The food in Whitehorse, like an other city in the world, varies. One of the most popular places to eat in town is
Boston Pizza, a chain restaurant that specializes in
pizza and
pasta. More upscale than Pizza Hut and cheaper than any
French restaurant, with better decor than your average hovel. Actually, Whitehorse's Boston Pizza is one of the largest in
Canada.
Weird. If you're looking for fast, easy, recognizable food in Whitehorse, there's a
McDonald's, a Tim Horton's, a Pizza Hut, an A&W and a KFC. There's also a slew of
Chinese restaurants. But I hate
Chinese food, so I won't talk about them. The two best restaurants in town are (almost definitely)
Sam N' Andy's, an excellent
Mexican restaurant with really good food, really good prices, and they never ID people for
alcohol. And you get to wear sombreros if you feel so inclined to make a fool of yourself. The other is
Giorgio's, which, as I'm sure you can guess, an
Italian restaurant run by a
Greek who, according to an
ex-girlfriend, smelled badly of
garlic. Moderately confusing. Where was I? Oh, yes, food. The
Alpine Bakery makes really good
bread. Really, really good
bread. Really, real--...er, get the
point? There's the
No Pop Shop, which is a semi-snooty luncheon place that doesn't serve pop or alchohol and does serve a lot of oddly named
sandwhiches. They also don't like children.
The Java Connection and the
Blackstone are two competing coffee places that are across an intersection from one another. I prefer the Java Connection, but it's really just a matter of taste. Also, all the hotels have restaurants, but they're pretty standard. The
Westmark Whitehorse Hotel Restaurant is a fairly popular youth hangout.
Booze. Alcohol. Call it what you will, everyone who isn't an ascetic loves it, and Whitehorse has the highest number of bars per capita in Canada, and probably one of the highest in North America. Except Vegas. Nowhere has more bars than Vegas. There's Lizard's, which is a moderately classy bar. Fun on a Friday night. There's the Capital. Also fun, put it can get a little rowdy. For example, somewhere during 1999/2000, there was a big fight between several off-duty cops and some drug dealers. A man had his nose bitten off during the fight. I believe it was the bouncer. Actually, come to think of it, those are about the only two distinctive bars in Whitehorse.
Anyway, there's some info on the important things in Whitehorse. Enjoy.