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A guide on where to drink and mingle along the notoriously vanilla corridor of West Broadway from local bloggers Andrew and Wayne of TheBoozecan.com.
This month, Granville Online embarks on a new series with the ever-colourful boys of The Boozecan, a local blog exploring Vancouver’s bar scene (among other “hop” topics). For the series, Granville asked The Boozecan’s Andrew and Wayne for tips on finding a good neighbourhood drinking hole in Vancouver. First up is West Broadway/Kits.
As we begin our “boozeploration” (nice one, huh?) of Vancouver ‘hoods, we thought we’d start off with that rather expansive stretch known as West Broadway (for our purposes, that means Broadway west of Granville St all the way to Alma). For those of you who think the street is little more than another strip of mediocre, corporate foodery and good-timey swillery outlets like Cactus Club, Earls, etc., you’re right—but only partly.
But don’t expect us to review any of these cookie-cutter Denny’s Does Dallas knock-offs; that’d be about as useful as reviewing McDonald’s—”… homeless dude swearing at himself next to us gave surroundings an added unwashed realism. Quarter pounder avec fromage had rubbery familiarity with slight top note of industrial cleaning product, all on a hand-dropped, floor-trodden ‘bun’…”
Dig a little deeper, go a little further and grab another drink—this part of town is full of boozy surprises. Some good, some not so good. But that’s part of the fun for us—”suffering” so you don’t have to. Since we want to start this series off on a high note, let’s start with one of the happy surprises…
Start with the draught local beer if you must, just don’t bypass the dynamite (double) cocktails at this West Broadway night spot
Head to West Broadway’s The Wolf and Hound for a proper Imperial pint and the relaxed pub atmosphere
Definitely not the best bar in Vancouver, but the poutine is good. And there’s Jenga…
This neighbourhood bar on West Broadway proves character trumps corporate every time
A great little Broadway classic provides good eats and drinks, and a social atmosphere to boot
Check back for more reviews to come…
Andrew and Wayne are the culprits behind The Boozecan, a Vancouver-based website that brings you the lowdown on the best and worst of local watering holes, plus a lot of other booze-related nonsense. They like to tell it like it is. They also like to drink. Twitter