Local places to eat, and a few notes about them. Please list your favorites! Helpful notes like if they deliver, etc. are welcome.
Our new location is right near Commercial Drive, a great hub of food places to choose from!
| Name | Days & Hours | Location | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Van Brewing Company | Noon to 11 | 1675 Venables St | Pub. Beer, pub fare. | $$ |
| Uprising Breads | 7AM to 7PM Sat + Sun 7-6PM | 1697 Venables St | Bakery with sandwiches, soups and coffee | $$ |
| 24 Hr Food Stop | 24 hours | Corner of Commercial and Venables | corner store with snacks and drinks | $ |
| Sunrise Pizza | closed monday, tues-fri 11:30am-11pm, sat 4pm-12 sun 8am-11pm | 949 Commercial Dr | Great cozy place for pizza and Greek / Italian comfort food. Free delivery after 5 604‑251‑2411 | $$ |
| The Windjammer | 7 days 11am-10pm | 937 Commercial Dr | Quiet, hidden gem if you hate loud restaurants. Everything on the menu is good and incredibly inexpensive; fish and chips, salmon or burger. Laura's Favourite | $ |
| Britannia Sushi | 7 days 11:30am-10pm | 1016 Commercial Dr | Inexpensive sushi, typical decent Vancouver quality | $ |
| Downlow Chicken Shack | Closed Monday, tues-sat 11am-5pm, sun 11am-4pm | 905 Commercial Dr | Spicy chicken lives here. This place always has a line up. | $$1/2 |
| Kin Kao | See website | 903 Commercial Dr | Upscale Thai food, this is for date-night. | $$$ |
| Bump 'n Grind | 7am-7pm | 916 Commercial Dr | If you need a coffee fancier than what they have at Uprising | $$ |
| Eternal Abundance | 9am-9pm | 1025 Commercial Dr | Vegan, organic smoothie cafe and market. Expect mason jars. | $$1/2 |
| Pizza Garden | 10:30am-12am | 1042 Commercial Dr | Chain pizza sold by the slice. Just go to Sunrise. | $ |
| Five Elements Cafe | 11am-9pm | 1046 Commercial Dr | Quality Vietnamese food and gelato | $ |
| Sweet Cherubim Restaurant | 10am-10pm | 1105 Commercial Dr | Vegan, gluten free cafe and bakery. If you have all the allergies, you can still eat here. | $1/2 |
| Storm Crow Tavern | 11am-1am | 1305 Commercial Dr | The Drive's local geek hangout with beer, burgers and boardgames. DnD and trivia nights. Very loud and always busy. | $$ |
| Name | Days & Hours | Location | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnest Ice Cream | mon-tues closed, wed-sun 2pm-10pm | 1485 Frances St - Just diagonally past woodland park, down Frances street | The opposite direction of commercial drive, this place has your ice cream fix. Milkshakes, sundaes and pints available. | $$ |
| Yolks | mon-fri 8am-3pm sat-sun 9am-3pm | 1598 E Hastings St | Eggs, bacon 'n pancakes breakfast on woodland and hastings | $$ |
| Fujiya Japanese Foods | 10am-7pm | Down the street on Venables and Clark - 912 Clark Dr | Japanese grocery store with a wide selection of cheap takeaway sushi. Home of the $2.95 california roll | $ |
| Bomber Brewing | 12pm-11pm daily | 1488 Adanac Street, down and around the corner of woodland | Brewery, they have beer | $$ |
| Name | Days & Hours | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuba Cafe | Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm Sun 11:30am-11:30pm | 146 East 3rd av | Ridiculously good and inexpensive Lebanese food a short walk away |
| Pizzeria Farina | 5pm till dough runs out | 915 main st | Great pizza a few blocks away; pickup/dine in only; |
| Budgies Burritos | 11am-12am | 44 Kingsway | vegetarian burritos, licensed |
| The Foundation | Sun-Thu 12pm-1am Fri-Sat 12pm-2am | 2301 Main St | vegetarian, licensed |
| 8 & 1/2 | Mon 12pm-11pm Tue-Thu 12pm-12am Fri 12pm-1am Sat 11am-1am Sun 11am-11pm | 151 E 8th Av | … |
| The Narrow | Mon-Fri 5pm-1am Sat-Sun 5pm-2am | Main & 3rd | … |
| Mario's Gelato | … | … | … |
| Kranky Cafe | Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Sat 9am-3pm | 228 E 4th Av | … |
| Tim Hortons | 24 hours | 306 Terminal Ave | Age-old Timmy's, not great but good in a pinch |