21, 2012 at 4:33pm

I can't afford it.

LOL @RP

Sep 21, 2012 at 8:43pm

something tells me RP is over 50, yikes thats creepy. who says "hottie" anymore. ha ha
ok Grampa

Anton

Sep 22, 2012 at 1:21pm

I've only been once or twice, but I spoke to a designer whom I know and was surprised to find out that all of the artwork is authentic and actually comes from some well known artists. Kudos on that I guess