ROUND UP CAFE
10449 King George Hwy., Surrey
Established 1949

David Spencer, Vancouver Province, Nov 5 2006

This Surrey fixture boasts one of the area's great old neon signs -- a loco rodeo cowboy on a buckin' bronco in bright pink and green. The interior is out of the '40s, too, although the stools and booths have been refurbished.

The menu offers such diner standards as the patty melt (hamburger, fried onions, cheddar cheese, grilled rye bread), along with pyrogies and other surprises. "My dad was Ukrainian," Collette Roy says. Orest and Goldie Springenatic bought the Round Up in 1959. Orest, Roy's dad, was Mr. Baseball in Surrey and the walls, with their Whalley team photos, might have you believe you're in Cooperstown. Says waitress Tanya Abendroth: "There's lots of comments that there aren't any other old-fashioned, cozy restaurants where you can talk to your neighbour."