Where to eat in Vancouver

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Vancouver, Canada that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

• Vij's — Indian, South Cambie (3). Order the Lamb popsicles. Vikram Vij's no-reservations pioneer that redefined Indian dining in Canada.
• Tojo's — Japanese / omakase, Fairview (4). Order the Omakase. Hidekazu Tojo — widely credited with the California roll — still behind the bar.
• The Naam — Vegetarian, Kitsilano (1). Order the Sesame fries + miso gravy. Kits' 24-hour veggie den since 1968; sesame fries with miso gravy at 3am.
• Anh and Chi — Vietnamese, Mount Pleasant (2). Order the Phở đặc biệt. Second-generation family Vietnamese on Main Street — pho with polish.
• Go Fish — Seafood shack, False Creek / Granville Island (1). Order the Fish tacones + oyster burger. Dockside shack by the fisherman's wharf; the fish comes off the boats next door.
• Salmon n' Bannock — Indigenous, Fairview (2). Order the Sockeye salmon + bannock. Vancouver's only Indigenous-owned restaurant; wild salmon and bannock done right.
• Phnom Penh — Cambodian-Vietnamese, Chinatown (2). Order the Deep-fried chicken wings + butter beef. The butter beef and chicken wings locals cross town for, since the '80s.
• Lee's Donuts — Doughnuts, Granville Island (1). Order the Honey dip doughnut. Hand-cut honey dips since 1979 — Granville Island's sweetest queue.
• Japadog — Street food, Downtown (1). Order the Terimayo dog. Japanese-topped hot dogs that became a Vancouver identity.
• Meat & Bread — Sandwiches, Gastown (1). Order the Porchetta sandwich. One porchetta sandwich did all this.

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