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Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe

Rating / ★★☆☆☆

Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe on West 4th is a Kitsilano institution. Its trademark kitschy decor and uncharacteristically long line ups for the otherwise sleepy West 4th neighbourhood are a well established weekend tradition.

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La Taqueria (Cambie)

Rating / ★★★☆☆

La Taqueria Pinche Taco shop has expanded their tiny downtown operation to a second location, primely situated on Cambie near the corner of Broadway. It’s a convenient stop for Canadaline commuters craving bit-size, freshly prepared Mexican tacos.

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Pho Tan Vietnamese

Rating / ★★★☆☆

Pho Tan is a Vietnamese beef noodle restaurant that sits on that one block of Main Street that doesn’t seem to be occupied by a hip new restaurant or clothing boutique. Instead, it hides on the corner of 30th and Main across the Volkswagen dealership and a bunch of electronics parts stores. 

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Docker’s Diner

Rating / ★★★☆☆

Docker’s Diner sits right at the Northern most tip of Victoria Drive on Powell Street. As the name suggests, they cater to the dock workers that staff the area. But as the neighbourhood expands, so do the clientele — including young families, hipsters and broke artist types.

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BaoQi

Rating / ★★★☆☆

Vancouver’s Downtown has a lack of notable Vietnamese noodle shops. Enter BaoQi Eateri at the edge of Yaletown on Davie Street, a contemporary Vietnamese hole-in-the-wall, with all the coziness you’d expect from a bowl of hot noodle soup with a few updates.

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