VANCOUVER
The Culinary Traveller's Guide
Neighbourhoods
GRANVILLE ISLAND
The tiny peninsula under the Granville Bridge hosts Vancouver's yearround public market and is crowded with culinary specialty shops and eateries. KITSILANO Beachy Kits
has lots of vegan and organic picks plus neighbourhood joints and fine dining. Grocery selections include Kitsilano Natural Foods. DOWNTOWN
You can eat well downtown throughout the day at top brunch institutions like Café Medina and Jam Café, a wealth of food trucks and coffee spots, innovative lunchtime eateries and great dinner selections. GASTOWN
Vancouver's historic neighbourhood, just east of downtown, seems to have the highest concentration tion of the city's cool restaurants. You'll find craft beer, innovative cocktails, tasting flights of coffee, fried pickles, bao sandwiches and the city's most innovative dishes. CHINATOWN
Great Chinese food, of course, but Japanese-Italian fusion, fantastic fried chicken, and some of the best cocktail bars in town. COMMERCIAL DRIVE
“The Drive”, once known as Vancouver's Little Italy, certainly has great Italian but the 22-block strip has eateries from all over the world including El Salvador and Nepal, plus several tap houses. THE WEST END
The neighbourhood next door to Stanley Park includes a cluster of excellent ramen shops near Denman and Robson plus several go-to eateries along Davie and Denman. EAST VAN
Residents of this large area eat well at a wide range of neighbourhood cafés like Osteria Savio Volpe and Crowbar, plus pick up ingredients for their kitchens at shops like the no-packaging Nada Grocery. RICHMOND
Some say Vancouver's airport suburb has better Chinese food than China and Hong Kong, but you can also find French cuisine and afternoon tea set in an Asian art gallery, a winery and over 200 farms.
Markets
www.TravelEater.net GRANVILLE ISLAND PUBLIC MARKET Open daily, 9 am–7 pm. www.GranvilleIsland.com/ Public-Market
VANCOUVER FARMERS MARKETS Various locations on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, some starting in April and May, others in June, all going until October. www.EatLocal.org
LADNER VILLAGE MARKET Every second Sunday from June to early September. www.LadnerVillageMarket.com
Cooking Classes
PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF CULINARY ARTS
Wine and casual cooking classes, teen camps plus professional programs. 101
15 1505 W. 2nd Ave. www.PICAchef.com
Vancouver's great tastes. Nelson N the Seagull
sourdough
Charcuterie
from Oyama
Sausage Co.
Baguettes by
Terra Breads
Smits & Co.w
chilli pepper
goat gouda
Tacofino's fish
tacos
Vij's keep-in
the-freezer
meals
Spot prawns
The Juke Box
from Juke
Fried Chicken
Temper
Chocolate
Soups by
kitskitchen Rogers Best Brown sugar
Amola sea salt
Soups and stocks from The Stock Market
East Van
Jam's highfruit low-sugar spreads
Umaluma's non-dairy gelato
Ice cream taco Tuesdays at Rain or Shine
Doughnuts by Cartems Donuts
The Wooden Boat's nuoc cham
THE DIRTY APRON COOKING SCHOOL
Hands-on classes, their own cookbook and a YouTube channel. 540 Beatty St. www.DirtyApron.com
PASTRY TRAINING CENTRE OF VANCOUVER
Pastry, baking and chocolate classes for pros and aspiring home chefs; the retail store provides tools and supplies. 818 Renfrew St. www.VancouverPastrySchool.com
NORTHWEST CULINARY ACADEMY OF
VANCOUVER Classes for professionals and enthusiasts, including 6-evening basics, 2-week boot camps, 8-week intensives. 2725 Main St. www.NWCAV.com
Cooking Classes
THE GOURMET WAREHOUSE Supplying both amateurs and pros with tools and ingredients, with cooking classes too. 1340 E. Hastings St. www.GourmetWarehouse.ca
COOK CULTURE Stocking bake- and cookware, tools and servingware, plus hands-on and demonstration cooking classes. 377 Howe St. plus locations on W. Broadway and in North Van. www.CookCulture.com
MING WO COOKWARE Vancouver's source for kitchenware since 1917. 2707 Granville St. and other locations. www.MingWo.com
BOSA FOODS Specializing in Italian and Mediterranean ingredients and kitchenware. c e wa e 1465 Kootenay St. and 562 Victoria a
Dr. www.BosaFoods.com
Vancouver's great drinks. Café Medina's lavender latte Sherry Bone Luge from Wildebeest Roots and Wings' coffee-infused Double Vice Vodka JJ Bean coffee and JJ Leaf teas 49th Parallel Coffee Coffee beans from East Van Roasters Culture Craft Kombucha Nectar Juicery uicery juices Long Table Distillery's Cucumber Gin Bittered Sling bitters Domo stoneground teas Osake small batch wines by Artisan Sake Maker Anything created by Kaitlyn Stewart, winner of World's Best Bartender in 2017