We are often asked what our favourite spots are in East Van. Whether it’s where to go for a coffee, pizza, brunch, romantic dinner, flowers or bakery. In East Van, there are so many amazing options to choose from. So we’ve compiled a list of our favourite places in East Van which we’ve set out below. The list does include a few spots that we haven’t personally made it to, but are ones we’ve heard good things about by many others. We have broken down the listing by the type of listing ie. Coffee, Pizza, Bakeries, Live Music & Entertainment, Breweries & Distilleries. After that you will see it’s listed alphabetically which we hope is logical and easy to use. Are we missing a great spot on this list, let us know. Otherwise, we hope you will check out some of the Places We Love in East Van. The credit for the picture goes to Benee Rubin.
BAKERIES
Batard Bakery
Bakery Sate
Bench Bakehouse
Black Rook Bakehouse
Breka Bakery
Delish (Gluten Free Bakery)
Fratelli Bakery
Italia Bakery
Le Gateau Bakeshop
Livia Sweets
Oh Sweet Day
Purebread
The Gluten Free Epicurean
The Pie Hole
To Live For Bakery
Ubuntu
Uprising Breads
BEER, WINE & SPIRTS
33 Acres Brewing
Andina Brewing Company
Bomber Brewing
Brassneck Brewery
Callister Brewing
Dogwood Brewing
Odd Society Spirits
Off The Rail Brewing
Main Street Brewing
Parallel 49 Brewing
Postmark Brewing
Powell Street Brewing
R&B Brewing
Red Truck Beer Company
Storm Brewing
Strange Fellows Brewing
COFFEE SHOPS
Café Calabria
Continental Café
Commercial Street Café
JJ Bean
Matchstick Coffee
Moja Coffee
Pallett Roasters
Parallel 49 Coffee
Platform 7
Prado Café
Spade
The Drive Coffee Bar
The Laughing Bean
The Narcissus
RESTAURANTS
Absinthe Bistro
Aleph Eatery
Anh & Chi
Ask For Luigi
Bandidas Taqueria
Belgard Kitchen
Biercraft
ChauVeggieExpress
Chuchillo
ChongQing
El Camino
Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria
Fets Whiskey Kitchen
Havana Restaurant
La Tanna
Les Faux Bourgeois
Lombardo’s
Los Cuervos
Marcello’s
Mezcal
Oksana Kitchen
Osterio Savio Volpe
Pepino’s
Pizza Carano
Ragazzi Pizza
Red Wagon Cafe
Roundel Café
Say Y Limon
St. Augustine’s
Tacofino
The Cannibal Café
The Cascade Room
The Union
Via Tevere Pizzeria
Whiskey Six BBQ
Yolk’s Breakfast
SPECIALTY STORES
Beta 5 Chocolates
Billy Would
Black Dog Video
Bosa Foods
Cartem Donuts
Crackle Crème
Di Oliva Tasting Bar
Earnest Ice Cream
Elephant Creamery
Figaro’s Gardens
Flower Factory
Full Bloom Flowers
Giving Gifts & Company
Gourmet Warehouse
Jackson’s General
La Casa Gelato
Les Amis du Fromage
Lucky’s Comics
Lucky’s Doughnuts
La Grotta del Formmagio
Licorice Parlour
Main Street Honey Shoppe
Massy Books
Olive & Wild
Plenty + Spare
Pulp Fiction Books
Rooster’s Ice Cream
Second Nature Home
Sweet & Savoury Pie Co.
The Found & The Freed
The Pie Shoppe
Toso Wood Gallery (Relocated to Parker Studios)
SERVICES
East Village Community Acupuncture
J&S Reclaimed Wood Furniture
Super-Valu (1st & Commercial 24/7)
Trillium Healing Path
ONLINE LOCAL SHOPS
Antiques Warehouse
BC SPCA
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Mandala Blooms Creative
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VOKRA
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Biltmore Cabaret
Café Deux Soleils
Firehall Arts Centre
Havana Restaurant
Main On Main
Pat’s Pub
Rio Theatre
Settlement Building
Tangent Café
The Astoria
The Cultch
The Heatley
The Tipper Room
The Rickshaw Theatre
The Wise Hall
York Theatre
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