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All the awesome drinks and dishes we come across over the course of our professional and private lives.

You Need To Try This / Downtown

You Need to Try the Dreamily Transportive ‘Mi Luz’ Cocktail at Elisa

Created by Devin McKeigan, this delicious drink is a mix of rum, white vermouth, apple demerara, orange bitters and salted caraway.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need to Try This ‘Gingerbread Flip’ Cocktail in Gastown

The addition of ginger liqueur makes it all the more festive, while some local dark lager adds whispers of chocolate and coffee.

You Need To Try This / Chinatown

You Need to Try This Classic Song-Inspired Cocktail in Chinatown

Created by Kissa Tanto's Derek Boone, the Dark End Of The Street is a mix of Japanese whisky, plum wine, Cynar, bitters and lemon oil.

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Vancouver’s Best Ramen, Ranked and Mapped

12 Places

Ramen is something we do better than any city on this side of the Pacific. Use this map/guide to seek out the best of it.

You Need To Try This / Chinatown

You Need to Try the ‘Amadeus Cho’ Cocktail in Chinatown

Bao Bei Bar Manager Jason Browne plays on a classic Treacle to create a delicious drink that’s simultaneously bright and complex.

You Need To Try This / Main Street

Anh and Chi’s Warming Winter Punch Is Literally on Fire, and You Need to Try It

Aged rum, pineapple, passion fruit, cinnamon, five spice dram, citrus and tea are combined in a teapot and topped with flaming fruit.

You Need To Try This / West Side

You Need To Try The Fully Loaded ‘Moose’ at Chewie’s Biscuit Company

"The Moose" comes loaded with fried chicken, sausage gravy, cheddar cheese, fried egg and bacon. You'll need a knife and fork.

You Need To Try This / Commercial Drive

You Need To Try These Delicious Little Cappuccino Companions at La Tana

These simple doughnut rounds sweetened with a little vanilla cream and a light dusting of delight are perfect with espresso.

You Need To Try This / Commercial Drive

Once-a-Week Burger Pop-Up Sells Out Fast on Commercial Drive

The Downlow Chicken Shack's new burger pop-up kicked off yesterday with delicious results. Take a bite...

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Vancouver’s Best New Restaurants of 2018, Mapped

9 Places

We present these fine establishments in no particular order, but give each of our readers TWO votes so they can be ranked.

You Need To Try This / Main Street

You Need to Try This Katsu-Sake Halibut in Dashi Chowder on Main Street

The pretty thing tasted like Summer, so if you want to eat some time travel in an Autumn downpour, hit Torafuku before it's off the menu!

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Vancouver’s Best Ice Cream, Ranked

17 Places

It's summer, so we've been filling our gobs with ridiculous amounts of ice cream (in the name of research). Here are our findings.

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Vancouver’s Best Fried Chicken, Ranked

12 Places

Our city is enjoying a fried chicken boom right now, with several different styles vying for supremacy. We map the best spots here.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need To Try the Refreshing ‘Sunrise Ruby’ Cocktail at Gastown’s Tacofino

This bright, light, quenching sipper is a tequila-based riff on the French 75 -- an elegant, classic cocktail created in the 1920's.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Need To Try The ‘Little Sparrow’ Cocktail at Gastown’s L’Abattoir

It's giving Shaun Layton’s legendary Avocado Gimlet a run for its money as the most ordered drink on the menu (and for good reason).

You Need To Try This / Main Street

You Need To Try Tocador’s Delicious Coconut Fat-Washed ‘Bird Conspiracy’ Cocktail

A delightful coconut and gin cocktail with a delightfully quirky story behind it that involves a rather harrowing flight to Cuba.

You Need To Try This / Railtown Japantown

You Need To Try Powell Brewery’s Entirely Different ‘Rising Sun’ Jasmine Black Rice & Yuzu Lager

This crisp and palate-cleansing beer is the perfect thirst-quencher for summertime picnics, BBQs or plain ol' day-drinking.

You Need To Try This / Kitsilano

The Delicious Reason Why This Fried Chicken in Kits Tastes So Freaking Familiar

AnnaLena's newest iteration of a menu mainstay is a dead ringer for a fast food staple combo that is no longer what it used to be...

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Vancouver’s Best Brunches, Mapped & Ranked

16 Places

A treasure map to the city's best restaurants currently serving extraordinarily delicious and otherwise interesting brunches.

You Need To Try This / Tofino

You Need To Try This Locally-Caught Halibut Masterpiece at Wolf in the Fog

Fork this cake-like piece of fish surrounded by a tangle of bright green brassica, nettles, peas, clams, radish coins and little perogies.

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You Need To Try Vancouver Island Brewing’s Summery ‘Juan de Fuca Cerveza’

The Mexican cerveza-inspired brew named after Juan de Fuca is crisp, sweet and crushable. Good luck stuffing a lime in there, though!

You Need To Try This / Railtown Japantown

You Need To Try This Bubbling Bowl of Cheese-Capped Curry Rice With Pork at Dosanko

We love this unassuming Japantown eatery for its genuinely warm service and the delicious homestyle dishes it turns out, like this one.

You Need To Try This / Tofino

You Need To Try Chef Paul Moran’s Perfect Beef Dip Sandwich at The Hatch

Invented in Los Angeles in the early 20th century, the Beef Dip is an undersung beauty. This new restaurant does it exceedingly well.

You Need To Try This / East Vancouver

You Need To Try These Little Blueberry Pies in East Van

The French sisters recently reopened The Pie Shoppe on Powell Street and have been baking up a tasty storm, including these beauties...

You Need To Try This / East Vancouver

The Unique White Rye Cocktail You Need to Try at This East Van Hideaway

Barman David Wolowidnyk riffs on a old school classic from the saloons of yore using un-aged rye from the new East Van distillery.

You Need To Try This / Gastown

You Have to Try This Delicious, Herb-Rolled Kampachi Loin at Gastown’s PiDGiN

Chef Wesley Young has been adding new dishes to the menu as the seasons shift. This beautifully balanced thing is among them.

You Need To Try This / Port Moody

You Need to Try the New ‘Humans’ Brew from Parkside

The strong new IPA from the Port Moody brewery is a stealthy tropical citrus beauty that is almost radler-esque in its crushability.

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You Need to Try the Legendary ‘Pablo Esco Gnar’ IPA by Superflux and Boombox

The return of this epic collab between Superflux and Boombox is causing a ton of buzz and is tasting better than most of us remember.