Dine Out at The Fray

It would be a fun night out with my sister combining dinner and trivia night at the Fray in Vancouver, an $18 menu full of comfort food filling as laughter rung out over trivia that was beyond our years. The Fray is located on Fraser St between 23rd and 24th Avenue serving West Coast food. 

Having scoped out the menu before, we knew what we were going to try. Our appetizers were surprising in a good way though. I ordered the portobello mushroom fries that were presented like jenga blocks. I don't think you'd get away with eating like jenga and removing pieces in the middle though as it came 2x2 etc. It reminded me more zucchini sticks than fries, but alas quite yummy. The sun dried tomato aoli that accompanied it? Super tasty! 

 My sister got the steak and mushroom bites - which are not at all what we pictured. Having had the idea of bites that resembled sliders, what arrived was a dish of bite sized steak bites and mushroom bites - quite literally - accompanies by garlic bread. Great tasting in the red wine jus though the chipotle lime aoili was not as good as the tomato one.

Onto the main, I was glad I ordered what I did as my sister ended with a generous sized maple bacon jam burger and fries. The jam was interesting, though by the time you get to the end of burger, it's nothing much to be desired. Otherwise it was fairly good, but after those steak bites, one might be too full to finish this main course. Considering getting the salad option here instead to not feel bloated and save room for dessert. My pan fried salmon tasted great despite being a little dry. Accompanied by seasonal vegetables, a great sized portion that was satisfying and just enough.  The lemon dill sauce was quite light, so while adding flavor to the vegetables, didn't overpower.


Despite two choices of dessert - it was a unanimous pick of the 5 layer mile high chocolate cake with chocolate ganesh filling and mixed berry compote. Like the serving portions before, there is no skimping on the dessert, and every girl loves chocolate (well, most do), it was a good note to end the meal on. Not too rich, not too sweet, but a bit too much considering the filling meal already. No complaints though and overall it was a great dinner.

 We hung around watching the rest of the Canucks game as we partook in the weekly trivia. For 2 brains and our 1st attempt at it, we didn't do too badly. Not good enough to win a key for a chance at a $50 GC, but buckets of fun and finding out random things we actually did know. And if the $50 GC doesn't interest you, they also give out rounds of shooters to enthusiastic teams through the rounds. Overall, the Fray is a pretty fun neighborhood haunt to hang out and play games (yes, like Storm Crow Tavern, they have board games available too!). Wednesday nights are trivia nights, Saturday nights are music trivia nights, with Karaoke night soon to come!