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  25. Rank 325. Buckstop

    Barbecue

    Antler chandeliers and flickering candles light a narrow, 32-seat bar in the West End that smells like barbecue and stays open until 2am with a full kitchen running the whole time, which is rarer in Vancouver than it should be. Rock and blues play loud enough that you lean in to talk, and at the chatty bar you'll have made friends before the second round arrives. A genuinely un-Vancouver-ish room, in the warmest possible sense.


  26. Rank 325. El Caminos

    Mexican Cocktail Bar

    House margaritas come in mugs here, which tells you most of what you need to know about El Caminos. This Mexican cocktail bar on Main Street does the Pacific Northwest version of a dive, all shabby-chic surfaces and pan-Latin classics poured without ceremony. Locals pack it out on weekends and Margarita Mondays draw a crowd that tends to spill onto the sidewalk, so come early or come patient.


    Address
    3250 Main St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Thursday 4 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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  27. Rank 325. Fat City Blues

    New Orleans-inspired Cajun & Creole

    Absinthe comes out the traditional way here, slow drip and all, which tells you where this New Orleans-inspired bar's priorities lie. The cocktail list splits into classics and signatures, and the Louisiana-comfort food is priced like the neighbourhood actually lives here, because it does. Live blues on weekends keeps things from getting too precious. The kind of bar that already has regulars who know the staff by name.


  28. Rank 325. Linwood Essentials

    Cocktail Bar


  29. Rank 325. The Granville Room

    Cocktail Bar

    Brick walls, Edison bulbs, and wooden shelves set the cocktail-bar mood, then the flat-screens and thumping house music cheerfully undermine the whole thing. The Granville Room sits on Vancouver's neon-lit strip and leans into it: twenty- and thirty-somethings come here to drink with intention, share some bar food, and not overthink it. Call it a party pub wearing a speakeasy costume, and you've got it about right.


  30. Rank 325. The Refinery

    Cocktail Bar

    A flight of stairs off Granville Street leads to a low-lit cocktail lounge where nearly everyone is sitting down, cocktail in hand, which sets the mood right away. The team makes their own syrups, vermouths, and preserves for drinks built around local ingredients, and a charcuterie-heavy menu keeps people at the table long enough to order another round. Communal tables and upbeat music give it a party-at-a-friend's-place feel.


  31. A semi-circular tiki bar tucked inside the Waldorf Hotel's entertainment complex on East Hastings. The room is built around a big, curved bar with a red top and a mirror wall behind it that bounces the whole scene back at you. Tiered tables ring the outer edge, leaving floor space for when things get crowded. It shares the building with restaurants and live music venues, so some nights come with a cover; earlier in the week it runs as its own thing, free to wander into.


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  55. The garden terrace is what people come for: a sprawling, vine-tangled outdoor spot on Rue Saint-Jean that fills up fast once temperatures climb. When they drop, a demountable wooden lattice structure folds over the space so the drinking continues at -25°C, which feels appropriately committed for Quebec City. Inside, the heritage building keeps things rustic and comfortably worn-in, a neighborhood bar that never feels like it's trying.

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    Address
    447 Rue Saint-Jean, Québec · Québec
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    Open now, until 3 AM

    Thursday Noon–3 AM

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  56. Rank 356. Kissa Tanto

    Japanese

    Upstairs in a Chinatown walkup, rose banquettes and antique Japanese panels recreate the jazz cafés of 1960s Tokyo, which is a strange and perfect setting for a Michelin-starred restaurant fusing Japanese and Italian cooking. The kitchen plays it straight: hand-cut pasta with miso-cured egg yolk and parmesan, tiramisu made with plum wine-soaked tofu. Cult Japanese whiskies share the drinks list with Italian amari, and the cocktails split the difference. Dress up a little.


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    263 E Pender St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Thursday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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    Tock
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    926 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 1 AM

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    Resy
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    15 W 8th Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until midnight

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    385 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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    OpenTable
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    120 W Hastings St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Thursday 2 PM–11 PM

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  61. Rank 360. Bravo

    Seafood

    The dry-aged fish program is the detail that separates this buzzy Fraser Street seafood spot from every other neighborhood bar doing a raw bar. The menu is small and shifts often, but the cooking stays bold and punchy, from hiramasa with aguachile to squid tagliolini that goes places pasta doesn't usually go. Vancouver Magazine gave it gold for both informal dining and seafood, and the Michelin Guide has taken notice too. Service is friendly without being precious.


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    4194 Fraser St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Thursday 4 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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    1079 Mainland St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 11 AM–Midnight

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    466 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until midnight

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  64. Rank 360. Elisa

    Steakhouse

    A custom wood-fired grill anchors the room at this Yaletown steakhouse and bar, open flame flickering against warm wood tones while the kitchen runs tartares alongside Canadian and wagyu cuts. The butcher shop next door feeds the kitchen's sourcing philosophy. It holds a spot on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list and took Vancouver Magazine's Restaurant of the Year. Dress up a little; the room expects it.


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    1109 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Thursday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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    1312 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Closed now, opens 10 PM

    Thursday 10 PM–3 AM

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    965 Granville St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    SevenRooms
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    86 Semisch Ave, North Vancouver BC · North Vancouver
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  68. The savory éclair filled with duck liver mousse has become something of a calling card here, and it explains a lot about the place. St. Lawrence is an elegant Québécois French tasting restaurant with a convivial front bar, a semi-open kitchen, and a Michelin star. The fixed menu rotates by season, sometimes leaning into sugar shack classics, sometimes into French bourgeois cooking, always with sauces that deserve more attention than they get.


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    269 Powell St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Thursday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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    Tock
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    8901 Stanley Park Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 26 min

    Thursday 11 AM–9 PM

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    310 Commercial Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Closed now, opens Fri 2 PM

    Thursday 2 PM–8 PM

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  71. Sunchoke with salal berry and burnt onion isn't a dish you'd find yourself ordering on instinct, which is part of the point at this creative vegetarian fine-dining room in Mount Pleasant. The kitchen names its organic BC suppliers on the menu and takes texture as seriously as flavor. The Michelin Guide has it selected, and first-timers tend to do well surrendering to the tasting menu rather than pretending they know what salal berry tastes like.


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    3995 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Thursday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  72. Rank 360. The London Pub

    Late-Night British


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    700 Main St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Thursday Noon–2 AM

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    1022 Davie St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Closed now, opens 10 PM

    Thursday 10 PM–3 AM

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    SevenRooms
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    39 Smithe St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
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    Open now, until 1 AM

    Thursday 5 PM–1 AM

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