Jacob Kalmakoff

Review of The Alibi Room

Alibi has become a Vancouver institution and it st...

Alibi has become a Vancouver institution and it still is. An extensive local beer selection, chilled out atmosphere in any weather and exquisite seasonal menu with local fresh ingredients sourced from as close to home as possible. The reason I give this place 3 stars is their burger. It used to be one of the best in Vancouver... freshly ground chuck cooked medium rare still allowing the juices to roam free. I was told on a recent visit that they were no longer allowed to serve burgers as requested by the customer as the food inspector had called them up on this. In no first class food city is this EVER an acceptable reason to improperly cook a burger...and for this reason Vancouver will continue to rate lower than many internationally.
Without allowing chuck ground on site to be cooked to the customer s desired level, the food scene in Vancouver will never come close to competing with a city like Miami or New York.
It is indeed a shame that this had to come out from such an establishment as Alibi, but it is essential that these kind of places work together and rise up against this tyranny of monotonous overcooked burgers that is plaguing the city of Vancouver and many other similar over-paranoid cities around the world.