A popular heritage building corner cafe with little square tables and a woodsy, sun-dappled patio, Lift lures locals for coffee and bakery treats throughout the day. But it's also a hugely popular daily brunch hangout, serving classic breakfasts as well as bowls, pancakes, French toast and more. Friday-to-Sunday dinner adds fresh-made pasta to the mix (reservations recommended).
Lift Breakfast Bakery
North Shore
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
3.22 MILES
One of North America’s largest urban green spaces, Stanley Park is revered for its dramatic forest-and-mountain oceanfront views. But there’s more to this…
25.34 MILES
On a warm summer’s evening, with a 7.5km ascent under your belt and a pint of craft beer on the table in front of you, there are few better places in…
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
2.67 MILES
As you inch gingerly across one of the world's longest (140m) and highest (70m) pedestrian suspension bridges, swaying gently over roiling Capilano Canyon…
2.9 MILES
Under Vancouver's favorite geodesic dome (OK, it's only one), this ever-popular science showcase has tonnes of hands-on galleries and a cool outdoor park…
2.98 MILES
For a glimpse of what the West End looked like before the apartment blocks, visit this handsome 1893 Queen Anne–style mansion, now a lovingly preserved…
5.57 MILES
This highly popular green-thumbed oasis is a 22-hectare, 255,000-plant idyll that offers a strollable web of pathways weaving through specialized garden…
Vancouver Police Museum & Archives
2.25 MILES
Illuminating Vancouver's crime-and-vice-addled history, this quirky museum has had a recent makeover, uncovering the former coroner's courtroom (spot the…
4.31 MILES
A former disused urban rail line that's being transformed by the city into a cool linear park, this 8.5km-long flora-fringed walking and cycling route is…
Nearby North Shore attractions
0.13 MILES
North Van's former Presentation House Gallery renamed itself and relocated to this dramatic, sawtooth-roofed waterfront landmark in 2017, providing…
1.99 MILES
An old British canon that was installed in Stanley Park to help locals keep time over a century ago, this near-legendary gun is still fired off at…
2.07 MILES
A breathtaking movie-screen simulator ride that makes you feel as if you're swooping across the entire country, waggling your legs over grand landscapes…
2.09 MILES
This handsome collection of totem poles clustered at Brockton Point is one of Stanley Park's busiest visitor lures. Arrive early or late on summer days to…
2.2 MILES
Vancouver's version of the Sydney Opera House – judging by the number of postcards it appears on – this iconic landmark is shaped like sails jutting into…
6. Vancouver Police Museum & Archives
2.25 MILES
Illuminating Vancouver's crime-and-vice-addled history, this quirky museum has had a recent makeover, uncovering the former coroner's courtroom (spot the…
2.27 MILES
Brockton Oval's historic cricket pavilion ensures this pocket of Stanley Park will forever feel like an English country village.
2.28 MILES
The intersection where Vancouver began was the site of John 'Gassy Jack' Deighton's first pub, and the spot where the inaugural city-council meeting was…