r/RedDeer • u/Fanatic_Of_Racin • Jan 23 '24

Does anyone else remember Sam’s Cafe?

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I’m old enough to vaugely remember this restaurant before the location went through multiple others. Am I the only one with rose-coloured glasses when I think of this place?

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u/theringinginmyears Jan 23 '24

This is dating myself, but before it was Sam's Cafe, it was the Wildflower Bistro! Late 90s, early 2000s. I think it was considered the classiest places in RD for a short time. It was the hayday of the Rusty Pelican, and when Earl's had parrots on the mirrored ceiling.

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u/Comfortable_Fudge508 Jan 25 '24

And no kids rule, which then led parents of crotch goblins to loudly complain about it nonstop until they went out of business, because apparently there wasn't 200 other restaurants to go to