They don't have bars and restaurants in Canada?
Nope, we usually just congregate at the center of town, where there's a giant beer-filled trough, and synchronously dunk our faces in taking massive gulps of brew till we pass out from lack of oxygen. If you're ever up in Canada be sure to ask someone about it.
Wow, takes a brave man to publicly admit he's defrauding his government!
Lets call it lending a hand to our financially troubled neighbours by buying their merch.
opt2not - where are you driving down from? Vancouver?
If so, any suggestions for cool places to go in Vancouver BC? I've been many times, but the wife and I are heading up there for a long weekend (this weekend).
Typical stuff we've done:
Granville Island - lunch and shopping
Gastown - dinner and drinks
Capilano suspension bridge - cool but kinda touristy
Day trip over to Victoria
Stanley park - both by bike, beach, walking, and the zoo there
Robson Street - shopping and dining
We haven't been since the Olympics, so we're interested to see what sorts of changes there are. Also, we're looking for a cool nightspot to hear music and drink. We're staying just west of Gastown, but will cab to other areas for nightlife...
Yeah, Vancouver.
Additional stuff you can check out here:
- VanDusen Botanical Garden is pretty, if you're into that kinda thing
- If you like hiking, lots of people go up to do the "Grouse-grind" up Grouse Mountain. I personally like hiking up Mount Stawamus (aka The Chief) better. It's a small drive up north, on the way to Whistler but the trails are nicer and less crowded with people.
- Whistler! It's only a 2.5 hour drive up...lots of cool outdoorsy stuff to do there
- If you've been to Granville Island, you might have ridden the Aqua Bus. If not, check it out, they travel up and down the English Bay and False Creek area (the water surrounding downtown) and you can get a nice aquatic tour around the city.
- Lonsdale Quay has a nice Market as well, it's across the bridge from Downtown in North Vancouver. But Granville Island's is definitely better.
- If you like Sushi, Toshi's has some of the best sushi around. It's up on Main and 16th, and is usually packed, so you might have to wait in line. They don't take reservations 'cause their extremely popular. Actually, there are lots of boutiques, bars and restaurants on Main Street all the way up to 30th ave. I like The Whip, The 5 Point, The London Pub.
- On Commercial Drive (The Drive) is probably the best place to sit, drink and listen to live bands. There are many bars there that host music performances, Cafe Deux Soleil can usually be counted on for shows practically every night. Also, as Benevolence suggested, St. Augustine's!
- For nightlife, Granville Street downtown is happening. Just before the Olympics they started blocking it off from traffic during "night-life" hours, so it's a full-on party district then. Many bars and clubs down that street.
- In gastown my favourite bars there are The Blarney Stone (Irish bar with a live Irish Folk Band), Chill Winston is exactly that...chill. Six Acres has probably the best beer list in town...lots of tasty brews.
- If you're here during a hockey night, and wanna see some rowdy Canadians get crazy, The Shark Club, Library Square (at the big Library) and G-Sports good places to go
- Yaletown also has a lot of loungy-type places to hang out. It's a bit more upscale, but there's a lot of good food places and bars. The Yaletown Brew Club has decent food, but the bar side of it gets happening on Friday/Sat nights
- ...and if you're downtown drinking, you gotta try some Poutine at Fritz (on Granville and Davie). Poutine is a Canadian (french-Canadien) treat! Fries, with gravy and cheese curds...the best drunk food.
Opt2not: You should visit the Restoration Hardware outlet store in Tualip!
Nice! Thanks!
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