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The Comfort Food Guide to Vancouver: ‘The Doug’ Sando at 49th Parallel Coffee

This series maps out our editor’s picks for Vancouver’s best and most legendary comfort foods. We encourage readers to steer us towards their favourites in the comments or by using the hashtag #ScoutYVR on social media.

Behold ‘The Doug’ breakfast sandwich, which is only available at the Thurlow St. location of 49th Parallel Coffee. It sees a spongy, golden brown brioche bun holding chive-enhanced soft-scrambled eggs, good maple bacon and caramelized onions under a blanket of processed American cheese and a generous top spread of garlic aioli — all tightly assembled like a Mozart piano concerto. I’m 99% certain the immaculate construction was inspired by the beloved “Fairfax” sando made famous by the popular Eggslut chainlet in California, which is to say it starts and ends delicious. A whole restaurant could be built around this thing, which can be enjoyed for just $9.


49th Parallel Coffee Roasters & Lucky's Doughnuts (Thurlow)
Neighbourhood: Downtown
689 Thurlow St.
604-620-4905

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  1. I’ve been dreaming about “Doug” ever since I tried the first one!
    Too bad its only at their one location.

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