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1. Troll's
West Vancouver, BC V7W
(604) 921-7755
Category:
Fish & Chips
Neighbourhood: Horseshoe Bay
Even if you're not catching a ferry, fish and chips at Trolls is as good a reason as any to venture out to Horseshoe Bay. The restaurant has been owned by the Troll family for years and years, and the beer-battered cod and halibut and hand-cut fries…More »
2. Salmon House On the Hill
Yes, this is one of those view restaurants you take out-of-town visitors to - and it actually has good food, too. Actually, I grew up on North Shore, and I had never been here until recently. (For the fancy seafood experience we would just hop the…More »
3. Delany's Coffee House
West Vancouver, BC V7V 1L1
(604) 921-4466
Category:
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Dundarave
I think it says something about the Delany's in Dundarave when a Starbucks opens up right next door, and the customers just keep flocking to the indie guys. This Delany's serves great coffee, panini sandwiches, and fresh-baked muffins, and has lots…More »
4. Flour Bakeshop
This little bakery is so sweet. The owner bakes all these single-serving desserts like strawberry shortcakes and tarts, plus baguettes, every day, and they're displayed wonderfully in a big glass case. You can pick out some to take home, or sit right…More »
5. Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods may never be my everyday grocery store, but I can still browse, buy specialty items to play around with, and gorge on deli items. They make a great spicy tuna roll - it's really spicy - and pizza, and a fair cupcake, too. They keep all…More »
6. Tomahawk Barbeque
North Vancouver, BC V7P 2V8
(604) 988-2612
Categories:
Barbeque,
Diners,
Breakfast & Brunch,
Canadian (Traditional)
You haven't had a really big breakfast until you've experienced a Tomahawk breakfast. Bring an appetite. Bring two. Even if you don't get the Yukon Breakfast - with five (!) pieces of back bacon, eggs, hash browns, and toast - you're still going to…More »
7. Everything Wine
I've found my new go-to wine store. Open 7 days a week and packed with wine from every corner of the winemaking world and with bottles at every price point - I'm a huge fan. For example, I was amazed to see an entire section of New Zealand wines, not…More »
8. Harmony Donut Shop
This is a very small shop just north of the highway on Lonsdale, but they make some of best doughnuts around. Their style is more on the cake-y side, but the doughnuts are moist and the frosting is deelish. You even have a choice of sprinkles! These…More »
9. Memphis Blues Barbeque House - CLOSED
North Vancouver, BC V7M 2J5
(604) 929-3699
Category:
Barbeque
Neighbourhood: Central Lonsdale
Sometimes when a one-stand operation gets successful and starts opening multiple locations, quality take a nose dive (cough...Cupcakes...cough). Happily, this is not the case with Memphis Blues, whose barbecue platters are just as eat-with-your-hands…More »
10. Le Bistro
North Vancouver, BC V7M 3H8
(604) 924-4913
I have only been to this restaurant for parties and such, but it's one of those restaurants I keep meaning to get back to again to try the regular menu. The Bistro is long-established on the North Shore, and it has a beautiful view of Burrard Inlet,…More »
11. Screaming Mimi's
North Vancouver, BC V7M 3K7
(604) 987-3466
Categories:
Seafood,
Seafood Markets
Neighbourhood: Lower Lonsdale
I hate having to update my review negatively, but this place has seriously gone .... overboard? The cute, fishermen-like boys are gone. The new staff of old ladies clearly can't manage a lineup. When I tried to get a bowl of cioppino, they had no…More »
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9/25/2008 First to Review
You can buy fresh (as in live) lobsters, clams, mussels, and crab here, and either have it steamed… Read more »
12. Cilantro and Jalapeño Gourmet Mexican Foods
North Vancouver, BC V7M 1N5
(604) 986-6344
Category:
Mexican
Neighbourhood: Lower Lonsdale
I was so glad to see that one of the very few places to buy authentic Mexican foods and munch on plates of tostadas, taquiles, and quesadillas has moved out of a tiny stall and into prime corner real estate at Lonsdale Quay Market.
Although the…More »
13. Pepper Pot Food & Spice Company
North Vancouver, BC V7M 3K7
(604) 986-1877
Category:
Specialty Food
Neighbourhood: Lower Lonsdale
I miss you, friendly Pepper Pot lady. You used to sell me lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves for Thai curry, you taught me that all coconut milk is not created equal, and you stopped me from a potential disaster involving substituting Indian curry…More »
14. Burgoo Bistro
North Vancouver, BC V7M 2E4
(604) 904-0933
Category:
Canadian (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Lower Lonsdale
Burgoo seems pretty much incapable of serving a bad meal. I've now had the pleasure of sampling several items off their menu and it's all been delicious, filling and satisfying. Let me count the ways: butter chicken, tagine, Kentucky burgoo (which is…More »
15. Moodyville's Restaurant
North Vancouver, BC V7M 2E7
(604) 985-2182
Categories:
Diners,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhood: Lower Lonsdale
This is one of my favourite places for breakfast in Lower Lonsdale. They serve up eggs, bacon, hash browns, cheaply and simply, with a side of coffee, newspapers, and people watching. It has a nice old-fashioned vibe to it, from the sign to the…More »
16. Sweet Art Bakery
North Vancouver, BC V7M 2E7
(604) 988-1000
There are two really good little bakeries with a block of each other on Lower Lonsdale - but Sweet Art is my favourite. I love how when I try to walk past it, the smell of fresh pastry follows me, like the smoky fingers in an old cartoon, crooking…More »
17. West of Them Java Coffee House
North Vancouver, BC V7L 1B2
(604) 983-3467
Category:
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Lower Lonsdale
Quite possibly the cutest neighbourhood coffee shop ever. It's tiny - just a sliver of a space next door to a bike store, but they have the high ceilings and use those walls to maximum advantage to show paintings and drawings by local artists. There…More »
18. The Rusty Gull Neighbourhood Pub
This is a really friendly little neighbourhood pub with decent food, cheap drinks, and good servers. The Rusty Gull no longer has a nice view of the Burrard Inlet from it's patio, but it's hardly their fault that a condo tower was built in front of…More »
19. The Marina Grill
You don't have to be a local to eat at the Marina Grill - but it helps, because this waterfront restaurant/pub is a little hard to find if you don't know where make that turn. (Past the Lynnwood, second left, left again, drive around past a couple…More »
20. Jolly Meats & Fine Foods
This tiny grocery, tucked away on a back street in an industrial area of North Van, specializes in Scandinavian foods and meat and cheese. They stock a wide variety of sweets, cookies, crackers, preserves (such as lingonberry and cloudberry), and…More »
21. The Crab Shop
North Vancouver, BC V7H 0A2
(604) 929-1616
Categories:
Seafood,
Seafood Markets,
Fish & Chips
The Crab Shop, also known locally as the Crab Shack, has been on Dollarton Highway for forever and a day. They started out in an actual shack on the water near Maplewood Mud Flats, then moved across the street to another shack-like building in front…More »
22. Belmondo Cafe
North Vancouver, BC V7H 1A6
(604) 929-6377
Categories:
Desserts,
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
This family-run cafe is just off the beaten track in North Vancouver. They serve great coffee, plus fresh made paninis and homemade soups for lunch. There is also a wonderful selection of baked goods - cookies, banana bread, brownies, and more - and…More »
23. Northlands Bar & Grill
North Vancouver, BC V7G 2S7
(604) 924-2950
Categories:
Canadian (New),
Breakfast & Brunch
When I was planning my wedding, I took one look at this restaurant and was sold. It's stunning inside with its sloped ceiling and so-very-West-Coast wood beams and river rock details. The patio is huge: it wraps around the restaurant and offers views…More »
24. Bean Around the World Coffees
North Vancouver, BC V7H 2Y4
(604) 990-4942
Category:
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Deep Cove
Anyone can make coffee. Only the chosen few can make the chocolate-sour cherry scone to go with it. Drizzled with chocolate, studded with cherries, it was baked ecstasy in every bite.
25. Wally's Burgers
The closing of Wally's Burgers on Kingsway last year brought a little tear to my eye - the end-of-an-era type of thing. But Wally's has risen from the dead in an unexpected place - Cates Park - with apparent plans to reproduce. It seems that a local…More »
26. Starbucks
North Vancouver, BC V7G 1M9
(604) 929-5962
Category:
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Deep Cove
A Starbucks is a Starbucks is a Starbucks, I know. But I'd wager that the Starbucks in the Dollarton Village Shopping Centre has the prettiest view out of any Starbucks in town. You can sit in the comfy chairs in front of the window and look out at…More »
27. The Raven Pub
North Vancouver, BC V7G
(604) 929-3834
Categories:
Restaurants,
Pubs
Neighbourhood: Deep Cove
The Raven is not as good as it used to be any more (hey! Fix your sign!) but it's still a nice enough neighbourhood pub. For example, the former three or four page draft beer menu with lots of obscure microbrews is now down to a page-and-a-half…More »
28. Honey Doughnuts & Goodies
North Vancouver, BC V7G 1L1
(604) 929-4988
Categories:
Doughnuts,
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Deep Cove
This may be sacrilege to some, but I really don't like Honey's doughnuts. They are just way too big and thick and cake-y for my liking. Maybe the chocolate-covered ones are okay, even delicious, once in a while. What I really like though, are the…More »
29. Arms Reach Bistro
North Vancouver, BC V7G 1L2
(604) 929-7442
Category:
Canadian (New)
Neighbourhood: Deep Cove
The Arms Reach is one of those undiscovered gems you hope the rest of the world doesn't find out about so you don't end up having to make reservations eons in advance ... oops.
Well, I guess for some, Deep Cove is a trek, so that eliminates some of…More »
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