Broke & Bougie
A Cheap Date Down The Drive
Walk The Drive end to end, argue soccer pennants over a cappuccino at Vancouver's oldest Italian coffee shop, and spend nothing.
Commercial Drive (Little Italy)
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Walk The Drive end to end, argue soccer pennants over a cappuccino at Vancouver's oldest Italian coffee shop, and spend nothing.
Commercial Drive (Little Italy)
More infoCafe Calabria has been slinging espresso on Commercial Drive long enough to claim the title of Vancouver's oldest Italian coffee shop, and a strong cappuccino there costs about what it always has. That is your cue. Walk The Drive through delis, record shops and produce stands, then return to Calabria to settle the debate over which soccer pennant belongs to which club. Everyone at the next table has opinions.
Walk The Drive end to end, Little Italy delis, record shops, patios full of characters, and let the neighbourhood do the entertaining. Duck into an old-school espresso bar like Cafe Calabria, split one strong cappuccino, and start a fierce debate over the soccer pennants. The wandering's free and a shared pastry keeps it under a tenner; give it 90 minutes, then drift into whichever Drive cafe or bar suits the hour.
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