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Loreto is the rare brunch room that earns its Mexican-inspired billing without leaning on cliché.

Gyubee made its first BC move by landing in Richmond rather than downtown Vancouver, which tells you something about where the chain's instincts are — this is a neighborhood built around serious eating, and AYCE Japanese BBQ fits right i…

Northern Cafe has occupied a lumberyard building in South Vancouver, which makes it one of the city's more improbable breakfast institutions — vintage decor, an industrial address that keeps the tourist foot traffic low, and a community…

Jerusalem Shawarma opened its downtown Vancouver location on Robson Street as the BC outpost of an established Alberta chain, and the reception has been notable: close to seven thousand reviews at a near-perfect aggregate rating suggests…

There's a small ceremony to eating here that most Vancouver hot pot rooms skip: the cloisonné copper pots, the charcoal glowing underneath, the sense that dinner is an event rather than a transaction.