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  1. Rank 896. West

    Wine Bar

    Ten stools, two bartenders, and a wine wall that takes itself seriously without making you feel like you should too. West is a wine bar on Granville that embodies what Vancouver does well: high-touch without the starch. The bartenders have been here long enough to know what you want before you do, and afternoons are unhurried, though weekend evenings pack the room two deep with the pre-dinner crowd treating it as a destination in itself.




  2. Rank 903. Crab Hot Lau (Kingsway)

    Northern Vietnamese

    The rice field crab hot pot arrives with a broth so layered it borders on suspicious, built from noodles imported from the chef's hometown in northern Vietnam. This is a bustling, no-frills Vietnamese restaurant on Kingsway where the room runs loud and the food runs bold. Vancouver Magazine gave it the gold for Best Vietnamese, and the kitchen has since expanded to two more locations without the original losing any of its momentum.


  3. Rank 905. Nook

    Italian


  4. Rank 905. Nook

    Italian

    The rigatoni boscaiola has a following serious enough that regulars debate whether to bother with the specials. They should bother with the specials. This casual Italian spot on Denman runs multiple locations around Vancouver, each with its own daily menu alongside the pasta and pizza standards, which is a harder trick to pull off than it sounds. Vancouver Magazine has given it gold for Best Chain three years running.


  5. Rank 905. Nook

    Italian


  6. Rank 905. Nook

    Italian


  7. Rank 909. Nook

    Italian


  8. Rank 909. Zoomak

    Modern Korean

    Zoomak calls itself a modern Korean tavern, which undersells the kitchen by a comfortable margin. The housemade kimchi alone earns its keep, showing up alongside crispy pork bossam and turning up again warm over steamed tofu. Korean fried chicken and pork belly fill out a menu where picking a favorite feels like a trap. The room is loose and friendly, the prices keep pace with the vibe, and nobody's making you feel bad for ordering another round.


    Address
    52 Alexander St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 3 PM–Midnight

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  9. Rank 911. Oddfish

    Seafood


    Address
    1889 W 1st Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9:45 PM

    Online
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  10. Address
    1128 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  11. Address
    623 Courtney St, Victoria BC · Victoria
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–10:30 AM, 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram





  12. Rank 919. Sula Main Street

    North Indian Seafood


    Address
    4172 Main St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  13. Address
    789 Kingsway, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  14. Rank 921. Baby Dhal Roti

    Homestyle Caribbean


  15. Rank 921. La Quercia

    Italian


    Address
    3689 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  16. Rank 921. Yasma

    Lebanese


    Address
    550 Denman St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:45 PM

    Friday 4:45 PM–9:45 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  17. Rank 924. Kook

    Korean Barbecue


    Address
    211A-2800 E 1st Ave, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  18. Rank 925. Kishimoto

    Japanese


    Address
    2054 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:45 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  19. Rank 926. Cuchillo

    Modern Latin American



  20. A takeout window tucked into a North End grocery store, Espresso 46 is easy to miss and hard to forget. The owner moved from Italy with a mission: proper espresso culture, full stop, no filter coffee in sight. The house roastery supplies everything on the menu, and in summer the parking lot becomes a patio where locals caffeinate after their grocery run, which is convenient given the shared lease.



  21. Address
    145 Portland St, Dartmouth NS · Dartmouth
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  22. Java Blend has been roasting its own beans in Halifax's North End forever, and the cafe wears that history without making a fuss about it. The menu runs from single-origin drip to flat whites, in sizes from a sensible 8oz all the way to a 20oz option that suggests a very long commute. Somehow it manages to feel equally at home to the pour-over crowd and everyone who just wants a large coffee, which is harder to pull off than it sounds.


    Address
    5146 Sackville St Halifax NS · Halifax
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

    Online
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  23. Address
    6027 North St, Halifax NS · Halifax
    Hours

    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 6:30 AM–6 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  24. Rank 927. Madame Danh

    Modern Vietnamese


    Address
    4288 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  25. Rank 927. Nui

    Korean


    Address
    4811 Main St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  26. Rank 927. Peya

    Indian


    Address
    2101 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–10 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  27. Rank 927. Ramblers

    Coffee

    The coffee here comes from Espresso 46, roasted a few miles away, which sets the tone for a cafe that keeps things local and unfussy. Ramblers is a full-service neighborhood cafe in downtown Halifax where the chess-and-latte crowd mixes with the croque monsieur lunch people without anyone seeming to mind. It started as a pop-up inside a cider bar and outlasted its landlord, which says something about the following it built.



  28. Address
    2019 Gottingen St, Halifax NS · Halifax
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–11 PM

    Online
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  29. From the cafe steps you can see the Atlantic Ocean, which feels about right for a place that's been around forever and has no intention of changing. Steve-O-Reno's is an artsy, cozy coffee shop on the edge of downtown Halifax, pulling cappuccinos and macchiatos from Nova Scotia beans alongside a brunch menu that runs to fish chowder and Montreal bagels with lox. No anaerobic pour-overs, no rotating roasters. Just a formula that's held since the Clinton years.


    Address
    1536 Brunswick St, Halifax NS · Halifax
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM

    Online
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  30. Address
    66 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth NS · Dartmouth
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–6 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  31. Address
    1656 Barrington St, Halifax NS · Halifax
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–5 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram



  32. Address
    1705 County Rd 12, Prince Edward, ON · Picton
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

    Online
    Website

  33. Address
    2211 Manitoba St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  34. Rank 944. Chancho

    Mexican

    The hand-chopped-to-order carnitas are what people talk about, and the tortillas are made in-house, which matters more than it sounds. Chancho is a taco spot on Commercial Drive, bright and informal, with the kind of line that tells you everything before you've read a menu. The Vancouver Magazine judges called the carnitas near perfect two years running, which is a bold thing to say about a taco joint, but the room full of regulars suggests nobody is arguing.


    Address
    2096 Commercial Dr, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  35. Rank 945. Fassil

    Traditional Ethiopian



  36. Rank 947. Sumi

    Korean


  37. Rank 947. Unchai

    Thai


    Address
    2351 Burrard St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  38. Rank 949. Oku Izakaya

    Izakaya Japanese


    Address
    2 Water St, Vancouver BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  39. Rank 950. Monarca

    Regional Mexican


    Address
    181 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–3 AM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  40. Rank 950. Tamam

    Palestinian


    Address
    2616 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram


  41. Address
    2929 Barnet Hwy Unit 2660, Coquitlam, BC · Coquitlam
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram














  42. Address
    3219 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2:30 AM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram


  43. Address
    2881 Granville St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

    Online
    Website

  44. Address
    1199 Av. Van Horne, Outremont, QC · Outremont
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–3 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram


  45. Address
    557 Osborne St, Winnipeg, MB · Winnipeg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  46. Rank 973. Barfish

    Pan-Asian Cocktail Bar



  47. Rank 973. Clough Club

    Cocktail Bar

    The curvy white marble bar anchors one corner of a room that looks like it's been pleasantly roughed up by a century of good times, tiled floor and all. Clough Club is a cocktail bar with genuinely progressive drinks, which sets it apart from the group's other spots. Upholstered benches and club chairs line the walls, a tall marble table invites standing rounds in the middle, and the whole thing reads less like a design statement than a place people actually like drinking in.



  48. A garage-door window folds open along Queen West when the weather cooperates, turning this narrow cocktail bar into something between a room and a street corner. Grey-and-green walls, yellow chairs, and a small raised library nook with a sofa and an aquarium give it the feel of a well-curated living room. The bar industry tends to hold its parties here, which tells you something about the drinks program without requiring further argument.



  49. Address
    157 Alexander St, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  50. Rank 973. Uva Wine and Cocktail Bar

    Creative Cocktail Bar


    Address
    900 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC · Vancouver
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–1 PM, 1 PM–4 PM, 4 PM–Midnight

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  51. Address
    11957 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, AB · Edmonton
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  52. Rank 980. Riviera

    Mediterranean


    Address
    62 Sparks St, Ottawa ON · Ottawa
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  53. Address
    10 Temperance St, Toronto, ON · Toronto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  54. Rank 983. Black+Blue

    Steakhouse


  55. The old Model Milk Dairy building on 17th gives this lively restaurant its name and its bones, with an open, industrial feel softened by a genuinely buzzy room. The menu changes every couple of weeks, pulling from local and regional producers, so there's no such thing as a regular order. Desserts lean into the building's dairy past with ice cream making an appearance. The wine and cocktail list is well considered.


    Address
    308 17th Ave SW, Calgary, AB · Calgary
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  56. Address
    5012 50 St Unit 102, Beaumont, AB · Beaumont
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–11 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  57. Address
    123 Princess St, Winnipeg, MB · Winnipeg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–2 PM

    Online
    Website

  58. Address
    806 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB · Calgary
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  59. Rank 985. La Banane

    French

    Leather banquettes, brass fixtures, and a room full of people who clearly planned their outfit around the reservation: La Banane is a French bistro on Ossington that leans into the romance of it all without apology. The kitchen plays with classic French forms, pairing one of the city's more ambitious raw bars with a cooking style that wanders toward yuzu and other detours. The banana cake with salted caramel ice cream has its own cult following.


    Address
    227 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON · Toronto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11 PM

    Online
    Website



  60. Address
    37991 2 Ave, Squamish, BC · Squamish
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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  62. Rank 992. Abrielle

    Mediterranean

    The awards


  63. Rank 992. Aera

    Steakhouse

    The awards


  64. Rank 992. Alloy

    Creative Pan-Asian

    The awards


  65. Surf photography covers the walls and the blue décor commits hard to the bit at this Hawaiian comfort food spot on Macleod Trail. The menu leans into plate lunches, poke, Spam musubi, and huli huli chicken, with tropical cocktails that come alcohol-free if you'd rather. It's the kind of casual, shareable-plates place where the servers know the menu cold and nobody's in a hurry to rush you out.

    The awards


    Address
    5920 Macleod Trail SW 100, Calgary, AB · Calgary
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

  66. Rank 992. Arianna

    Italian

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