Alibi Room

157 Alexander.

nice big open space. great to accommodate lots of people.

accomplished list of beer and wine. perhaps the best in the city.

http://www.alibi.ca/

brunch on the weekends. eggs benny served on potato latkes. mmm.

$$

Campagnolo

ITALIAN

1020 Main Street Vancouver

http://www.campagnolorestaurant.ca/

In the back room, the bar is the best.

Cascade Room

2616 Main St.

Great wine and beer list. Great salads. yummy polenta fries.

http://thecascade.ca/about.htm

$$

Habit Lounge

2610 Main Street. (next door to Cascade Room).

Great for dinner and drinks.

carrot & brie perogies, humous, beet salad ...

http://habitlounge.ca/intro.htm

$$

Six Acres

203 Carrall Street.

substantial beer list. great food. pub-sy, bricks, wood. one of my favorite places to hunker down with a couple friends for a good chat.

http://sixacres.ca/

$$

Bin 941

941 Davie St.

it's a very busy narrow restaurant, not good to go with more than two or three people.

great for tapas, wine. homous is amazing. risotto. crab cakes...

http://www.bin941.com/

$$-$$$

Diamond

6 Powell Street.

nice room with big windows to look down on gastown. and the bartender knows how to make'em. faux dim sum menu.

http://di6mond.com/

$ - $$

the Narrow

BAR

1898 Main St. (at 3rd)

a narrow little dim lit bar. you can barely see it passing by, just look for the red light above the gray door.

http://narrowlounge.com/

the Irish Heather

212 Carrall Street.

Good for drinks. Has a whiskey bar in the back called Shebeen, and a long table cafe open in the day (and some nights for the long table series) called The Salty Tongue. Also affiliated with the Salt Tasting Room down the block located in Blood Alley.

http://irishheather.com/

Salt Tasting Room

45 Blood Alley.

Salt can be difficult to find: Blood Alley runs east-west, and Salt is located between Abbott Street and Carrall Street. You can't see it from the street -- you have to walk down the alley a ways until it becomes visible. (It's around the corner from Six Acres).

Salt is great for cheese plates, meats, wine, dessert ...
a cute narrow wood and brick room.

http://www.salttastingroom.com/

Revel Room

238 Abbott.

I had an amazing pulled pork sandwich here. Good for cocktails.

bit loud on the weekends though.

http://www.revelroom.ca/Revel/Welcome.html

$$

the Greedy Pig

307 West Cordova

gastown gets busy especially on fridays and saturdays, but i find The Greedy Pig works out well when six acres and irish heather are full-up.

open for lunch, dinner.
http://thegreedypig.ca/