Here is a Canuck blast from the past

[The Arrogant Worms]

[Miss Korea]

Aww come on give us a date for this gem

[Jack Fig]

Must be early 70's when a seat in the blues was $5 or $6. 

[Coconuts]

How old would I have to be to have been young when this was news 

[Elias Pettersson]

I believe it was 1975.  At that time, a prime rib dinner was $4.95...

 

[BCNeil]

I am trying to estimate how much all this would be now.  15km roundtrip from the restaurant.  Maybe $200-$250 per person.

 

[gwarrior]

Wow. Just wow.

[Snoop Hogg]

Another clue that it’s old is the 7 digit phone number in the ad.

[Kevin Biestra]

Good stuff.  Back in the day the Canucks would do these "There's a Puck in My Soup" fundraiser dinners where the Canucks team would just be at a big banquet like your family's Thanksgiving get together with kids' hockey teams and some kid would find a puck in the bottom of his soup and he'd win a prize or Canucks tickets and stuff.  Imagine these millionaire players today just getting together with a bunch of regular bums to mingle with the public in some barn to eat soup nowadays.

[Goal_thecup]

16 hours ago, BCNeil said:

I am trying to estimate how much all this would be now.  15km roundtrip from the restaurant.  Maybe $200-$250 per person.

 

Just add 2 zeros to everything, is a good start to estimating.

It is over 50 years ago (although I still remember it, even though I see everything Canuck through rose-coloured glasses).

 

I actually own a couple pairs of rose-coloured glasses; and I still use British/Canadian "U"s in 'coloured', and neighbour, etc, unlike all these spell checkers which switch everything to the bastardized Modern Murican Dictionary.

 

There used to be a restaurant close to the Coliseum that served a decent steak with an open salad bar for about $6.99 (probably about 1978+).  We used to load up on the salad bar big time and pocket the steak for later.  And head to the rink to haggle with the scalpers.  I sometimes received free tickets (from business, family, etc) and corporate tickets were the best seats.  You could sell them to the scalpers, buy some standing-room-only's, and have money to party with before, during, and after the game.

Once you were in the building, you were golden, as they say today; and you could roam the whole place, keeping an eye on the best seats, which often went empty.  It was much tighter in the playoffs, but you could usually get standing room only because most people wanted seats.

 

Thanks for stirring the memory banks @The Arrogant Worms!

[Jaimito]

The cheese toast for two is $12.95 now. 

 

https://www.hyssteakhouse.com/menus/vancouver

 

I looked up an old photo of my parent's cafeteria in 1983, located near Royal Bank in downtown.  Coffee was $0.50 and refill was $0.15, can of pop $0.60.  

 

 

 

[Jaimito]

Forgot to mention, I saw Trevor Linden at Hy's in Whistler pre pandemic.  Think it was after he left as president.

 

I left him alone to enjoy his drink.  Wanted to say hi but didn't.  

[NewbieCanuckFan]

On 11/25/2023 at 4:48 PM, Elias Pettersson said:

I believe it was 1975.  At that time, a prime rib dinner was $4.95...

 

 

Edgewater Casino (when it existed) had a prime rib dinner special on Sunday for ten bucks (just needed a membership card with costed nothing).  This wasn't in 1975 obviously but as late as 2015.

[snowman955]

Go ahead and make reservations. For all Vancouver residents registerd on this site.

 

I vote Alflives as administrator and purchaser.

Edited November 28, 2023 by snowman955

[Jeremy Hronek]

"Prime Ribs, prime seats
and transportation $12.25"

 

$12.25 in 2023 Vancouver will get you what?  A Kit Kat?  

[snowman955]

On 11/27/2023 at 1:47 AM, NewbieCanuckFan said:

 

Edgewater Casino (when it existed) had a prime rib dinner special on Sunday for ten bucks (just needed a membership card with costed nothing).  This wasn't in 1975 obviously but as late as 2015.

CHEESE TOAST FOR TWO Famously irresistible since 1955 12.95   From Hys 

[snowman955]

On 11/27/2023 at 1:47 AM, NewbieCanuckFan said:

 

Edgewater Casino (when it existed) had a prime rib dinner special on Sunday for ten bucks (just needed a membership card with costed nothing).  This wasn't in 1975 obviously but as late as 2015.

Hy’s Prime Steaks From specially selected Prime Grade beef, aged a minimum of 28 days and grilled to order Your steak is accompanied by your choice of baked potato, french fries or mashed potatoes GORGONZOLA FILET 67.95 Grilled and topped with melted gorgonzola, port wine jus STEAK NEPTUNE 72.95 Your choice of New York or Filet, topped with fresh asparagus and Dungeness crabmeat, finished with hollandaise sauce FILET A LA HY’S 57.50 Medallions of beef tenderloin sauteed with wild mushroom brandy sauce BEEF WELLINGTON 72.95 Filet of beef tenderloin, with foie gras and oyster mushroom duxelle, baked in puff pastry. Red wine reduction STEAK AU POIVRE 67.95 Black peppercorn-crusted New York strip served with Hy’s brandy green peppercorn sauce A5 WAGYU, MIYAZAKI, JAPAN 34.95 per ounce minimum 4 ounces A5 WAGYU, KOBE, JAPAN 49.95 per ounce minimum 4 ounces NEW YORK STRIP 10oz 64.95 14oz 90.95 PORTERHOUSE 22oz 124.95 FILET 6oz 54.95 12oz 105.95 BONE-IN RIB STEAK 20oz 109.95 32oz 156.95

[snowman955]

On 11/25/2023 at 7:34 PM, The Arrogant Worms said:

new number  lol    

637 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC V6C 2G3

(604) 683-7671

 

 

[Hairy Kneel]

On 11/25/2023 at 6:23 PM, Snoop Hogg said:

Another clue that it’s old is the 7 digit phone number in the ad.

I remember thinking "I have to dial 604 now?! What a hassle."

[Hairy Kneel]

2 hours ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

"Prime Ribs, prime seats
and transportation $12.25"

 

$12.25 in 2023 Vancouver will get you what?  A Kit Kat?  

Half a pack of smokes.

[NewbieCanuckFan]

3 hours ago, snowman955 said:

Hy’s Prime Steaks From specially selected Prime Grade beef, aged a minimum of 28 days and grilled to order Your steak is accompanied by your choice of baked potato, french fries or mashed potatoes GORGONZOLA FILET 67.95 Grilled and topped with melted gorgonzola, port wine jus STEAK NEPTUNE 72.95 Your choice of New York or Filet, topped with fresh asparagus and Dungeness crabmeat, finished with hollandaise sauce FILET A LA HY’S 57.50 Medallions of beef tenderloin sauteed with wild mushroom brandy sauce BEEF WELLINGTON 72.95 Filet of beef tenderloin, with foie gras and oyster mushroom duxelle, baked in puff pastry. Red wine reduction STEAK AU POIVRE 67.95 Black peppercorn-crusted New York strip served with Hy’s brandy green peppercorn sauce A5 WAGYU, MIYAZAKI, JAPAN 34.95 per ounce minimum 4 ounces A5 WAGYU, KOBE, JAPAN 49.95 per ounce minimum 4 ounces NEW YORK STRIP 10oz 64.95 14oz 90.95 PORTERHOUSE 22oz 124.95 FILET 6oz 54.95 12oz 105.95 BONE-IN RIB STEAK 20oz 109.95 32oz 156.95

 

  Choose quantity or quality...

 

[NewbieCanuckFan]

2 hours ago, Hairy Kneel said:

I remember thinking "I have to dial 604 now?! What a hassle."

I'm so old now, if you spotted me the 6 & 4, I might have problems remembering the other digit.

[Goal_thecup]

14 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said:

I'm so old now, if you spotted me the 6 & 4, I might have problems remembering the other digit.

That's because the middle is not at digit, at least the way people say it, "six-oh-four"; the oh is obviously a letter.

[Barnstorm]

5 hours ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

"Prime Ribs, prime seats
and transportation $12.25"

 

$12.25 in 2023 Vancouver will get you what?  A Kit Kat?  

In 1977 $12.50 got you a ticket to see Led Zeppelin.
They only played for 3.5 hours straight though so I’m not sure if the value was there. 

[Steamer4GM]

On 11/25/2023 at 4:46 PM, Coconuts said:

How old would I have to be to have been young when this was news 

Same age as me (turning 57 soon)

Bus fare and chocolate bars were a quarter

Phone calls were a dime