Our 40th Restaurant…With Pleasure & Delight – Revel Room

When I look for new spots to add, I try to find a little something for everyone.  This one’s for those who love food inspired from the south, from New Mexico to New Orleans, mixed with a healthy portion of live jazz and blues.  Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays is when the live music happens, but on Sundays the live jazz  is enjoyed during brunch!

I got to try 3 dishes.  I shared the ’shrimp and grits with double smoked bacon, roast garlic, parsley and brown butter’ with a couple of the owners.  I just followed their lead and dipped the shrimp right in the grits.  Needless to say, they were delicious and didn’t stand a chance.    The second dish was the ‘roast chicken breast with bacon-braised greens and mac ʻnʼ cheese’.  The chicken was juicy and perfectly smothered in a homemade, sweet, and slightly spicy sauce that won me over on the first bite.  They know their mac ‘n’ cheese, too.  It’s made with double smoked bacon, creamy cheeses, and finished with a soul satisfying top crunch.  The last item I tried was my favourite.  It was a ‘gold and red beet salad with chèvre, arugula, black olive oil and pecan brittle’.  I know it was the smallest of the 3, but the combination of the cheese and the beets just had summer all over it.  I could literally eat this every day.

Another no-brainer in Gastown.

Revel Room @ 238 Abbott Street