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This is where you want to go to eat and drink in the town of gas.

 1. Salt Tasting Room

45 Blood Alley
Vancouver, BC V6B 1A4
(604) 633-1912

Categories: Wine Bars, Tapas/Small Plates

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown

4.0 star rating
  3/17/2011

OK, i kinda hate to say it but I really like this place. What I mean is mostly I'm mad I didn't come up with the concept before they did. Focus on booze, no full kitchen with high overhead required, Blood Alley location before it became trendy...So…More »

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 2. Six Acres

203 Carrall St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2J2
(604) 488-0110

Category: Pubs

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown

5.0 star rating
  3/17/2011

OK i love this place. Love it in the summer when you get a seat outside, sip some whiskey or beer, eat some yum food and wave at the chumps paying $9 for popcorn across the street at Chill Winston! HA!!! Suckahs!!
OK fine I used to be that chump but I…More »

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 3. The Diamond

6 Powell St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1E7

Categories: Canadian (New), Lounges

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown

4.0 star rating
  Update - 12/22/2011

I stick by my 4 stars!

I just had to add that i always tend to get bizarrely drunk here. I had 2 drinks last night (and i am not a lightweight) and i was seriously off my tree. Weird thing is I could tell i was drunk...it was like an out of body…More »

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  • 4.0 star rating
    7/6/2011

    For the love of everything good in the world i love this place. I am refraining from the elusive 5… Read more »

 4. Alibi Room

157 Alexander St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1B8
(604) 623-3383

Categories: Pubs, Canadian (New)

5.0 star rating
  Update - 5/15/2012

OK i'm up-ing this review because the Alibi Room is consistently one of my happy places.

Relaxed and loose it is one of the few places in Vancouver that feels "lived in" as a bar/resto. It has an ease and a comfort that I really dig, the burgers are…More »

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  • 4.0 star rating
    3/30/2011

    I'm a little ashamed to say it took me, uh, almost 10 years to get here. Yes, it's true. I've always… Read more »

 5. The Irish Heather

210 Carrall St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2J2
(604) 688-9779

Categories: Irish, Gastropubs

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown

4.0 star rating
  Update - 1/17/2012

I am normally really NOT a fan of bitter  but oh man, the Blood Alley Bitter is to die for. Just thinking about it is making me salivate and yearn for it's perfect blend of tart and malty sweetness...

Please just tell me you'll try it next time you…More »

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  • 4.0 star rating
    3/30/2011

    Well this is a combined review for Shebeen and Irish Heather...let's start with the former... I… Read more »

 6. Acme Café

51 W Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6B 1G4
(604) 569-1022

Category: Canadian (Traditional)

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  2/1/2012

I didn't want to like this place. I really didn't. Mainly because I am starting to take issue with the whole gentrification of the downtown eastside, not because i don't like some of the spots (i do) but for the obvious displacement issues not to…More »

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 7. Two Chefs and a Table

305 Alexander St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1C4
(778) 233-1303

Categories: Canadian (New), Cafes

Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  1/23/2012

Yes please!

I was a wuss and didn't order the chicken and waffle. I know I know. Chicken and waffles! I so wanted to but that is a seriously huge plate of food and i wasn't that hungry. So i got the pancakes and a side of bacon....pancakes were fluffy…More »

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 8. Guilt & Co

1 Alexander St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1B2
(604) 288-1704

Categories: Music Venues, Lounges

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown

4.0 star rating
  2/28/2012

ME LIKEY!!!

First of all, let me just say Vancouver is lame-balls when it comes to trying to plan a medium sized group events. Alibi room won't accept groups of more than 10 and Salt/Irish Heather group can't take resos over 20. Seriously lame. So i…More »

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