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
35 locals recommend
The Mighty Oak
198 W 18th Ave
35 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
49th Parallel Café & Lucky's Doughnuts - MAIN
2902 Main St
122 locals recommend
Popular Vancouver coffee shop with excellent doughnuts
Tasty comfort food
113 locals recommend
Burgoo
3096 Main St
113 locals recommend
Tasty comfort food
Yummy ice cream! Take your ice cream for a stroll around false creek
34 locals recommend
Mario's Gelati Ltd.
88 E 1st Ave
34 locals recommend
Yummy ice cream! Take your ice cream for a stroll around false creek
Excellent vegetarian meals, huge nachos
86 locals recommend
The Foundation
2301 Main Street
86 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Matchstick Fraser St.
639 E 15th Ave
165 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
The Fish Counter
3825 Main St
84 locals recommend
Great fish for cooking, or you can buy ready made salads/candied salmon/actual fish related meals
Good coffee, semi-snobby
65 locals recommend
Gene Coffee Bar
2404 Main St
65 locals recommend
Good coffee, semi-snobby
Local pizzeria, high ethical standards, great community involvement programs
45 locals recommend
Rocky Mountain Flatbread, Main Street
4186 Main St
45 locals recommend
Local pizzeria, high ethical standards, great community involvement programs
Extensive Belgian beer selection! Tasty tapas style foods
91 locals recommend
BierCraft Bistro
3305 Cambie St
91 locals recommend
Extensive Belgian beer selection! Tasty tapas style foods
Pretty good sushi!
61 locals recommend
Shiro Japanese
3096 Cambie St
61 locals recommend
Pretty good sushi!
Classic Vancouver coffee shop
490 locals recommend
JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
3010 Main St
490 locals recommend
Classic Vancouver coffee shop
Decently priced Italian, nice staff
43 locals recommend
Pronto
3473 Cambie Street
43 locals recommend
Decently priced Italian, nice staff
Fancy French food, yum
21 locals recommend
Pied a Terre
3369 Cambie Street
21 locals recommend
Fancy French food, yum
More fancy french food!
203 locals recommend
Les Faux Bourgeois
663 E 15th Ave
203 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
The Union
219 Union St
101 locals recommend
hip restaurant (sister to Cascade Lounge, Charlies Italian, and El Camino) - good weekday specials
pretty good sushi
27 locals recommend
Hime Sushi
4490 W 10th Ave
27 locals recommend
pretty good sushi
popular sushi place, cost effective
131 locals recommend
Toshi Sushi
181 E 16th Ave
131 locals recommend
popular sushi place, cost effective
weird, kitschy sushi place. sister restaurant to the famed Eatery
53 locals recommend
The General Public Sushi Lodge
3289 Main St
53 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Nikkyu Japanese Restaurant
3302 Main St
6 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Bob Likes Thai Food
3755 Main St
56 locals recommend
Good thai food
Yummy Malaysian? food. Can be pretty spicy, be warned!
15 locals recommend
Tropika
2975 Cambie St
15 locals recommend
Yummy Malaysian? food. Can be pretty spicy, be warned!
Great breakfasts! They have a back alley bar in the summer
57 locals recommend
Slickity Jim's Chat 'n' Chew
3475 Main St
57 locals recommend
Great breakfasts! They have a back alley bar in the summer
Good dimsum
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 locals recommend
Los Cuervos Taqueria & Cantina
603 Kingsway
62 locals recommend
Good Tacos
Nummy tacos
96 locals recommend
La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop
2450 Yukon St
96 locals recommend
Nummy tacos
Notoriously good Chinese restaurant with handmade noodles
120 locals recommend
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
1690 Robson St
120 locals recommend
Notoriously good Chinese restaurant with handmade noodles
Excellent specialty coffee
45 locals recommend
Elysian Coffee - Broadway
590 W Broadway
45 locals recommend
Excellent specialty coffee
Cute cafe with bike services
10 locals recommend
Tandem Bike Cafe (Closed) Bike Shop Open Until Dec 21st
10 locals recommend
Cute cafe with bike services
Fancy vegetarian food
184 locals recommend
The Acorn Restaurant
3995 Main St
184 locals recommend
Fancy vegetarian food
Yummy baked goods. Delicious though simple brunch on weekends
8 locals recommend
The Last Crumb Cafe
3080 Main Street
8 locals recommend
Yummy baked goods. Delicious though simple brunch on weekends
Simple breakfast foods
42 locals recommend
Jethro's Fine Grub
42 locals recommend
Simple breakfast foods
Local ice creamery, extremely busy in the summer (be prepared for lines)
353 locals recommend
Earnest Ice Cream
3992 Fraser St
353 locals recommend
Local ice creamery, extremely busy in the summer (be prepared for lines)

Essentials

Excellent selection of organic and specialty groceries
398 locals recommend
Choices Markets
1202 Richards St
398 locals recommend
Excellent selection of organic and specialty groceries
Organic grocery store
28 locals recommend
Organic Acres Market
3603 Main St
28 locals recommend
Organic grocery store

Shopping

Record store with excellent selection of used vinyl. Sells some concert tickets
7 locals recommend
Neptoon Records
3561 Main St
7 locals recommend
Record store with excellent selection of used vinyl. Sells some concert tickets
Great record store, sells tickets to many events in Vancouver
16 locals recommend
Red Cat Records
4386 Main St
16 locals recommend
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.
Yarn emporium!
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 locals recommend
Pulp Fiction Books
2422 Main St
24 locals recommend
BOOKS! Mostly used, some new. Great prices!
Popular consignment store, excellent selection of new & used clothing and homewares
88 locals recommend
Front & Company
3772 Main St
88 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
The Regional Assembly of Text
3934 Main St
12 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
MEC Vancouver
111 E 2nd Ave
51 locals recommend
the original Mountain Equipment Co-op location! Great outdoors gear, cheap
Sells bulk eco cleaning products, oils, containers
22 locals recommend
The Soap Dispensary and Kitchen Staples
3718 Main St
22 locals recommend
Sells bulk eco cleaning products, oils, containers
Modern homewares store
25 locals recommend
Vancouver Special
3612 Main St
25 locals recommend
Modern homewares store

Drinks & Nightlife

Decent beer selection, nice space
102 locals recommend
The Cascade Room
2616 Main St
102 locals recommend
Decent beer selection, nice space
Local Vancouver brewery with a good selection of snacks
307 locals recommend
33 Acres Brewing Company
15 W 8th Ave
307 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Brassneck Brewery
2148 Main St
289 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Bomber Brewing
1488 Adanac St
83 locals recommend
Great beers, along the bike route
"Dive" bar with nice outdoor patio in the summer
94 locals recommend
The Narrow Lounge
1898 Main St
94 locals recommend
"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 locals recommend
Cobalt Hotel
917 Main St
8 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Biltmore Cabaret
2755 Prince Edward St
67 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
The Shameful Tiki Room
4362 Main St
98 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Brickhouse Late Nite Bistro & Bar
730 Main St
19 locals recommend
cheap bar, easy hangout spot. free pool & darts
Decent food, good selection of import beers
94 locals recommend
Portland Craft
3835 Main St
94 locals recommend
Decent food, good selection of import beers
Vancouver's newest hip night spot
66 locals recommend
Fox Cabaret
2321 Main St
66 locals recommend
Vancouver's newest hip night spot
casual, relaxed, supposedly aussie bar (pool, darts, etc)
9 locals recommend
The Anza Club
3 W 8th Ave
9 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Guelph Park
2390 Brunswick St
43 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Vancouver
215 locals recommend
Drop medical clinic, usually short wait times
the best beer store in Vancouver??!
51 locals recommend
Brewery Creek Cold Beer & Wine
3045 Main St
51 locals recommend
the best beer store in Vancouver??!
Awesome liquor store with walk in beer fridge
16 locals recommend
Firefly Fine Wines & Ales
2809 Cambie St
16 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Queen Elizabeth Park
4600 Cambie St
830 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
King Edward Station
88 locals recommend
Closest skytrain station to our house (15 minute walk)
bouldering only!
20 locals recommend
The Hive Bouldering Gym
520 Industrial Ave
20 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Our Community Bikes
2429 Main St
7 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Science World at TELUS World of Science
1455 Quebec St
837 locals recommend
Fun interactive family experience
Rock climbing gym - top rope and some bouldering/leading.
16 locals recommend
Cliffhanger Climbing Gym
670 Industrial Ave
16 locals recommend
Rock climbing gym - top rope and some bouldering/leading.
Nice park to hang out in - community garden, kids areas, skate ramps
21 locals recommend
Mount Pleasant Park
3161 Ontario St
21 locals recommend
Nice park to hang out in - community garden, kids areas, skate ramps

Arts & Culture

small movie theatre
67 locals recommend
The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie St
67 locals recommend
small movie theatre