
After Dark
A no-frills Gastown corner bar where the window seat turns the steam clock tourist circus into your private entertainment until 2am.
Cambie at Water St, by the Steam Clock
More infoThe Black Frog serves Gastown's best free entertainment: a window seat aimed straight at the steam clock and the tourists puzzling out what a steam clock is even for. The bar is cheerfully unpretentious, cheap-ish cocktails and a proper beer list, with live music and comedy nights. Grab the corner, narrate the circus outside, and let Friday drift to 2am.
Beeline for the corner window seat across from the steam clock, it turns the tourist circus into your private theatre. Order whatever's on special, no need to overthink it, and check the board for live music or comedy nights. Friday and Saturday it doesn't tap out until 2am, so settle in for a couple of unhurried hours and stretch the night well past everyone else's last call. Gastown's cobbles are right there for the wander home.
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