Bearfoot Bistro
Vancouver
| Address: | 4121 Village Green |
| Website: | www.bearfootbistro.com |
| Telephone: | +1 604 932 3433 |
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| Cuisine: | French, International |
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André St. Jacques, the irrepressible manager of the Bearfoot Bistro, goes to great lengths to provide luxe wining and dining at luxe prices, and aficionados book as much as a year in advance to secure a table. Executive chef Melissa Craig offers inventive West Coast cooking with a French influence and her tasting menus allows you to sample the full range of her talent.
C Restaurant
Vancouver
| Address: | 1600 Howe St |
| Website: | www.crestaurant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 604 681 1164 |
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| Cuisine: | Seafood |
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C is one of Canada’s best seafood restaurants offering sustainably fished products in serene Zen-like surroundings with an unbeatable view of Granville Island. The restaurant's contemporary design is as innovative as the food---check out the stand-up bar stools. In summer, the patio is the place to spend an entire afternoon lingering over lunch
Cobre
Vancouver
| Address: | 52 Powell St |
| Website: | www.cobrerestaurant.com |
| Telephone: | +1 604 669 2396 |
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| Average Price p.p.: | £13-25 ($20-$40) |
| Cuisine: | Latin |
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Spanish for copper, Cobre in Gastown is named for the copper ceiling scoops radiating from the open kitchen. Begin your evening in the sexy bar, where they muddle gently priced mojitos and Latino-themed cocktails like there’s no mañana.
Italian Kitchen
Vancouver
| Address: | 1037 Alberni St |
| Website: | none |
| Telephone: | +1 604 687 2858 |
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| Average Price p.p.: | $20-40 |
| Cuisine: | Italian |
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Restaurateurs Emad Yacoub and Jack Lamont (of Glowbal Grill & Satay Bar, Coast, Sanafir) are behind this venture, a two-story Italian restaurant set on a prime piece of downtown real estate. There’s an open kitchen and a 60-foot white marble bar on the ground floor named “D.O.C.” (There’s also a second bar upstairs.) It's an asset not lost on the high-energy patrons---a vibrant mix of young professionals eager to relax
Quattro at Whistler
Vancouver
| Address: | 4319 Main St |
| Website: | www.quattrorestaur
ants.com/windex.html |
| Telephone: | +1 604 905 4844 |
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| Cuisine: | Italian |
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Owners Antonio Corsi and his son, Patrick, treat diners like family in this warm and intimate Italian restaurant with its cozy fireplaces and an open kitchen. The signature experience is the impressive antipasti platter, featuring no fewer than a dozen items (grilled radicchio bocconcini, Dungeness crab, Salt Spring Island mussels are among its offerings).
Rimrock Cafe
Vancouver
| Address: | 2117 Whistler Rd. |
| Website: | none |
| Telephone: | +1 604 932 5565 |
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| Cuisine: | Seafood |
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In winter, call ahead and book a table by the stone fireplace at this cozy retreat in The Highland Lodge near Creekside. Filled with a hip local crowd, the romantic Rimrock is proof that fresh seafood and fine cuisine can be found in this mountainous setting.
Rodney’s Oyster House
Vancouver
| Address: | 1228 Hamilton St |
| Website: | rohvan.com |
| Telephone: | +1 604 609 0080 |
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| Cuisine: | Oyster Bar |
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Rodney's is an after-work mecca offering beer, wine and oysters for the Yaletown set. On a rainy day in Vancouver, there’s nothing more romantic than grabbing two stools at the oyster bar and ordering a dozen each of Pacific Northwest and East Coasters, followed by restorative bowls of creamy chowder or oyster stew served with thickly sliced sourdough.
Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
Vancouver
| Address: | 3888 Main St |
| Website: | www.sunsuiwah.com/e-abo
ut-1.html |
| Telephone: | +1 604 872 8822 |
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| Cuisine: | Chinese, Dim Sum, Seafood |
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The original restaurant opened in Hong Kong three decades ago, and the benchmark dish there---as well as here---is crispy, tender roasted squab prepared from a carefully guarded recipe. Everything else is modern, from the informative service to the décor to the menu where Cantonese classics are sculpted.
Trattoria di Umberto
Vancouver
| Address: | 4417 Sundial Pl |
| Website: | none |
| Telephone: | +1 604 932 5858 |
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| Average Price p.p.: | $20-40 |
| Cuisine: | Italian |
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Vancouver restaurant magnate Umberto Menghi’s lively trattoria has two large, romantically lit dining rooms separated by a massive open kitchen. Classic Tuscan starters such as beef carpaccio topped with shaved Parmesan, or a hearty Tuscan bean soup, warm both heart and soul.
Vij’s
Vancouver
| Address: | 1480 W. 11th Ave. |
| Website: | www.vijs.ca/index_in.htm |
| Telephone: | +1 604 736 6664 |
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Gracious and graceful, Vikram Vij offers each guest a glass of chai before discussing the seasonal menu he and his wife, Meeru Dhalwala, change every three months. When it comes to blending spices, she has the equivalent of a winemaker’s nose, and needs only a whiff from a pot to know whether a dish will tantalize or not. Before dinner, consider sipping a glass of Vij’s refreshing ginger-and-lemon drink.
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