Denny's on Davie

Where else can you go in downtown after a night of getting liquored up?  Tim Horton's?  7-11?  With the closure of Denny's on Burrard, options are pretty limited, especially when you're too hammered to go much further than the downtown core.  Vancouver clearly isn't set up for people who play all night and sleep all day.  I remember a few times in Japan, we could at least camp out in a Shirokiya (chain izakaya that's open till 6am....just drink until morning and catch the first train back home at 7am), or Yoshinoya and nurse a teriyaki beef bowl until morning. 

Well, the days of getting legless are pretty much over for me, but on ocassion, my friends and I find ourselves wandering around downtown late in the night looking for something greasy to soak up the excess alcohol.  The answer - Denny's....on Davie.  I dunno, are there any more Denny's downtown?

Nothing better than a grand slam at 0300.

......and finsh 'er off with a brownie sundae.

I don't know about the day staff, but in the middle of the night, they seemed quite accustomed to our type of crowd.  They are very patient, speak nice and slow and don't talk in extremely loud voices. The food comes pretty quick (or at least that's the perception), and the staff are generally pretty friendly.  Would I go back?  Heck yea, but then again, what other choices are there?  I guess that depends on which drinking hole is closest.  Timmy's on Alberni is closest to most of my favourite places, but they don't have the Grand Slam Breakfast.

Denny's Marine Drive

Every watch Harold and Kumar go to White Castle?  Don't those little burgers look tasty?  Whether your just finished at the night club, or dinner just wasn't enough Denney's is open all night.  It's one of the last old-school diners around, and I hope they never change.  Unlike Whitespot, which started from drive-thru takouts and now wants to be all trendy and upscale, Denny's retain's that classic diner setting, along with a variety of decent priced food.  It's not gourmet, but whatever, it's cheap and quick.

The sampler platter is an example of all things unealthy, no steamed veggies here.  Deep fried mozzarella sticks, onion rings, and chicken strips, and it comes with two dipping sauces that are made from who knows what.  It's a good share plate, but when I have the munchies, I don't like to share mine. 

A pile of onion rings with the mini-burgers.  Most places call them sliders now, but when I first watched Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle, I really wanted a Whitecastle burger.  Unfortunately, there are none where I live so I settled for the minis at Denny's. 

The Denny's on Marine Drive has a bit of special nostalgia for me.  My parents took us there sometimes before setting off on a road trip, I had a free birthday breakfast there once after camping out in front of A & B Sound for their boxing day sale, and I've spent a more than a few mornings there nursing my head after a long night of boozing. 

It hasn't changed much over the years, the service is the same as always, they'll get to you when they get to you, the quality of food is about the same, and the prices have fluctuated along with inflation, but other than that, it's still the same.  Denny's...always there when you need.