238 Flavours at La Casa Gelato

A bright Alexandra Road patisserie where a Mont Blanc and a chiffon cake photograph better than either of you.

A thirty-year Dundarave corner bakery where the butter smell hits before the door, and the cinnamon buns sell out before noon.

An Evening with Bruno Feldeisen at The Skript Kitchen, Sunday November 29, 2026: a Great Canadian Baking Show viewing party, from $18.

A tiny Railtown chalkboard room doing nose-to-tail, seed-to-fork cooking that changes with whatever's actually good right now.

A Newton dessert cafe open until 3am with cake shakes, matcha lattes and a retro arcade cabinet and claw machine.

Chef J-C Poirier's Michelin-starred Railtown room where Québécois comfort food arrives in quantities your willpower simply won't survive.

Ganache figs and truffle making at Mon Paris Patisserie, Sunday November 22, 2026, 6pm to 9pm: a small class, $95, and two dozen chocolates to take home.

The sunny tiled downtown room with legendary Belgian waffles, a lavender dark chocolate situation, and a line that is genuinely worth it.

The only dinner where eating with your hands from the same plate is not just allowed, it's the whole point.

A 1926 North Shore institution where the Yukon-style bacon arrives in slabs and a century of carved masks watches you eat breakfast.

Michelin-starred Kitsilano fine dining with vintage toys on the shelves, steps from the beach, and zero sense of its own importance.

Crispy, forearm-length dosas and midnight filter coffee until 3am, for the night that isn't over yet.

Lantern-lit West End izakaya where the sake list rewards bravery and stone-grilled beef keeps arriving until you've forgotten your plans.

Farm-to-cone gelato at the water's edge on the quiet south shore of False Creek, best eaten on the move with the seawall as your table.