Russian Revolution
european tapas barVancouver
(Aug.22.08)
We've had a rough week. War and Peace sized files keep getting dumped on our desk at half past five. And you want to talk crime and punishment? Dostoevsky has nothing on the fashion KGB around our water cooler. 
Our Soviet-sized bad mood was re-educated at Red Squared, a new vodka and European tapas bar. The proletariat-chic space inspired us with faux war torn finishes, Communist red mood lighting and a rousing fresco of Lenin covering an entire wall.
We started with a flight of four vodkas ($15-$21) and moved on to The Kaiser ($9), a bracing take on a Caesar made with chili vodka and finished with a smoked oyster. It was impressive enough to declare Chef Chris Dignan our new best comrade forever.
His refined golden beet borscht ($6.25) with a knob of crème fraiche is the queenly cousin to standard-issue beet soup. And the cold war in our bellies truly ended after the house-made peirogi ($11.25) stuffed with sweet potato, finished with un-cased chorizo and crispy fried sage leaves.
And with that, morale was restored and we felt ready once again to defend the motherland (or at least the water cooler).
Red Squared
1208 Granville St. (at Davie St.)
604-408-6352
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