The old spaghetti factory
It's 1904 trolley car number 53, loaned to OSF in 1970 by Ernie Plant. It's also home to one of the only surviving streetcars from the B.C. The Gastown location, which some considered haunted, is well-known for their quaint decor and casual family-friendly vibe. Vancouver's Old Spaghetti Factory was the first to launch in Canada, just one year after the restaurant's 1969 debut in the U.S., and is operated by a separate company.īCER trolley 53. "While a lot has changed over the last 50 years, The Old Spaghetti Factory still makes its sauces and dressings fresh daily," notes a media release.
Sauces, of course, include traditional options like meatballs, meat sauce, or marinara sauce, or the OSF's signature Brown Butter and Mizithra Cheese, which is a recipe from the OSF's Portland, Oregon-based founder's family. OSF's Spaghetti Classics (which in 2020 are priced from $12.50-16.50) are part of the restaurant's "it's all included" offerings, which means each pasta main comes with a side of their Italian sourdough bread with whipped garlic and plain butter your choice of Minestrone soup or a green side salad Spumoni ice cream for dessert and hot tea or coffee. Additionally, diners will have the option to add on a donation to their bills.
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While the retro prices are certainly enticing, the Old Spaghetti Factory is using their anniversary festivities for a cause better than your own bottom line: On March 3, they'll donate all proceeds from food sales to the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund. The offerings will include throwback items like spaghetti with chicken liver sauce.
to 8 p.m., the Gastown restaurant will have their all-inclusive spaghetti entrees available for just $1.75. The Old Spaghetti Factory in Vancouver will mark their 50th anniversary on March 3, 2020. To celebrate their half-century of serving up spaghetti and more here, the restaurant will offer their original 1970 menu - with 1970 prices - for one day only. For five decades now, visitors and locals alike in Vancouver have tucked into plates of pasta at Gastown's Old Spaghetti Factory.