stallionaire
12-13-2011, 08:53 PM
i grew up in Hamilton, Ontario and naturally I was a Raptors fan growing up. It was a franchise that I remember being born when Jurrassic Park was all the rage. The NBA had finally arrived in Canada! I followed intensely, I felt like the biggest Raptors fan but like many other kids I was enchanted by the Bulls and MJ. It was only until Vince Carter arrived.
Rookie of the Year first year here and he led us to our first 3 playoff appearances... He was the man! he was the reason Americans paid attention to Toronto, lol at least a little bit. I relocated from Toronto and followed the Raptors but I was also consumed by Kevin Garnett having just moved to Minnesota in 2001.
As soon as Vince Vinsanity was traded to the Nets I was just a full blown Wolves fan at that point (and have been ever since, i was a kid who was impressionable and the Wolves with KG was fun to watch locally, became a fan byproxy).
I have kinda ignored Vince Carter since then because I could never come to terms with liking another team in the Western Conference, when he was on the Suns.
Last year I found out about Vince Carter's restaurant when I was on vacation in daytona beach. my girlfriend had a condo there, and i only found out once we got there. it was fate. i collect retro J's and i had packed my vince carter raptors jersey retro away
http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/210/214/912/toronto-raptors-vince-carter-purple-throwback-jerseys-da47.jpg
i wore it on the beach all day and i planned on hitting up the restaurant with my girlfriend afterward. after we sunbathed we GPS'd the address and off we went.
here's what happened
i show up to the place and it looks fancy as **** and i was like "oh my god... vinsanity..." took a deep breath "this is totally what Air Canada swag is". my girlfriend says something about the place being way too formal for what we're wearing and i ignored her as i walked past her (didnt even hold the door for her) and went in to be greeted by the receptionist ****** dude. i said "table for two" and the homie said that i was violating the dress code... i paused for a second and then turned around so he could see the last name on my jersey "CARTER" the guy said he didnt care and that i need to put on some slacks and a dress shirt, same went for my girlfriend... she was in booty shorts and a tshirt.
so i make us race back home to get some dressy clothes. we come back and after a few minutes we're seated.. place didnt have that many ppl in it and i was quite suprirsed...
i was given the menu and i was just overwhelmed. when it was time to order i was totally diggin the names of some of the menu items.
shit like the Slam Dunk Crab Bites, The Triple Double Jalepenos, etc.
you can find the menu here:
http://www.vincecarters.com/index.php
got the jalepeno poppers with raspberry sauce, tasted like asshole
ordered a big item off "The Highlight Zone" menu, it was the o town cheesesteak, it tasted like butt also
then i ordered the red velvet cake and it tasted like shit also
literally everything on the menu tasted like shit. my girlfriend got differnt items and they tasted horrible too.
the dude is a garbage player and it ****ing shows in his terrible food in his ****ing restaurant. jesus christ. i hope he dies on the mavericks this season
on the way to the airport i threw the vince jersey out of my window.
Rookie of the Year first year here and he led us to our first 3 playoff appearances... He was the man! he was the reason Americans paid attention to Toronto, lol at least a little bit. I relocated from Toronto and followed the Raptors but I was also consumed by Kevin Garnett having just moved to Minnesota in 2001.
As soon as Vince Vinsanity was traded to the Nets I was just a full blown Wolves fan at that point (and have been ever since, i was a kid who was impressionable and the Wolves with KG was fun to watch locally, became a fan byproxy).
I have kinda ignored Vince Carter since then because I could never come to terms with liking another team in the Western Conference, when he was on the Suns.
Last year I found out about Vince Carter's restaurant when I was on vacation in daytona beach. my girlfriend had a condo there, and i only found out once we got there. it was fate. i collect retro J's and i had packed my vince carter raptors jersey retro away
http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/210/214/912/toronto-raptors-vince-carter-purple-throwback-jerseys-da47.jpg
i wore it on the beach all day and i planned on hitting up the restaurant with my girlfriend afterward. after we sunbathed we GPS'd the address and off we went.
here's what happened
i show up to the place and it looks fancy as **** and i was like "oh my god... vinsanity..." took a deep breath "this is totally what Air Canada swag is". my girlfriend says something about the place being way too formal for what we're wearing and i ignored her as i walked past her (didnt even hold the door for her) and went in to be greeted by the receptionist ****** dude. i said "table for two" and the homie said that i was violating the dress code... i paused for a second and then turned around so he could see the last name on my jersey "CARTER" the guy said he didnt care and that i need to put on some slacks and a dress shirt, same went for my girlfriend... she was in booty shorts and a tshirt.
so i make us race back home to get some dressy clothes. we come back and after a few minutes we're seated.. place didnt have that many ppl in it and i was quite suprirsed...
i was given the menu and i was just overwhelmed. when it was time to order i was totally diggin the names of some of the menu items.
shit like the Slam Dunk Crab Bites, The Triple Double Jalepenos, etc.
you can find the menu here:
http://www.vincecarters.com/index.php
got the jalepeno poppers with raspberry sauce, tasted like asshole
ordered a big item off "The Highlight Zone" menu, it was the o town cheesesteak, it tasted like butt also
then i ordered the red velvet cake and it tasted like shit also
literally everything on the menu tasted like shit. my girlfriend got differnt items and they tasted horrible too.
the dude is a garbage player and it ****ing shows in his terrible food in his ****ing restaurant. jesus christ. i hope he dies on the mavericks this season
on the way to the airport i threw the vince jersey out of my window.