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03-25-2009, 10:34 PM
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Get Money, Get Paid
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Review: Big Al's Soulfood
I got the fried chicken
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Juicy
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And the Shrimp Fettuccini
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7/10
Prices were a bit too high for what we were actually eating, and it was under Bental 4, in a bar where the gym was. Kinda wtf location...but Boonies is in a curling rink in Cloverdale. However, thier cornbread is also 100x better.
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03-25-2009, 11:08 PM
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ESKETIT
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Shambhala
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exactly where is the location?
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03-25-2009, 11:10 PM
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I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: burnaby
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http://bigalsoulfood.com/southernsoulfoodcajunbuffet
From visiting the website, it sounds like the night to really try this place out is Fridays 5-8PM. They run a buffet for $21.95 that includes everything I want to try.
I make regular visits to Boonie's BBQ and Soul Food in Cloverdale so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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03-26-2009, 10:57 AM
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My homepage has been set to RS
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: East Van
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Looks good but prices seem high compared to Boonies. That chicken sure looks tasty though!
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03-26-2009, 12:45 PM
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Banned (BBM)
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Vancouver
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ya bentall 4 is fairly close to where i work
but price is a little bit high, was hoping to be around $6-7 for an everyday/2nd day thing
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04-29-2009, 04:50 PM
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I went there this past Friday and found out they stopped doing their buffet a few weeks ago due to low turnout. I can understand because this place was seriously hard to find. To go there, you have to go downstairs to the fitness area under Bentall 4 and in between two fitness rooms is the tiny Big Al's location.
Tried the Jambalaya which was the spiciest I've had in my life. I couldn't finish it because my mouth was burning so much. I liked the Jambalaya at Dadeos much better (now closed). On the plus side, the hot link sausage used in it was really good.
My co-taster got the Fettuccini. I don't think there was anything special about this dish, kind of bland, or perhaps my taste buds were burnt off from that Jambalaya. I noticed Volvoman's fettuccini earlier in this thread had a side of cornbread, while this one came with a dinner roll, rather disappointing. I also found it odd that this fettucini came with both halves of the dinner roll, while my jambalaya only had one half of a roll. 
I'm debating going back to try his "Famous" ribs, but I don't feel like getting ripped off again for mediocre food.
Overall I feel like this place has no draw, and is completely out of place in downtown Vancouver. They need some promotion and to polish up the food some more, otherwise I could see Big Al's disappearing in a year or two.
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04-29-2009, 07:45 PM
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HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver
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Big Al's sucks.
Boonie's FTW.
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04-29-2009, 07:48 PM
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Banned By Establishment
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Location: Richmond
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boonies is shut down.
And that was going to be my last bad meal in a while 
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04-29-2009, 07:51 PM
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HELP ME PLS!!!
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it's shutdown TEMPORARILY. It'll be back in June.
You know why I know Big Al sucks? they've been relocated 4 times in the last 10 years. I've went there once when they were at the 1st and rupert location, ordered their jambalaya, and never went back again.
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04-29-2009, 09:17 PM
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Banned By Establishment
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Location: Vancouver
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RS MEET FOR BOONIE'S REOPENING!!!
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04-29-2009, 10:40 PM
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I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Wow I can't believe Boonie's has such a big following. The RS Boonie's thread was full of ppl saying how awesome it looks but don't want to bother driving to Cloverdale lol. I've been a Boonie's fan for over a year and can't wait for his new location in Langley.
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