Beyond Tim Hortons and beaver tails, Canada has a few truly specialized eateries to accommodate, uh, different tastes.
THE FLYING SAUCER
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
The Hook: Shaped like two 1950s spaceships, the Flying Saucer is a throwback to a time when folks first became fascinated with outer space and sci-fi. This novelty restaurant is basically a diner with a spacey décor—and as they say: “out-of-this-world food at down-to-Earth prices.” Their classic dishes include the Jupiter Burger and the Star Dust Medley Stir Fries. The owner, Henry Di Cienzo, offers a $1 million reward to anyone who can bring him an actual UFO or UFO pieces.
GARLIC’S
Location: London, Ontario
The Hook: This upscale institution is dedicated to the stinky bulb. Try some garlic martinis, cream of garlic soup, garlic ice cream, or even garlic cloves dipped in chocolate.
O.NOIR
Location: Montreal
The Hook: You can’t see a thing when you dine at O.Noir. The idea is to focus on the tastes and smells of your food to heighten the eating experience. The wait staff is blind. You may want to wear a bib—finding your own mouth can take some work. It takes great care to eat here.
THE OLD COUNTRY MARKET
Location: Coombs, British Columbia
The Hook: It’s “goats on a hot sod roof. For 30 years, live goats have grazed on the sod roof” of this market that includes an Italian restaurant.
DOGGY STYLE DELI
Location: Edmonton
The Hook: This restaurant’s specialties include Shih Tzu Stew, Houndburger Helper, and liver brownies. Because it’s a restaurant for dogs. There is also a Kibble Buffet, a modified steam tray full of various kinds of dry dog food. Other specials include Rottweiler Rice, Meat Mania, and Pooch Pockets, which are like pizza pockets. The restaurant doesn’t serve food to people, but pet owners are welcome to bring in a bagged lunch and eat with their pets.
During WWII, Britain’s wealth was secretly packed in crates and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean.
Location: Montreal
The Hook: This eatery, made from a shipping container, is known for its lobster rolls. Müvbox is developing more of these restaurants constructed from reused shipping containers. The eateries are designed to be environmentally friendly; solar panels provide up to 40 percent of their power, and the floors are made from recycled tires.
LEIFSBURDIR
Location: Fishing Point, Newfoundland
The Hook: You can eat like a Viking at this sod-covered restaurant, which replicates the 1,000-year-old home of Leif Erickson at nearby L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. The restaurant hosts the Great Viking Feast of moose stew, cod casserole, cod tongues, roast capelin (similar to smelt), baked Atlantic salmon, roast beef, and squid fried rice. (Bring your own horned helmet.)
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THE “LOST VILLAGES”
Ten communities in the Canadian province of Ontario were permanently submerged by the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. The seaway was created to allow massive ocean-going ships passage from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The flooding was planned, and all families and businesses were moved to the new, planned communities of Long Sault and Ingleside. On July 1, 1958, a dam was destroyed and the flooding began. Some remnants from sidewalks and building foundations can still be seen underwater.
The average Canadian penis length is 14 centimeters.