Guidebook for Our Neighbourhood

Silvana
Guidebook for Our Neighbourhood

Food Scene

Some of the local restaurants that we like and recommend.
Great little restaurant, Mexican inspired, vegetarian. Great prices. Very popular after 6 PM and for brunch on the weekends. My favorite.
136 locals recommend
Bandidas Taqueria
2781 Commercial Dr
136 locals recommend
Great little restaurant, Mexican inspired, vegetarian. Great prices. Very popular after 6 PM and for brunch on the weekends. My favorite.
Excellent Chinese food, awesome dim sum on the weekends. Good prices. The ginger beef is to die for.
26 locals recommend
ChongQing on Commercial
2808 Commercial Dr
26 locals recommend
Excellent Chinese food, awesome dim sum on the weekends. Good prices. The ginger beef is to die for.
Excellent restaurant, great location for people watching. One of my fave patios.
153 locals recommend
Havana Vancouver
1212 Commercial Dr
153 locals recommend
Excellent restaurant, great location for people watching. One of my fave patios.
Awesome coffee and pastries, lots of gluten free options. Always delicious.
15 locals recommend
Seasons Bakery
2879 Commercial Dr
15 locals recommend
Awesome coffee and pastries, lots of gluten free options. Always delicious.
Very good home made Cuban food, great prices and daily specials. Traditional dishes, soups, sandwiches and tacos. Usually quiet compared to Bandidas Taqueria, which is pretty much next door.
16 locals recommend
Varadero Cafe
2767 Commercial Dr
16 locals recommend
Very good home made Cuban food, great prices and daily specials. Traditional dishes, soups, sandwiches and tacos. Usually quiet compared to Bandidas Taqueria, which is pretty much next door.
Good pizza by the slice.
10 locals recommend
Uncle Fatih's Pizza - COMMERCIAL
1685 E Broadway
10 locals recommend
Good pizza by the slice.
Great spot for food and drinks. Excellent food, great drinks selection, live music on weekends, and a good atmosphere.
45 locals recommend
Tangent Café
2095 Commercial Dr
45 locals recommend
Great spot for food and drinks. Excellent food, great drinks selection, live music on weekends, and a good atmosphere.
Small sushi place, good quality and reasonable prices.
8 locals recommend
Naruto Sushi
2763 Commercial Dr
8 locals recommend
Small sushi place, good quality and reasonable prices.

Everything Else

Skytrain Station, several destinations, 4 platforms.
98 locals recommend
Commercial Platform 3 station
98 locals recommend
Skytrain Station, several destinations, 4 platforms.
Excellent pharmacy also selling cosmetics, some food items and gifts.
692 locals recommend
Shoppers Drug Mart
1006 Homer St
692 locals recommend
Excellent pharmacy also selling cosmetics, some food items and gifts.
The neighbourhood Starbucks.
344 locals recommend
Starbucks
99 Keefer Pl
344 locals recommend
The neighbourhood Starbucks.
Great massage, physiotherapy and other services.
Tonume Integrated Health
2655 Commercial Dr
Great massage, physiotherapy and other services.

Essentials

Large supermarket with pharmacy, bank machine, Starbucks.
72 locals recommend
Safeway Broadway & Commercial
1780 E Broadway
72 locals recommend
Large supermarket with pharmacy, bank machine, Starbucks.
Best for produce and more natural foods. Good prices.
112 locals recommend
City Avenue Market
2279 Commercial Dr
112 locals recommend
Best for produce and more natural foods. Good prices.
For all those little cheap things.
12 locals recommend
Dollar Tree
2606 Commercial Dr
12 locals recommend
For all those little cheap things.
Good variety of beers and reasonable for wine and other liquor.
29 locals recommend
Toby's Liquor Store- Commercial Drive
2733 Commercial Dr
29 locals recommend
Good variety of beers and reasonable for wine and other liquor.

Entertainment & Activities

Pool! Entrance fee is place. Also has a gym.
6 locals recommend
Britannia Pool
1661 Napier St
6 locals recommend
Pool! Entrance fee is place. Also has a gym.
Beautiful park, great for cycling, walking, swimming in the summer. Great playground for the kids, food in concession stand and in the Community Centre. Best Farmers Market in Vancouver, every Saturday 9-3.
192 locals recommend
Trout Lake Beach
192 locals recommend
Beautiful park, great for cycling, walking, swimming in the summer. Great playground for the kids, food in concession stand and in the Community Centre. Best Farmers Market in Vancouver, every Saturday 9-3.
Great playground for the kids.
32 locals recommend
Grandview Park
1657 Charles St
32 locals recommend
Great playground for the kids.
Great park for kids all ages. Quiet street.
12 locals recommend
Clark Park
1500 E 14th Ave
12 locals recommend
Great park for kids all ages. Quiet street.
The best independent theatre in town! Catch a late night cult movie and have a beer or find some good tunes, live burlesque, improv comedy. They have it all.
100 locals recommend
Rio Theatre
1660 E Broadway
100 locals recommend
The best independent theatre in town! Catch a late night cult movie and have a beer or find some good tunes, live burlesque, improv comedy. They have it all.
One of the last, if not the last, bowling lanes in Vancouver.
25 locals recommend
Grandview Lanes
2195 Commercial Dr
25 locals recommend
One of the last, if not the last, bowling lanes in Vancouver.

Drinks & Nightlife

The neighbourhood pub. Eclectic clientele.
Awesome pub with lots and lots of different kinds of beers and good pub food.
77 locals recommend
St. Augustine's
2360 Commercial Dr
77 locals recommend
Awesome pub with lots and lots of different kinds of beers and good pub food.
29 locals recommend
Toby's Liquor Store- Commercial Drive
2733 Commercial Dr
29 locals recommend
Best selection of scotch/whiskey. Great food and amazing brunch!
33 locals recommend
Fets Whisky Kitchen
1230 Commercial Dr
33 locals recommend
Best selection of scotch/whiskey. Great food and amazing brunch!

Spa/beauty salon

Affordable mani-pedi, some other beauty treatments such as facials.
Orchid Beauty Centre
1638 E Broadway
Affordable mani-pedi, some other beauty treatments such as facials.