Guidebook for Vancouver

Katie
Guidebook for Vancouver

Food Scene

This grocery/coffee shop is literally around the corner from our home. Delicious lattes, lovely croissants, outside seating in a beautiful neighbourhood
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The Mighty Oak
198 W 18th Ave
35 (рекомендации местных жителей)
This grocery/coffee shop is literally around the corner from our home. Delicious lattes, lovely croissants, outside seating in a beautiful neighbourhood
Popular Vancouver coffee shop with excellent doughnuts
122 (рекомендации местных жителей)
49th Parallel Café & Lucky's Doughnuts - MAIN
2902 Main St
122 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Popular Vancouver coffee shop with excellent doughnuts
Tasty comfort food
113 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Burgoo
3096 Main St
113 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Tasty comfort food
Yummy ice cream! Take your ice cream for a stroll around false creek
34 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Mario's Gelati Ltd.
88 E 1st Ave
34 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Yummy ice cream! Take your ice cream for a stroll around false creek
Excellent vegetarian meals, huge nachos
86 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Foundation
2301 Main Street
86 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Excellent vegetarian meals, huge nachos
Good food, nice space
Heartwood Community Cafe
317 E Broadway
Good food, nice space
Some of the best coffee in Vancouver
165 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Matchstick Fraser St.
639 E 15th Ave
165 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Some of the best coffee in Vancouver
Delicious chocolates! In the evenings you can order drinks from the take out window and sit in the little "parklet"
Chocolaterie de la Nouvelle France
198 East 21st Avenue
Delicious chocolates! In the evenings you can order drinks from the take out window and sit in the little "parklet"
Great fish for cooking, or you can buy ready made salads/candied salmon/actual fish related meals
84 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Fish Counter
3825 Main St
84 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Great fish for cooking, or you can buy ready made salads/candied salmon/actual fish related meals
Good coffee, semi-snobby
65 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Gene Coffee Bar
2404 Main St
65 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Good coffee, semi-snobby
Local pizzeria, high ethical standards, great community involvement programs
45 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Rocky Mountain Flatbread, Main Street
4186 Main St
45 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Local pizzeria, high ethical standards, great community involvement programs
Extensive Belgian beer selection! Tasty tapas style foods
91 (рекомендации местных жителей)
BierCraft Bistro
3305 Cambie St
91 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Extensive Belgian beer selection! Tasty tapas style foods
Pretty good sushi!
61 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Shiro Japanese
3096 Cambie St
61 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Pretty good sushi!
Classic Vancouver coffee shop
490 (рекомендации местных жителей)
JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
3010 Main St
490 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Classic Vancouver coffee shop
Decently priced Italian, nice staff
43 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Pronto
3473 Cambie Street
43 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Decently priced Italian, nice staff
Fancy French food, yum
21 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Pied a Terre
3369 Cambie Street
21 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Fancy French food, yum
More fancy french food!
203 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Les Faux Bourgeois
663 E 15th Ave
203 (рекомендации местных жителей)
More fancy french food!
cheap late night sushi! they have local shows sometimes
Simply Delicious Restaurant & Bar
4316 Main St
cheap late night sushi! they have local shows sometimes
hip restaurant (sister to Cascade Lounge, Charlies Italian, and El Camino) - good weekday specials
101 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Union
219 Union St
101 (рекомендации местных жителей)
hip restaurant (sister to Cascade Lounge, Charlies Italian, and El Camino) - good weekday specials
pretty good sushi
27 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Hime Sushi
4490 W 10th Ave
27 (рекомендации местных жителей)
pretty good sushi
popular sushi place, cost effective
131 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Toshi Sushi
181 E 16th Ave
131 (рекомендации местных жителей)
popular sushi place, cost effective
weird, kitschy sushi place. sister restaurant to the famed Eatery
53 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The General Public Sushi Lodge
3289 Main St
53 (рекомендации местных жителей)
weird, kitschy sushi place. sister restaurant to the famed Eatery
The sushi isn't great but they have 9 dollar pitchers, outdoor seating, and a speaker system that lets you plug in your own music
6 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Nikkyu Japanese Restaurant
3302 Main St
6 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The sushi isn't great but they have 9 dollar pitchers, outdoor seating, and a speaker system that lets you plug in your own music
Good thai food
56 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Bob Likes Thai Food
3755 Main St
56 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Good thai food
Yummy Malaysian? food. Can be pretty spicy, be warned!
15 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Tropika
2975 Cambie St
15 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Yummy Malaysian? food. Can be pretty spicy, be warned!
Great breakfasts! They have a back alley bar in the summer
57 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Slickity Jim's Chat 'n' Chew
3475 Main St
57 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Great breakfasts! They have a back alley bar in the summer
Golden Harvest Seafood Restaurant
4818 Main St
Good dimsum
Pretty good Vietnamese food
Pho Hoang Vietnamese Restaurant
3388 Main Street
Pretty good Vietnamese food
Good Tacos
62 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Los Cuervos Taqueria & Cantina
603 Kingsway
62 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Good Tacos
Nummy tacos
96 (рекомендации местных жителей)
La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop
2450 Yukon St
96 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Nummy tacos
Notoriously good Chinese restaurant with handmade noodles
120 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
1690 Robson St
120 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Notoriously good Chinese restaurant with handmade noodles
Excellent specialty coffee
45 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Elysian Coffee - Broadway
590 W Broadway
45 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Excellent specialty coffee
Cute cafe with bike services
10 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Tandem Bike Cafe (Closed) Bike Shop Open Until Dec 21st
10 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Cute cafe with bike services
Fancy vegetarian food
184 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Acorn Restaurant
3995 Main St
184 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Fancy vegetarian food
Yummy baked goods. Delicious though simple brunch on weekends
8 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Last Crumb Cafe
3080 Main Street
8 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Yummy baked goods. Delicious though simple brunch on weekends
Simple breakfast foods
42 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Jethro's Fine Grub
42 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Simple breakfast foods
Local ice creamery, extremely busy in the summer (be prepared for lines)
353 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Earnest Ice Cream
3992 Fraser St
353 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Local ice creamery, extremely busy in the summer (be prepared for lines)

Essentials

Excellent selection of organic and specialty groceries
398 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Choices Markets
1202 Richards St
398 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Excellent selection of organic and specialty groceries
Organic grocery store
28 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Organic Acres Market
3603 Main St
28 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Organic grocery store

Shopping

Record store with excellent selection of used vinyl. Sells some concert tickets
7 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Neptoon Records
3561 Main St
7 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Record store with excellent selection of used vinyl. Sells some concert tickets
Great record store, sells tickets to many events in Vancouver
16 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Red Cat Records
4386 Main St
16 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Great record store, sells tickets to many events in Vancouver
Nifty local clothing/lifestyle brand.
Lifetime Collective Little Mountain Workshop
4386 Main St
Nifty local clothing/lifestyle brand.
Three Bags Full Knit Shop
153 Main St
Yarn emporium!
Specialty bookstore, great selection of books & comics
Lucky's Books & Comics
3128 Main St
Specialty bookstore, great selection of books & comics
BOOKS! Mostly used, some new. Great prices!
24 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Pulp Fiction Books
2422 Main St
24 (рекомендации местных жителей)
BOOKS! Mostly used, some new. Great prices!
Popular consignment store, excellent selection of new & used clothing and homewares
88 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Front & Company
3772 Main St
88 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Popular consignment store, excellent selection of new & used clothing and homewares
Cute specialty stationery store. Button making, letter writing, card making stations. Create your own t-shirts. Great postcards! They have a letter writing club every first Thursday of the month!
12 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Regional Assembly of Text
3934 Main St
12 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Cute specialty stationery store. Button making, letter writing, card making stations. Create your own t-shirts. Great postcards! They have a letter writing club every first Thursday of the month!
Hip young clothes
The Archetype
2549 Main Street
Hip young clothes
cool skate shop. dudes like it
Antisocial Skateboard Shop
2337 Main St
cool skate shop. dudes like it
video store?? sometimes they have local shows
They Live Video
4340 Main St
video store?? sometimes they have local shows
the original Mountain Equipment Co-op location! Great outdoors gear, cheap
51 (рекомендации местных жителей)
MEC Vancouver
111 E 2nd Ave
51 (рекомендации местных жителей)
the original Mountain Equipment Co-op location! Great outdoors gear, cheap
Sells bulk eco cleaning products, oils, containers
22 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Soap Dispensary and Kitchen Staples
3718 Main St
22 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Sells bulk eco cleaning products, oils, containers
Modern homewares store
25 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Vancouver Special
3612 Main St
25 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Modern homewares store

Drinks & Nightlife

Decent beer selection, nice space
102 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Cascade Room
2616 Main St
102 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Decent beer selection, nice space
Local Vancouver brewery with a good selection of snacks
307 (рекомендации местных жителей)
33 Acres Brewing Company
15 W 8th Ave
307 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Local Vancouver brewery with a good selection of snacks
Local Vancouver brewery tasting room with excellent beers, growler fills. Usually has a food truck parked outside from which food can be purchased and brought inside.
289 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Brassneck Brewery
2148 Main St
289 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Local Vancouver brewery tasting room with excellent beers, growler fills. Usually has a food truck parked outside from which food can be purchased and brought inside.
Great beers, along the bike route
83 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Bomber Brewing
1488 Adanac St
83 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Great beers, along the bike route
"Dive" bar with nice outdoor patio in the summer
94 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Narrow Lounge
1898 Main St
94 (рекомендации местных жителей)
"Dive" bar with nice outdoor patio in the summer
Another "dive" bar, decent beer selection, lots of events, pinball. Well known for queer/LGBT events
8 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Cobalt Hotel
917 Main St
8 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Another "dive" bar, decent beer selection, lots of events, pinball. Well known for queer/LGBT events
Fun bar with a lot of shows and events. Sunday burlesque, some fridays they have soul music or Vancouver's favorite "Ice Cream Social"
67 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Biltmore Cabaret
2755 Prince Edward St
67 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Fun bar with a lot of shows and events. Sunday burlesque, some fridays they have soul music or Vancouver's favorite "Ice Cream Social"
Excellent drinks! Fun tiki atmosphere. Food's pretty good too
98 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Shameful Tiki Room
4362 Main St
98 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Excellent drinks! Fun tiki atmosphere. Food's pretty good too
billiards! they have local shows sometimes too
Guys & Dolls Billiards
2434 Main St
billiards! they have local shows sometimes too
cheap bar, easy hangout spot. free pool & darts
19 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Brickhouse Late Nite Bistro & Bar
730 Main St
19 (рекомендации местных жителей)
cheap bar, easy hangout spot. free pool & darts
Decent food, good selection of import beers
94 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Portland Craft
3835 Main St
94 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Decent food, good selection of import beers
Vancouver's newest hip night spot
66 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Fox Cabaret
2321 Main St
66 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Vancouver's newest hip night spot
casual, relaxed, supposedly aussie bar (pool, darts, etc)
9 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Anza Club
3 W 8th Ave
9 (рекомендации местных жителей)
casual, relaxed, supposedly aussie bar (pool, darts, etc)

Everything Else

Popular hang out spot, more often called "Dude Chilling Park". http://vancouverisawesome.com/2013/01/10/google-makes-dude-chilling-park-official/
43 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Guelph Park
2390 Brunswick St
43 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Popular hang out spot, more often called "Dude Chilling Park". http://vancouverisawesome.com/2013/01/10/google-makes-dude-chilling-park-official/
"Vancouver's last true comic book store" - my uncle
Rx Comics
2418 Main St
"Vancouver's last true comic book store" - my uncle
Drop medical clinic, usually short wait times
215 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Vancouver
215 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Drop medical clinic, usually short wait times
the best beer store in Vancouver??!
51 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Brewery Creek Cold Beer & Wine
3045 Main St
51 (рекомендации местных жителей)
the best beer store in Vancouver??!
Awesome liquor store with walk in beer fridge
16 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Firefly Fine Wines & Ales
2809 Cambie St
16 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Awesome liquor store with walk in beer fridge
Great park, tons of green space. Visit the Bloedel Conservatory if you're into birds/tropical plants
830 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Парк королевы Елизаветы
4600 Cambie St
830 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Great park, tons of green space. Visit the Bloedel Conservatory if you're into birds/tropical plants
Closest skytrain station to our house (15 minute walk)
88 (рекомендации местных жителей)
King Edward Station
88 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Closest skytrain station to our house (15 minute walk)
bouldering only!
20 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Hive Bouldering Gym
520 Industrial Ave
20 (рекомендации местных жителей)
bouldering only!
Great place to get photos printed/developed
The Lab Vancouver
295 E 2nd Ave
Great place to get photos printed/developed
Neighbourhood friendly bike store
Ride On It Bike Shop
8722 Granville St
Neighbourhood friendly bike store
another good bike store
The Bike Doctor
137 W Broadway
another good bike store
Community minded bike shop with a teaching philosophy. Often quite busy
7 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Our Community Bikes
2429 Main St
7 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Community minded bike shop with a teaching philosophy. Often quite busy
Excellent selection of cheese & charcuterie
Benton Brothers Fine Cheese
1689 Johnston St
Excellent selection of cheese & charcuterie

Entertainment & Activities

Fun interactive family experience
837 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Музей науки Science World в TELUS World of Science
1455 Quebec St
837 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Fun interactive family experience
Rock climbing gym - top rope and some bouldering/leading.
16 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Cliffhanger Climbing Gym
670 Industrial Ave
16 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Rock climbing gym - top rope and some bouldering/leading.
Nice park to hang out in - community garden, kids areas, skate ramps
21 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Mount Pleasant Park
3161 Ontario St
21 (рекомендации местных жителей)
Nice park to hang out in - community garden, kids areas, skate ramps

Arts & Culture

small movie theatre
67 (рекомендации местных жителей)
The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie St
67 (рекомендации местных жителей)
small movie theatre