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DINER: How To Make The BC Liquor Board And Our City Inspectors Incredibly Upset

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To test the depth and breadth of Vancouver’s much ballyhooed “No Fun City” reputation, just put one of these points (seen at Cajun Mikes in New Orleans) on your outdoor sandwich board and see how long it takes for your restaurant to get slapped by a tee-totalling, power-tripping dweeb with a clipboard and an arbitrary sense of entitlement (image via Reddit).

PS. Top marks for the obscure Ghostbusters reference!

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  1. Going to NOLA for Mardi Gras in February, can’t wait to see this bar!

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