My City- Kenzie Clark

Name: Kenzie Clarke

Occupation: DJ
Biggest turn on: Sense of Humour
Biggest turn off: Zero intelligence
City: Victoria
How long have you lived there?: 6years
Why do you call it home? After having a random sampling of
other local cities (read: Nanaimo), I decided that Victoria was
best suited to my needs (school and shopping and social life).

Best spot…if you’re ballin:

For a meal:
Billy’s Bistro
14 Centennial Square 250-384-2459
or Whitebird
768 Yates Street 250-380-7040

To shop:
Johnson St. boutiques

For a date:
Il Terazzo
555 Johnson Street 250-361-0028

Best spot…if you’re broke:

For a meal:
Hernandez on Yates (5 amazing tacos for 5 bucks=win!!)
734 Yates St. 250-382-5145

To Shop:
Decade
1407 Government Street 250-380-0774
or Value Village

For a date:
Lotus Pond (Vegan/Vegetarian take on many favorite
Asian dishes, menu based on Buddhist principles)
617 Johnson Street 250- 380-9293

Others…

Best spot for a hangover breakfast:
Floyd’s
866 Yates Street 250- 381-5114
or The Blue Fox
101-919 Fort Street 250-380-1683

Best live venue:
Lucky Bar
517 Yates Street 250-382-5825

Best late night joint:
Hmmm…clubs here close at 2am, so I
guess The Joint (an amazing pizza place) would be the best late
night….joint.
1219 Wharf Street (250) 389-2226

Best kept secret:
There are some private chefs in the
Chinatown area of Victoria that open up the lower half of their
homes and serve amazing gourmet meals to you…you bring your own
wine or bevvies and plan to spend quite a while socializing and
enjoying the freshest in local produce and game.

Best spot to dance your ass off?
Lucky Bar for some
dance/indie/live bands,
517 Yates Street 250-382-5825
or Hush for huge international talent
1325 Government Street 250-385-0566

Tourist Trap to avoid?
Wax Museum….ugh….
You’d have to live here to know? How to deal with incessant
panhandling and how to delicately shoo a crack head out of your
garden.

What NOT to miss?
Summer patio styles (an art-form passed on from generation to generation), and Soundwave, a local retreat for young and old…complete with private wilderness campground, 5 stages of local and international dj’s and live musicians, and a perfect view of a west coast sunset that you can witness with 2000 of your closest friends.