It's also HAUNTED!Stay away from The Old Spaghetti Factory
http://www.gastown.org/arts-culture/item/8347-haunted-tales-from-the-old-spaghetti-factory
It's also HAUNTED!Stay away from The Old Spaghetti Factory
Vancouver has tons of great places to eat. Here's a place that others probably won't meniton:
Mean Poutine http://www.meanpoutine.ca/
I hope you don't mind me asking in here but you clearly have the information I'm looking for (and just asked this in my cruise group - hi @anricat) so thanks in advance and help it helps the OP as well. We want to do Granville Island and the Market this next trip since we didn't get a chance on our first visit to Vancouver. We are staying at the Pan Pacific so what way would you suggest getting there? If we take a cab there, are there cabs readily available to head back to the Pan after we are finished? I just started researching the Aquabus but it's not near Canada Place correct? If not, how do we get to the location to take us to/from? I'm on the fence about using the HOHO as it's expensive and takes a long time and know that if the bus is full you are stuck waiting a bit of time for the next one and I don't like that. We don't mind taking the ferry or even a taxi but curious for the best suggestions as well as the easiest. We wouldn't want to walk that far or take the bikes (just being honest) as we want to save the time to see other things as well.My favorite place to eat in Vancouver is Salt Tasting Room. It is 5 minute walk from Canada Place. Don't let the fact that it is located on Blood Alley scare you away. It is a really cool place. They only serve meat and cheese plates. So it is a little different but SUPER cool.
http://www.salttastingroom.com/
Also, you should consider doing breakfast or lunch at the Granville Island Public Market. They have several nice food stalls or you can make a great picnic meal to take with you. It is a hike from Canada Place but Granville Island is a must stop for us on every visit to Vancouver. You can easily spend a couple hours on the island. You can walk to the island, bike to the island along the sea wall, take a cab or take an aquabus across False Creek.
Dangerous!!I read there is a Macaron place downtown too. I think it is called Thierry chocolatier or something like that. It would be a little closer than Granville Island.
I wasn't impressed with Tim Horton's. I'd really been looking forward to it when we stayed in Vancouver, but I found it's pretty much a basic coffee shop, and the doughnuts, IMO, aren't all that great. The sandwich I had was dry and the cost for the food was more than I felt the product warranted.You have to give Tim Horton's a try. Great coffee and doughnuts.
I was looking at Flying Pig but in Yelp it has "no" in the "Good for Kids" category. What do you think?
We took the city bus from Canada Place (as close as we could get a stop) and took it Granville Island. We then took a water taxi over to where the World Cup was being played and then walked by to Canada Place.I hope you don't mind me asking in here but you clearly have the information I'm looking for (and just asked this in my cruise group - hi @anricat) so thanks in advance and help it helps the OP as well. We want to do Granville Island and the Market this next trip since we didn't get a chance on our first visit to Vancouver. We are staying at the Pan Pacific so what way would you suggest getting there? If we take a cab there, are there cabs readily available to head back to the Pan after we are finished? I just started researching the Aquabus but it's not near Canada Place correct? If not, how do we get to the location to take us to/from? I'm on the fence about using the HOHO as it's expensive and takes a long time and know that if the bus is full you are stuck waiting a bit of time for the next one and I don't like that. We don't mind taking the ferry or even a taxi but curious for the best suggestions as well as the easiest. We wouldn't want to walk that far or take the bikes (just being honest) as we want to save the time to see other things as well.
When I read there was a macaron place there I was sold (silly I know) and I think it's Bon Macaron and would love to pick up some other goodies while there.
Thanks,
Heather
Thank youWe took the city bus from Canada Place (as close as we could get a stop) and took it Granville Island. We then took a water taxi over to where the World Cup was being played and then walked by to Canada Place.
I hope you don't mind me asking in here but you clearly have the information I'm looking for (and just asked this in my cruise group - hi @anricat) so thanks in advance and help it helps the OP as well. We want to do Granville Island and the Market this next trip since we didn't get a chance on our first visit to Vancouver. We are staying at the Pan Pacific so what way would you suggest getting there? If we take a cab there, are there cabs readily available to head back to the Pan after we are finished? I just started researching the Aquabus but it's not near Canada Place correct? If not, how do we get to the location to take us to/from? I'm on the fence about using the HOHO as it's expensive and takes a long time and know that if the bus is full you are stuck waiting a bit of time for the next one and I don't like that. We don't mind taking the ferry or even a taxi but curious for the best suggestions as well as the easiest. We wouldn't want to walk that far or take the bikes (just being honest) as we want to save the time to see other things as well.
When I read there was a macaron place there I was sold (silly I know) and I think it's Bon Macaron and would love to pick up some other goodies while there.
Thanks,
Heather
Thanks a ton and glad you can vouch for the macarons too!You will not have an issue getting a cab from Granville Island back to Canada Place. There are always numerous cabs on the island. It is about 10 to 15 minute ride depending on traffic.
We love Granville Island. Typically we stay around Canada Place because it provides such easy access to the majority of the city however, we have stayed on Granville Island before because we love the area so much.
The Aquabus dock at the Vancouver Aquatic Center is about 1.5 mile walk. That said, it is not an exciting walk.
If the weather is nice you could rent bikes right around the Vancouver Convention Center and back the Seawall around Stanley Park and then along English Bay Beach and Sunset Beach Park. Grab a Aquabus over to Granville (you can take your bikes with you on the ferry). Explore the island, get your macarons (I have had them, they are very good) and then reverse the trip but you will cut a across the front of Stanley Park making the return trip 75% less than the trip out.
Cin Cin on Robson is fantastic. Great bar and excellent food. Get a table on the porch. Lovely for dinner.
I don't understand the Tim Horton's thing either. We've tried it a couple of times and I keep thinking "It's just doughnuts!" I think you have to be Canadian to understand.I wasn't impressed with Tim Horton's. I'd really been looking forward to it when we stayed in Vancouver, but I found it's pretty much a basic coffee shop, and the doughnuts, IMO, aren't all that great. The sandwich I had was dry and the cost for the food was more than I felt the product warranted.
During our land tour in Alaska, our tour guide got Tim Horton's doughnut holes, and passed them out. Again, just your basic doughnut hole.
Sorry, I don't give it a recommendation.
A tip.... if you want a cab.... walk off the island first to be near the bus stop. Weekend congestion on the island can be very heavy.You will not have an issue getting a cab from Granville Island back to Canada Place. There are always numerous cabs on the island. It is about 10 to 15 minute ride depending on traffic.