From the category archives:

Coffee Shops

Starbucks at 3rd & Burrard

June 15, 2010

Kitsilano Coffee blog did a post the other day about our all time favourite Vancouver Starbucks – the one at the corner of 3rd and Burrard. And we have to agree, this is easily the friendliest Starbucks in the city. Located in a non-descript strip mall Starbucks (located alongside a vacuum dealer and a Subway) [...]

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Jitters Café in Kitsilano

May 30, 2010

Jitters is a true community coffee shop. The same regular characters populate this place morning, noon and night – and spending a great deal of time here means getting to know a part of Kitsilano.
The actual café space is small – with no more than 6 or 7 small tables with chairs – along with [...]

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Elysian Coffee: Worth Sleeping In For

May 30, 2010

Up until this morning I had never discovered the delights of Elysian Coffee. I’m an early bird, and usually demand my Saturday morning coffee at an unreasonably early hour. Elysian Coffee in Kits opens at 10am on Saturdays, and while this may be a painfully long wait for your first cup of the day, it’s [...]

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Starbucks on Commercial Drive

December 28, 2007

The Commercial Drive area is jam packed with some of the most amazing coffee that this city has to offer. Authentic Italian joints like Cafe Roma or Joe’s pepper the street and serve up some rich, thick, crema topped goodness. Places like Prado Cafe, Continental Coffee and JJ Bean have not only great coffee, [...]

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Kits Coffee Company

November 12, 2007

Kits Coffee Co on West 4th is a big, bright coffee shop in the heart of Kitsilano. More importantly, it is home to some of the best cinnamon buns in the entire city. Grounds for Coffee delivers them warm and gooey each morning and along with a fresh cup of joe, this can be a [...]

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Continental Coffee

October 28, 2007

Continental Coffee on Commercial Drive is one of the city’s best coffee shops, and a welcome break from the Starbucks and Blenz that dot most corners. Located at the corner of East 2nd and Commercial, Continental is full of locals and has been around since the late ’70s.
Floor to ceiling windows cover two sides of [...]

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Yaletown Starbucks

June 24, 2007

What can I say? One Starbucks is like every other? No, not actually. While the general branding is the same, I love how each location really reflects and captures the heart of the neighbourhood. The flagship Yaletown location does just that.
Yaletown is host to a number of Starbucks shops, and they are very, very good. [...]

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O-Cha Tea Bar

June 24, 2007

Tucked away in Yaletown is the very tiny O-Cha tea bar. Should the selection of tea and coffees provided there become even slightly larger (it already serves over thirty types of tea), it will almost certainly burst at the seams and have to move.
The small size of this unassuming coffee/tea/sandwich bar does not at all [...]

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Melriches on Mainland

June 24, 2007

We have a tradition of eating a super greasy brunch each day on the weekend. Usually we hit up Denny’s because we are clearly uncreative and like love handles, but my favourite place to go is Melriches in Yaletown.
Anything with the word ‘Yaletown’ in it sort of automatically cancels out the possibility of it being [...]

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