The Ultimate Vancouver Coffee Shop Guide

By Vitamin Daily

We take our coffee with atmosphere and charm.

• West Elm Market

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  The gorgeously good la Colombe Coffee at South Granville’s West Elm Market is a happy surprise (why don’t all cute shops install coffeebars?).

• Temper Pastry

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  When in West Van, hit Temper for a cappuccino and maybe a passion fruit cremeaux nestled in vanilla bavarian mousse. Hey, we said “when in West Van…”

• Bump n Grind

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  On Commercial Drive and (newly) South Granville, this epic spot serves up  coffee by Victoria’s Fernwood Roasters (plus a vegan sweet-potato breakfast burrito).

• Earnest Ice Cream

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  Earnest Ice Cream affogatos made with Matchstick espresso are better than falling in love.

• Delany’s

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  If we’re in Edgemont Village, this is where we caffeinate. 

• Au Petit Café

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  It’s actually a restaurant (a great one) but Au Petit Café’s Vietnamese-style dark French roast poured over condensed milk is too good not to include. 

• Caffe Brixton

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  This Chinatown spot is all things: three squares (+brunch), solid coffee and workspace, and in the evenings, a energetic bar with four kinds of absinthe on the menu.

• Bel Cafe

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  We hit up this posh little spot for dainty lunches and the city’s best chocolate macaron (it’s like a roundlet of brownie batter).

• Forty Ninth Parallel Roasters

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  Signature baby-blue cups and big ole Lucky’s doughnuts make this coffee shop as famous for its Instagram-ubiquity as it is for its ace lattes. 

• Rocanini

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  With defibrillator espressos and brewing contraptions that’d fit into a high-school science class, this coffee shop is not messing around.

• Gene Cafe

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  A South Main hipster staple with plenty curl-up-able corners, warm fruit pie and infinite potential to see people you know walk by.

• Timbertrain

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  Veritable mad scientists when it comes to concocting the perfect brew.

• Crema

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  No walk down Ambleside is complete without a latte from this beloved West Van spot.

• Milano

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  Seriously good coffee and well-dispersed locations make this a neighbourhood favourite no matter where we are (love the patio on 8th, gelato on Denman).

• Basho Cafe

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  The matcha lattes served in this sweet family-run cafe are legendary, and their Japanese lunches come atop rice or greens.

• Revolver

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  Warm staff, people-watching windows and swoon-inducing coffee skillfully selected each week.

• Matchstick Coffee

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  White tile, pale wood, clean warmth, big, homemade cookies.  

• Greenhorn Cafe

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  Our lucky writing spot features tomato-y baked eggs, gooey Take a Fancy chocolates, and Buddy Holly through the speakers.

• Thierry

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  Chocolates, teas, Viennoise, lychee macaron, and best of all, they’re open ’till midnight (late night laptop time here we come).

• Kafka’s Coffee & Tea

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  It bears mentioning we were once asked for our number 3 times in an hour lounging on the couch of this art-decked, pour-over happy café. That never happens.

• Nelson The Seagull

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  This comfortable cafe smells of baking bread, and their menu—from brunch to chocolate peanut butter cups, is resoundingly good. Buy a suspended coffee—a simple act of generosity.