Archive for April 2006
Nyala: RIP
The lights are off and the doors locked at Nyala, a little slice of Vancouver history that’s been done in by redevelopment.
Nyala, a block and a half walk from my place, served Ethopian food. There isn’t any meal much better than a pint of Hurricane IPA and scooping up some spicy goat or chicken or fish watt with injera. (Any food you have to eat with your fingers is automatically fun.)
It wasn’t just the food. The staff were invariably friendly and eager to recommend dishes. The owner, whose name I never did get, would always drop by the table to chat, to make sure the evening was going well, the food was being enjoyed.
The notes that went up on the door and window yesterday thanked patrons for 20 years of support and pointed to the restaurant’s new location, which won’t be the same. The funky, Fourth Avenue location will be hard to replicate, for one thing.
And, for another, it will no longer be just around the corner, an easy amble away.
Link goes to my Flickr photostream.
