Top Choice Microbrewery in Main Street
Brassneck Brewery
Vancouver's favourite microbrewery concocted more than 50 different beers in its first six months of operating and continues to win new fans with an ever-changing chalkboard of intriguing libations with names like B…
Top Choice Sports & Outdoors in Main Street
Mountain Equipment Co-Op
Grown hikers weep at the amazing selection of clothing, kayaks, sleeping bags and clever camping gadgets at this cavernous outdoors store: MEC has been encouraging fully fledged outdoor enthusiasts for years. You'll…
Top Choice Arts & Crafts in Main Street
Regional Assembly of Text
This ironic antidote to the digital age lures ink-stained locals with its journals, handmade pencil boxes and T-shirts printed with typewriter motifs. Check out the tiny under-the-stairs gallery showcasing zines fro…
Top Choice Museum in Main Street
Science World
Under Vancouver's favorite geodesic dome (okay, its only one), this ever-popular science and nature showcase has tons of exhibition space and a cool outdoor park crammed with hands-on fun (yes, you can lift 2028kg).…
Top Choice Bar in Main Street
Shameful Tiki Room
This windowless snug instantly transports you to a Polynesian beach. The lighting – including glowing puffer-fish lampshades – is permanently set to dusk and the walls are lined with tiki masks and rattan coverings …
Top Choice Music in Main Street
Neptoon Records
Vancouver's oldest independent record store is still a major lure for music fans, with its High Fidelity ambience and time-capsule feel. But it's not resting on its laurels: you'll find a well-priced array of new an…
Top Choice International in Main Street
Dock Lunch
Like dining in a cool hippie's home, this utterly charming room in a side-street house serves a daily-changing menu of one or two soul-food mains (think spicy tacos or heaping weekend brunches). Arrive early and aim…
Top Choice Live Music in Main Street
Fox Cabaret
Formerly one of North America’s last-remaining porn cinemas, its new owners have transformed (and fully pressure-washed) this independent nightlife venue, ditching the dodgy flicks in favour of live music, DJ nights…
Tex-Mex in Main Street
Budgie's Burritos
It's a rare vegetarian eatery that has a loyal clientele of carnivores, but the bulging, good-value burritos at this quirky, well-hidden neighborhood haunt keep locals coming back for a seat among the Elvis and conq…
Vegetarian in Main Street
Arbor
The austere, white-walled aesthetic defies what a warming bolthole this casual cafe is, especially in the evenings when it's a great neighborhood hangout. The elevated comfort grub menu makes instant vegetarians of …
