When it comes to the Caesar game, no one comes close to Score on Davie. So it’s little wonder that the West End bar was this year’s winner for Best Sports Bar and finished third for Best West End Bar.
Of course there’s the huge patio, awesome staff, and huge TVs to watch the game. But no trip to Score on Davie is complete without a legendary Checkmate Caesar.
This diabolical culinary monstrosity is not for the weak of heart (or liver).
“We got called out online,” floor manager Mitch MacDougall explains. “We had a line of specialty Caesars, and someone called us out saying their Caesar was bigger.
“So this is our mic drop on the Caesar game.”
Checkmate, indeed.
Four ounces of vodka. An entire Cornish game hen. A Score burger. A pulled pork slider. Half a dozen hot wings. Half a dozen onion rings. A hot dog stuffed with pulled pork and mac ‘n’ cheese. And to top it all off, a brownie for dessert.
Boom.
“Substantial engineering goes into this,” says MacDougall. “It’s not easy to get this to the table without dropping it.”
Cooking and assembling the Checkmate can take more than 20 minutes, so be patient. And make sure to bring a friend (or two): with four ounces of alcohol, the Checkmate is intended to be shared.
Not surprisingly, the legend of the Checkmate has spread online, and many make the trip to Score on Davie just to challenge the world’s most ridiculous Caesar.
“Lots of people visiting Vancouver for the first time will make us their first stop to try the Checkmate,” MacDougall says.
But while that might get them through the door, what keeps people coming back is the staff, he says.
“The atmosphere is great, because it’s a great group of friends here,” says MacDougall. “That’s what keeps everyone around.”
