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A Vietnamese kitchen with a French cooking style in the Beach District, where the pho broth gets the bone-marrow treatment.
Beach District, under the Granville Bridge
More infoLinh Cafe calls itself a Vietnamese kitchen with a French cooking style, and it backs the claim: marble bistro tables and copper lamps under the Granville Bridge, plus a signature pho whose broth is deepened with roasted bone marrow and beef so tender it barely needs chopsticks. One of you goes full Hanoi, the other full Paris. Walk the seawall after; English Bay is ten minutes away.
Go one Hanoi, one Paris: the bone-marrow pho is the signature, and the French mains hold their own, so split across the menu and trade halfway. Vietnamese drip coffee to finish is non-negotiable. The room under the Granville Bridge is bigger than the address suggests, all marble tables and palms, and weekday afternoons are the quiet window. Budget about 75 minutes, then cross to the seawall; English Bay or the Granville Island ferry dock is a ten-minute walk either way.
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