Guidebook for Vancouver

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Guidebook for Vancouver

Food Scene

Very hip! White, and wood. Many laptops and good looking people chatting away. Lovely wooden benches outside where People like to mingle in the sun.
168 locals recommend
Prado Cafe
1938 Commercial Dr
168 locals recommend
Very hip! White, and wood. Many laptops and good looking people chatting away. Lovely wooden benches outside where People like to mingle in the sun.
This is arguably the busiest coffee shop on the Drive… what with the gorgeous hipster baristas, steamy windows, and packed tables, you're sure to find something interesting to engage in!
490 locals recommend
JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
3010 Main St
490 locals recommend
This is arguably the busiest coffee shop on the Drive… what with the gorgeous hipster baristas, steamy windows, and packed tables, you're sure to find something interesting to engage in!
Vegetarian Mexican fare, all locally sourced ingredients. Funky atmosphere, huge servings!
136 locals recommend
Bandidas Taqueria
2781 Commercial Dr
136 locals recommend
Vegetarian Mexican fare, all locally sourced ingredients. Funky atmosphere, huge servings!
The finest Ethiopain curries that you get to eat with your hands, on wooden seats close to the floor, in a beautiful setting.
20 locals recommend
Harambe Ethiopian Restaurant
2149 Commercial Dr
20 locals recommend
The finest Ethiopain curries that you get to eat with your hands, on wooden seats close to the floor, in a beautiful setting.
Locally sourced meat in these burgers. Pair it with a boozy milkshake and enjoy the locals banter!
18 locals recommend
The Cannibal Cafe
1818 Commercial Dr
18 locals recommend
Locally sourced meat in these burgers. Pair it with a boozy milkshake and enjoy the locals banter!
Live Jazz, great Malaysian fusion food, and a popular after-work drink hangout. We are good friends with the owners, so very fun to be around! This is the place where 'everybody knows your name."
45 locals recommend
Tangent Café
2095 Commercial Dr
45 locals recommend
Live Jazz, great Malaysian fusion food, and a popular after-work drink hangout. We are good friends with the owners, so very fun to be around! This is the place where 'everybody knows your name."
Delicious food and hip decor - the best hummus and moroccan mint tea you'll ave anywhere!
57 locals recommend
Jamjar Canteen
2290 Commercial Dr
57 locals recommend
Delicious food and hip decor - the best hummus and moroccan mint tea you'll ave anywhere!
A self proclaimed geek-bar. Servers are characters, lord of the rings is lord, and you can play boardgames. If you're brave, roll the dice for a mystery shot!
59 locals recommend
Storm Crow Tavern
1305 Commercial Dr
59 locals recommend
A self proclaimed geek-bar. Servers are characters, lord of the rings is lord, and you can play boardgames. If you're brave, roll the dice for a mystery shot!
Delicious Italian food - authentic, and a little fancier. A night for dress-up!
10 locals recommend
Federico's Supper Club
1728 Commercial Dr
10 locals recommend
Delicious Italian food - authentic, and a little fancier. A night for dress-up!
Located in the Italian mini-mall, this place has amazing food. It's crazy busy...for being in a mini-mall! hey also have a take-out window!
17 locals recommend
Lombardo's Pizzeria & Ristorante
1641 Commercial Dr
17 locals recommend
Located in the Italian mini-mall, this place has amazing food. It's crazy busy...for being in a mini-mall! hey also have a take-out window!
Loud and proud. Excellent patio with view upstairs, sometimes with DJ. Often with live music, a fun place to party and eat delicious home-made sausage dishes and bar fare.
36 locals recommend
Falconetti's East Side Grill
1812 Commercial Drive
36 locals recommend
Loud and proud. Excellent patio with view upstairs, sometimes with DJ. Often with live music, a fun place to party and eat delicious home-made sausage dishes and bar fare.
SO very Italian. Cash only, but great coffee and sandwiches/gelato. Large statues, painted ceiling, marble tables, its like being in Italy, on a movie set! 2 brothers own it, and they are a blast!
25 locals recommend
Cafè Calabria
1745 Commercial Dr
25 locals recommend
SO very Italian. Cash only, but great coffee and sandwiches/gelato. Large statues, painted ceiling, marble tables, its like being in Italy, on a movie set! 2 brothers own it, and they are a blast!
The best sushi I've ever eaten, ever. Closed for the afternoons & a lineup every night, but well worth the wait. Awesome atmosphere too. Please try the asparagus oshi-sushi!
95 locals recommend
Kishimoto Japanese Restaurant
2054 Commercial Dr
95 locals recommend
The best sushi I've ever eaten, ever. Closed for the afternoons & a lineup every night, but well worth the wait. Awesome atmosphere too. Please try the asparagus oshi-sushi!
Delicious Indian food, a block away. Atmosphere could be busier, but great for a quiet night in:)
12 locals recommend
Siddhartha's Indian Kitchen
11111 Commercial Dr
12 locals recommend
Delicious Indian food, a block away. Atmosphere could be busier, but great for a quiet night in:)
French fare, quaint little place, dark enough to make sexy eyes at your lover without getting caught;)
16 locals recommend
Carthage Cafe
1851 Commercial Dr
16 locals recommend
French fare, quaint little place, dark enough to make sexy eyes at your lover without getting caught;)
Fantastic patio, great Latino eats and Cuban cocktails. Always busy, and a cool place to hang. They also have a gallery in the back and mini theatre:)
153 locals recommend
Havana Vancouver
1212 Commercial Dr
153 locals recommend
Fantastic patio, great Latino eats and Cuban cocktails. Always busy, and a cool place to hang. They also have a gallery in the back and mini theatre:)
I hope you like handmade Papusa's, and a family atmosphere where the food tastes like it was made with love <3
Rinconcito Salvadoreno
2062 Commercial Dr
I hope you like handmade Papusa's, and a family atmosphere where the food tastes like it was made with love <3
Fire oven pizza, cozy as ever place, nice and casual, but the food is great quality. Imported right from the hills of Italy!
30 locals recommend
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria - Commercial Drive
1380 Commercial Dr
30 locals recommend
Fire oven pizza, cozy as ever place, nice and casual, but the food is great quality. Imported right from the hills of Italy!
best BBQ house in the city! Great Bourbon selection, long wooden tables for dining and bonding, you can (and will) get ypour paws dirty here!
26 locals recommend
Memphis Blues Barbeque House
1342 Commercial Dr
26 locals recommend
best BBQ house in the city! Great Bourbon selection, long wooden tables for dining and bonding, you can (and will) get ypour paws dirty here!
Jamaican food and cocktails, very casual type atmosphere, the music puts you in such a tropical type mood, not unlike Bob Marley!
23 locals recommend
The Reef
1018 Commercial Drive
23 locals recommend
Jamaican food and cocktails, very casual type atmosphere, the music puts you in such a tropical type mood, not unlike Bob Marley!
You came for poutine, right? And beer, I assume? Find a plethora of both right here. And the burgers are fatastic.
26 locals recommend
Belgian Fries
1885 Commercial Dr
26 locals recommend
You came for poutine, right? And beer, I assume? Find a plethora of both right here. And the burgers are fatastic.
Oyster bar, the only one in the hood. get your fix here. Love this patio tons:)
29 locals recommend
Merchants Workshop
1590 Commercial Drive
29 locals recommend
Oyster bar, the only one in the hood. get your fix here. Love this patio tons:)
If youre looking for a buzzing atmosphere and good looking people, you've found it:) I love the wrap-around bar!
50 locals recommend
The Charlatan
1447 Commercial Dr
50 locals recommend
If youre looking for a buzzing atmosphere and good looking people, you've found it:) I love the wrap-around bar!

Drinks & Nightlife

Cozy, Irish type atmosphere with live music at times, pool tables, tv's, etc. A local hang-out.
29 locals recommend
Toby's Liquor Store- Commercial Drive
2733 Commercial Dr
29 locals recommend
Cozy, Irish type atmosphere with live music at times, pool tables, tv's, etc. A local hang-out.
The hippest mexican fusion joint around. If you want to oggle good-looking hob-nobbing, this is it! Ps - The cocktails are to die for;)
155 locals recommend
La Mezcaleria
1622 Commercial Dr
155 locals recommend
The hippest mexican fusion joint around. If you want to oggle good-looking hob-nobbing, this is it! Ps - The cocktails are to die for;)
65 Taps of rotating craft-beer, amazing food, and a live beer menu app that lets you see whats on tap, & how much is left. Genius. Busy every night!
77 locals recommend
St. Augustine's
2360 Commercial Dr
77 locals recommend
65 Taps of rotating craft-beer, amazing food, and a live beer menu app that lets you see whats on tap, & how much is left. Genius. Busy every night!
The place with the most obscure beer selection, great patio, cool patrons.
76 locals recommend
BierCraft Tap and Tapas
1191 Commercial Dr
76 locals recommend
The place with the most obscure beer selection, great patio, cool patrons.
Great whickey selection, great patio, right across from the big park where everyone mills about:)
33 locals recommend
Fets Whisky Kitchen
1230 Commercial Dr
33 locals recommend
Great whickey selection, great patio, right across from the big park where everyone mills about:)

Shopping

If you need your Starbucks fix, its close! In fact, there is one close by in each direction!
344 locals recommend
Starbucks
99 Keefer Pl
344 locals recommend
If you need your Starbucks fix, its close! In fact, there is one close by in each direction!

Everything Else

Rare Italian fare, you name it. Cheeses, meats, oils, salts, fresh sandwiches, even ice cream inside a frozen orange. An Italian treat.
52 locals recommend
La Grotta Del Formaggio
1791 Commercial Dr
52 locals recommend
Rare Italian fare, you name it. Cheeses, meats, oils, salts, fresh sandwiches, even ice cream inside a frozen orange. An Italian treat.
Italian pastries at their finest. Here you will find many outdoor seats where Vintage Italians enjoy their coffee/pastry in style, the Italian way. Do not be surprised if they comment on your beauty!
33 locals recommend
Fratelli Authentic Italian Baking
1795 Commercial Dr
33 locals recommend
Italian pastries at their finest. Here you will find many outdoor seats where Vintage Italians enjoy their coffee/pastry in style, the Italian way. Do not be surprised if they comment on your beauty!