Wonders of Wine and Food

 White Spot Guildford

White Spot is a classic among family restaurants in British Columbia. Nat Bailey opened Canada's first  drive-in Restaurant  in 1928, located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver. It would become known as the Granville House. A "Car Hop would deliver food directly to your car.

More restaurants would follow with car hop service and "dinning in". By the 1990s  the drive ins were rapidly disappearing as the newer and renovated restaurants advanced into indoor seating.

White Spot was sold in 1968 to General Foods. In 1982 Shato Holdings, a lower mainland Company under Peter Toigo bought the chain.

The Gilford location in Surrey is one of the older restaurants still remaining with a  Drive Inn. Barbara and  I visited the location last week. Sadly our visit could be descripted as a mixed bag of the Good and the Ugly

The Building been old and needing a good renovation.

The staff, however was terrific. They were friendly and full of smiles. They responded quickly and efficiently to a few requests we made.

In todays world restaurants of that size would be required to have more than one restroom. This location had one for women and one for men. The men's was small, slowing visible signs of aging and could have been cleaner.

Barbara had the Classic Hamburger, one of the items that helped make White Spot famous. I had the traditional breakfast. Without saying too much I would give it a D plus. 

The White Spot offers the Jackson -Triggs  table wines which are actually very good!

I did not see any cars in the Drive-inn section.

Time to build a new Guilford White Spot!!

White Spot Tsawwassen:

Barbara and I dropped by for a quick lunch.  WE ordered a Clubhouse Sandwich to be shared. The food was good the original entry greeting was good.  The restaurant did have a few failing points.

The washroom for men was dirty and had a cracked toilet seat. The cutlery was nor properly clean . I gave the dirty knife to a server who just grabbed the knive. She did not return with a new one.

AS to the service. The young lady was quite stiff. Her approach did not add to the enjoyment of the meal. No extra plate was provide to share the sandwich. There was no contact by the server asking if all was well or did we enjoy our meal.

I have no choice but to give a F to White Spot!