[KO7]

Just wondering what the story is with the creepy looking boarded up house at Davie and Cardero near English Bay. Is it a heritage site? Haunted? Claimed by the gov't? It's just been boarded up for a while now, wonder why it's not torn down and replaced with another structure.

http://i.imgur.com/ydBP1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XcWO9.jpg

[jeedee]

RS meet to find out? :troll:

[dinamix]

Isn't that the old macaroni grill? Heard it used the to be a gentlemans club for old skool politicians..
There's also an underground passage that leads to the brothel across the street ..
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[IMASA]

My friend used to live next to that place, said it was going to be a new Keg resturant.

[Gh0stRider]

use to be a restaurant (macaroni grill)

[Groot]

Drove by it today also and thought to myself "yep, its probably haunted" LOL
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[7seven]

here...

First stop on the ghost trail is Romano’s Macaroni Grill, now inhabiting the old Roger’s Sugar Mansion on Davie Street.

The Mansion is alive with history. There are tunnels under the mansion connecting to nearby Balthazar nightclub that were reportedly used for bootlegging and prostitution running during Al Capone’s era.

And according to General Manager Marc Ignacz, rumour has it that Capone himself used to frequent the premises to hang out with his pal B.T. Rogers.

But that’s not the ghost story. The story, as Ignacz tells it, is that one of B.T. Rogers’s sons jumped through a second story window and committed suicide.

“He walks the house once in a while,” says Ignacz. “I have a sous chef… he was working late at night, and said it sounded like someone was there on the front line cooking… with pots, pans… he just left everything,” says Ignacz, recalling how he found the mess the next morning after the cook had fled the building.

There’s more: “We had a painter here throughout the night… and he turned around and saw an old gentleman standing on the banister… and when he asked him what he was looking for, he didn’t respond. When he came down the ladder, the old gentleman was gone.”

Like the cook, the painter then dropped his gear and ran out.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=9792cdde-58d5-4810-8306-44b9f4f0dac9&k=69539

[tiger_handheld]

used to be Romano's macroni grill. it was nice inside. they had patio tables during the summer.

[FerrariEnzo]

Seriously, RS MEET!!! bring flash lights and a video cam...

[dark0821]

i am in LOOOOOL

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2.

[Matlock]

lol Macaroni Grill

I remember going there as a kid and the table cloths are huge sheets of paper. They give you a bunch a crayons to draw all over the place. Awesome.

[Eatman]

need to call either
http://www.sanctuary.frih.net/images/bscap0113.jpg

or


http://www.filmsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Ghostbusters2.jpg

[Grandmaster TSE]

heard of some haunted stories in there

[Harvey Specter]

It was Macaroni Grill and it caught on fire last fall and it's been closed down ever since.

[Liquid_o2]

It's a great piece of history, if you can imagine that during the early 20th century, Davie St was lined with mansions like this one. Hopefully they restore it soon and use it again.

[Culverin]

It's a gorgeous place in a prime area of town. If I had the money, I wouldn't be living on the West End or West Vancouver, I'd be living smack-dab in the middle of downtown. Especially in a house as grand as that one.

[dub.g]

picture of Macaroni Grill back in its prime

http://www.clubzone.com/company/album5179.html

[spideyv2]

Seriously, RS MEET!!! bring flash lights and a video cam...

LOL i'm down

[Ronin]

Doesn't look that bad from the front, really.

[snowball]

It's a gorgeous place in a prime area of town. If I had the money, I wouldn't be living on the West End or West Vancouver, I'd be living smack-dab in the middle of downtown. Especially in a house as grand as that one.

You mean west side? Cause that building is in the middle of the "west end" lol

[xeryusx]

Yup Macaroni Grill..had a chance to eat once before they closed. Inside looks like the hospice Canuck Place. Huge mansion, creepy style :)

[Harvey Specter]

It's a great piece of history, if you can imagine that during the early 20th century, Davie St was lined with mansions like this one. Hopefully they restore it soon and use it again.

I would love to see pictures of this.

[Meowjin]

the hospice/canucks place use to be the KKK headquarters in vancouver. lol

[FRStan]

i am in LOOOOOL

1. Dark0821
2.

:alone:

[Harvey Specter]

We should all pitch in, lease the place for the summer and make our the official RS party house :)

[xeryusx]

the hospice/canucks place use to be the KKK headquarters in vancouver. lol

Interesting. No wonder it was said to have been donated.

[xilley]

It was Macaroni Grill and it caught on fire last fall and it's been closed down ever since.

haunted might be the reason it caught on fire to burn the whole place down

[hotjoint]

I went there once back in the day. Food was pretty good

[sonick]

I remember one of my first party/clubbing event was a UBC Halloween party held there.

[midnight_r]

Seriously, RS MEET!!! bring flash lights and a video cam...

im IN! guess whos got a thermal imaging camera:) FLIR! =):whistle:

[FerrariEnzo]

Doesn't look that bad from the front, really.

go in at night with just a flashlight.. lets see if you come out with wet pants..



is it blocked off???

[spideyv2]

http://www.scaryforkids.com/pics/ghost-hunters.jpg

[Stealthy]

I think we need to be realistic here guys, hire the experts who've dealt with creepy mysteries for ages.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6q-f-zD4xPY/TKL1eyFrQfI/AAAAAAAAZRk/gjDcRyhOjTs/s1600/ScoobyDooGang.jpg
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[dinamix]

http://www.secret-realite.net/modules/linkup/img/majintaps1.jpg

[murd0c]

go in at night with just a flashlight.. lets see if you come out with wet pants..



is it blocked off???

I'm crazy enough to go in at night with no flash light. I love shit like that. Being scared is a awesome feeling when you plan for it.

I'm sure they have an alarm installed or something.

[Bouncing Bettys]

http://wraiths.ca/
This site hasn't been up to much in a long time but they used to specialize in urban exploration in BC with locations like the McBarge, some old ferries, Padova in Kamloops, etc. Unfortunately the site has become as run down as the locations they visited.

[Harvey Specter]

I remember the McBarge, the city should put some good use to it.

On the topic of haunted buildings...Hotel Vancouver is haunted. Here's my story; I was staying at the hotel during the NYE back in 2009 and I'm walking back to my room with my ex-gf and it's like 2am and we hear someone running behind us, we look behind us and it's some kid who must have been like 10 years old hauling ass so we move over to let him pass and he goes right to the end of the hallway and makes a quick left but one big problem...there's no room there, it was just a wall.

[jigga250]

Tear it down, are you KIDDING?! That house is beautiful, and would be worth MILLIONS after some renovations.

[Raid3n]

pretty sure they aren't allowed to tear down heritage buildings...

[drunkrussian]

shoeeet macaroni grill is where i had my first bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic. that place showed me that a working class drunk russian such as myself could one day be somebody.
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[FerrariEnzo]

I think we need to be realistic here guys, hire the experts who've dealt with creepy mysteries for ages.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6q-f-zD4xPY/TKL1eyFrQfI/AAAAAAAAZRk/gjDcRyhOjTs/s1600/ScoobyDooGang.jpg

these guys have the guns
http://www.filmsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Ghostbusters2.jpg

[Ch28]

I remember the McBarge, the city should put some good use to it.

On the topic of haunted buildings...Hotel Vancouver is haunted. Here's my story; I was staying at the hotel during the NYE back in 2009 and I'm walking back to my room with my ex-gf and it's like 2am and we hear someone running behind us, we look behind us and it's some kid who must have been like 10 years old hauling ass so we move over to let him pass and he goes right to the end of the hallway and makes a quick left but one big problem...there's no room there, it was just a wall.

WTF did you guys do afterwards?

[snowball]

WTF did you guys do afterwards?

they had sex of course.

[rriggi]

http://sonitrol-canada.com/testimonials/the-keg-gabriola-mansion

Apparently there's audio sensors in the building to stop vandals and RSers from exploring

Place looks haunted and this guy tried to break in at 2:15am?

Balls of steel..

[Meowjin]

ghosts dont fucking exist.

[lgman]

http://www.hecklerspray.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/swayze11.jpg

OH REALLY?

[AzNightmare]

I would personally not mind walking through a claimed "haunted house"
I don't believe in that kinda stuff, but I would still be creeped out.
But I am totally up for the challenge of "mythbusting"

I would do it with a small team about 4 people.
The problem though, is that I need everyone to be focused on the same goal, and not trying to do stupid shit like scare the group or troll.
I think most people will fail at that part. And I simply don't trust anyone when it comes to something like this but myself. The opportunity
is just too golden for someone to scare the shit out of the rest of the group, so maybe I can't blame people for being an ass.

[KO7]

http://sonitrol-canada.com/testimonials/the-keg-gabriola-mansion

Apparently there's audio sensors in the building to stop vandals and RSers from exploring

Place looks haunted and this guy tried to break in at 2:15am?

Balls of steel..
Hate their annoying sounding commercials, "catch the crook dot com, that's catch the crook dot com."

[multicartual]

Sooooo... who owns it?


I wanna go in and use the same shit that the Ghost Adventures dudes use, shit like the SB-7 spirit box. That show is so well done!


I would love to spend a night in that building.

[AzNightmare]

LOL. wtf. I was reading along this thread. Until I stumbled upon my own post...
Then I realized I read this 2.5 years ago...

[multicartual]

Ghost Adventures (Season 6 - Episode 6) Gary Galka's House - YouTube


Fuckin' ghosts man!

Zak, Aaron and Nick are brave muthafuckas! Mad respect!

[MG1]

IHeard it used the to be a gentlemans club for old skool politicians..
There's also an underground passage that leads to the brothel across the street


yup.......... :fullofwin:

[Ch28]

/r/ No Sleep - Because you weren't planning on sleeping anyway (http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep)

[aalex]

what happened to that property?

[westopher]

Its still exactly the same as far as I know. Fenced in, and empty. Seems a shame to have such a gorgeous building left to rot.

[nabs]

The Macaroni Grill was awesome. They even had opera singers in there walking around and doing Opera singing for tables at a time.

[asian_XL]

What year were you guys born? macaroni grill was a great place to eat, used to celebrate bday there with frds and family.
Their dessert was so good.
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[multicartual]

Its still exactly the same as far as I know. Fenced in, and empty. Seems a shame to have such a gorgeous building left to rot.


Yeah, why?

Whoever owns it must be eating up a ton of money from property taxes and upkeep.

I'm so curious to know who owns it!

[7seven]

Yeah, why?

Whoever owns it must be eating up a ton of money from property taxes and upkeep.

I'm so curious to know who owns it!

The Keg Restaurant group owns the property and building. I know earlier this year, some group tried to ask the City of Vancouver to get the Keg to turn that building into a public library but don't think that gained much traction with the owners.

[Ch28]

The Keg Restaurant group owns the property and building. I know earlier this year, some group tried to ask the City of Vancouver to get the Keg to turn that building into a public library but don't think that gained much traction with the owners.

How come they haven't opened a Keg location there if they already own it? That's a prime location for dinner, especially during the summer!

[kkthind]

How come they haven't opened a Keg location there if they already own it? That's a prime location for dinner, especially during the summer!

Ghosts are vegan? :badpokerface:
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[7seven]

How come they haven't opened a Keg location there if they already own it? That's a prime location for dinner, especially during the summer!

No clue, I do recall they announced plans in 2011 to open a restaurant at the location, but those plans seemed to have been scrapped. My only guess is the costs to renovate and upkeep such an old building and not being able to tear it down to build a new structure due to the heritage status.

Here's the article about the library http://m.news1130.com/2013/04/27/new-library-proposed-for-gabriola-mansion/
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[Phil@rise]

Id rather spend the night in one of the rundown Riverview buildings