Over this past weekend I whipped up a new top graphic and did a bunch of re-working of the layout around here. The new graphic is my favorite header image here yet…

For those of you who aren’t up on what’s hip in Vancouver Dining experiences that combine all the charm of the Downtown Eastside community with fine deep fried food, let me explain what Prime Time is all about. Sure, it used to be all about chicken “on the edge” – chicken that wasn’t to be toyed with, and fries that shouldn’t be looked at sideways. Ghetto chicken at its finest, you could often have riveting conversations with junkies over a piece of 75 cent chicken, fried to within an inch of being edible. Now, they’ve expanded the menu and offer BBQ chicken as well as the “classic” deep fried variation, and there’s a steam table with greasy chinese food, and even salad and softserve ice cream and it’s all available at a convenient walk up counter.

If you’re ever in Vancouver at the corner of Hastings and Carrall, you should cancel plans to head to the Olde Spaghetti Factory, and take the family to one of the real hot spots in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver; Prime Time Chicken. “Always Good Food” the sign in the window declares.

I recall last year when Surly Mullet Man could be found handing out the chicken, but along with the new and “improved” menu, he’s been moved next door to the restaurant proper, and the carry away side of things just isn’t the same. Though, where else are you going to get 2 pieces of fried chicken, your recommended daily intake of saturated fat, AND change back from a $2 coin?

Seriously; I’ve eaten the chicken there, and lived to tell about it. Anything that could kill you is likely incapacitated by the grease, anyhow.