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Vancouver, Victoria, Veni, Vidi, Vici...
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1. BC Ferries
Love, exciting and new
Come aboard! We're expecting you
Love, life's sweetest reward
Let it flow, it floats back to you...
What an operation. The model of efficiency. It works like clockwork. It's about an hour's drive from Vancouver to Tsawwassen where…More »
2. Bawan Donair & Pizza
Vancouver, BC V6H 1H6
Canada
(604) 677-1703
Category:
Pizza
Neighborhoods: Fairview Slopes, South Granville
After a full day of exploring Victoria and the Butchart Gardens, Jamie W. and I came back off the ferry to Vancouver with no set plans for dinner. We looked for a rib joint in this 'hood, and coming upon it, saw that it attracted what looked like a…More »
3. The Butchart Gardens
Brentwood Bay, BC V8M 1J8
Canada
(250) 652-4422
Categories:
Parks,
Botanical Gardens
You should pardon the expression, but the Butchart Gardens kinda smell of old lady. I actually don't mean that in a bad way, but the immaculate landscaping will appeal to the old lady in all of us. I don't know quite how else to explain the…More »
4. Chill Winston
Vancouver, BC V6A 1B2
Canada
(604) 288-9575
Category:
Lounges
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Gastown
Chill Winston sounds like the name of a pimp in one of those 1970s blaxploitation films in which the violence-laden script calls for him to slap Pam Grier around only to face the business end of a .44 magnum held by Shaft. Who is the man that would…More »
5. Fan Tan Alley
"Fan Tan Fanny was leaving her man,
Fan Tan Fanny kept waving her fan,
Said "Goodbye, Danny, you two-timing Dan,
Some other man loves your little Fanny, 'Bye Bye!'..."
Gee, Nancy Kwan was sure pretty in "Flower Drum Song" - especially in her bikini…More »
6. Granville Island Public Market
Vancouver, BC V6H 3S3
Canada
(604) 666-6477
Categories:
Grocery,
Fruits & Veggies
Neighborhood: Granville Island/False Creek
I visited this farmers' market about a decade ago and don't remember much of the tourist congestion that exists today. But the crowds are now crazy-packed on holiday weekends like the 4th of July (or Canada Day in their lexicon) with…More »
7. Hon's Wun-Tun House
There's quite an assembly-line operation with all the wheels you see grinding here, although the lemming-like approach suits the cavernous space in this uber-popular eatery. Man, it's like you're a cloudy jelly bean in the Jelly Belly factory, and…More »
8. Japa Dog
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2K6
Canada
Categories:
Hot Dogs,
Food Stands,
Japanese
Neighborhood: Downtown
Rumor has it that I came to Vancouver just to have a Japa Dog. Well, that's a lie. D'ya hear me? A baldfaced LIE! "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"... I really didn't. Oh wait, a frankfurter was involved (rimshot,…More »
9. Lee's Donuts of Granville Island
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Canada
(604) 685-4021
Category:
Doughnuts
Neighborhood: Granville Island/False Creek
So I must have fallen off the Lee's love train somewhere south of the border maybe at a random Dunkin Donuts outlet in Seattle. Understand that Jamie W. and I came to Granville Market full of heart and desire since we knew we were in a foodie's…More »
10. Liberty Cafe Ltd
Tired of envying the privileged sipping afternoon tea with their pinkies up at the Empress Hotel? When will we start the revolution to overcome the oppression of the insufferably wealthy who throw the crumbs of their scones at us? OK, maybe next…More »
11. Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge
North Vancouver, BC V7J 3G3
Canada
(604) 990-3755
C$30.95 for walking on the Capilano Suspension Bridge? Oh, come on! Sure, they're trying to turn it into a First Nation version of a Polynesian Cultural Center, but I just can't imagine the combination of walking on that bridge and watching a basket…More »
12. Museum of Anthropology at UBC
What first drew me to this museum was a National Geographic Traveller article on Vancouver that featured a full-page photo of Bill Reid's impressive yellow cedar sculpture, "The Raven and the First Men" (1980). It was such a striking piece (see…More »
13. The Old Vic Fish & Chips
I'm sure Victoria has all sorts of culinary choices for a land-loving Yankee in search of good eats, but by a strange coincidence, I've set anchor at the Old Vic yet a second time. My first visit was a decade ago, a recollection I didn't have until I…More »
14. Q4 Restaurant
Ah, it was our last night in Vancouver, and Jamie W. and I immediately zeroed in on the fact that Quattro offers C$10 pasta nights on Mondays and Tuesdays. Too hard to resist, we went blazing in the night to the suburban-feeling Kitsilano area to…More »
15. Queen Elizabeth Park
So there are two reasons for a tourist to make a special trip to Queen Elizabeth Park, the "other" green space in Vancouver since Stanley Park is the perceived end-all for all things bucolic in the city. First, there are panoramic views of the…More »
16. Red Door Pan Asian Grill - CLOSED
Vancouver, BC V6H 3J7
Canada
(604) 733-5699
Category:
Asian Fusion
Neighborhoods: Fairview Slopes, South Granville
After narrowly escaping a body cavity search in the customs area of Vancouver International, Jamie W. and I were running late to get to our hotel downtown. It was close to 10PM, and I was still shaking since I was envisioning a "Midnight…More »
17. Rose Garden Parkade
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes...
Or not. If you don't have the time or the funds to make it over to the Butchart Gardens near Victoria, then you just may want to…More »
18. Seasons in the Park
Vancouver, BC V5Y 2M5
Canada
(604) 874-8008
Category:
Seafood
Neighborhood: Riley Park
Sure is purty up here. Queen Elizabeth Park is the "other" Vancouver park (Stanley Park is the deservedly more famous one)... it sits over a hilltop that gives way to spectacular views of the downtown skyline against a mountainous backdrop. Nestled…More »
19. Stanley Park
Vancouver, BC V6J 5L1
Canada
(604) 873-7000
Category:
Parks
Neighborhood: Coal Harbour
Stanley Park is the platinum standard by which all city parks are measured. That is simply fact, not opinion. Even Manhattan's Central Park has patches of urban-scrawled desolation not worth traversing but not Stanley Park. Its setting on a major…More »
20. Summer Night Market
Richmond, BC V6V
Canada
(604) 278-8000
Categories:
Ethnic Food,
Shopping,
Arcades,
Grocery
I can't resist a good night market. I'm not that big a globetrotting trinket collector, but I have actually been to the classic ones in Thailand in Chiang Mai and Bangkok. Awesome places. I just never expected to find one on the same scale on this…More »
21. Sushi Yoko Cho
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1X8
Canada
(604) 683-1823
Category:
Sushi Bars
Neighborhood: Downtown
This is the type of closet-size shop you would probably find in an alleyway off the Ginza. Man, it's so small (see photos). So small that if it was featured on an episode of HGTV's "House Hunters", the white-trash wife in the ill-fitting tanktop…More »
22. The Sutton Place Hotel
You want posh and elegant on a trip to Vancouver? Then the Sutton Place Hotel provides the ideal response in many ways. The central downtown location on Burrard Street is perfect for anyone who wants to stroll along Robson Street for shopping or down…More »
23. The Templeton
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1L4
Canada
(604) 685-4612
Categories:
Diners,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Granville Entertainment District
The name makes it sound like a Mormon social hall, but it's not, good thing since I didn't pack my black suit and black tie on this trip. No, it's just a hole-in-the-wall diner with heavy retro touches to make it acceptable to self-proclaimed…More »
24. Trees Organic Coffee
Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8
Canada
(604) 633-3880
Category:
Coffee & Tea
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Gastown
I'm not sure what the appeal of the Gastown Steam-Powered Clock is. Throngs of people stare at it, take snaps in front of it, and wait for it to start blowing the opening bars of some old circus tune. But they all congregate around it like it's the…More »
25. Twisted Fork
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1M1
Canada
(604) 568-0749
Categories:
French,
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Granville Entertainment District
All the hipsters flock to this place and have moved Twisted Fork to the top of the hot Yelp list. Hipster I am not, hippo maybe... but not hipster. But sure enough, the coolness meter has proven right this time as this has to be the best meal we had…More »
26. Vancouver Aquarium
Vancouver, BC V6G 3E2
Canada
(604) 659-3474
Category:
Aquariums
Neighborhood: Coal Harbour
There is something a bit self-congratulatory about the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. So open. So green. So politically correct. The cafes are so gourmet. Maybe that's why I prefer the Vancouver Aquarium more. You gotta have a…More »
27. Vancouver Chinatown Night Market
Vancouver, BC V6A
Canada
(604) 682-8998
Categories:
Shopping,
Specialty Food
Neighborhoods: Chinatown, Strathcona
Gosh, I didn't know the Chinatown in Vancouver was the largest in North America after San Francisco's. That should be reason enough to come to this small-scale summer night market in this neighborhood, but the event is frankly quite skimpy compared…More »
28. Vera's Burger Shack
Jamie W. and I were in search of a great burger in Vancouver and found ourselves in - SURPRISE! - the gay neighborhood of Davie Village in the West End. Yep, here is Vancouver's answer to SF's Castro, LA's WeHo and Chicago's Boystown. Except for the…More »
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