The best vegetarian restaurants are ones where the food surprises youÑand the chefs here are mad tofu-loving scientists who eschew the idea that meatless food should riff off carnivore staples..
The pulled-jackfruit steamed buns ($9) are excellent, the room is light, airy and inviting, and the menu's puns—and there are plenty—are spot on, too.
Cult ’90s nostalgia (the space is an homage to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks) and vegetarian food aren’t exactly in the Martin and Lewis league of inspired pairings, but this quirky.
This Main Street favourite gets plenty boisterous on weekends. Its gastropub-style cuisine is good, but you’ll want to focus on cocktails by award-winning owner Nick Devine. For simpler times, opt.
Like any good neighbourhood pub, the Five Point is a melting pot, a collegial mix of hipster, jocks, and old-timers enjoying sleeves of Guinness and weekday specials. The tuna bites.
Everything a neighbourhood watering hole should be: lively, collegial, the kind of place where everybody knows your name. Plenty of screens to watch the game Crowd A motley crew of.
With its Miso Horny! theme (yes, you read that correctly) and live DJs on Fridays and Saturdays, this is hardly your traditional sushi joint. A sibling of longtime Kitsilano upstart.
There’s an exceptionally light hand oversseing the baking in this airy, modern-looking neighbourhood café. SconesÑserved with butter and/or jam, or in place of bread as a ÒsconewichÓÑare stellar. Go savoury.
Call it a modern-day speakeasy. There’s sometimes a sandwich board advertising its location, sometimes not, but look for a red light bulb above an unmarked door when the room is.
Ridiculously hard to find from the street its only marker is a red light bulb that’s illuminated when the bar is open the graffiti-covered stairwell entrance gives most first-timers second.